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My Dan ID Card, Dated 1969. 0

My Dan ID Card, Dated 1969.

I never received my dan bon papers from the Korean Soo Bahk Do, due to some political issue with Master Ahn converting to Tae Kwon Do in 1969. However, the NYMDK did have these original Association I...
My Lineage 0

My Lineage

Diagram of my dan bon lineage... since my initial dan test in June 1969 under Master Ahn from Ohio, that dan application was sent to him, however, they apparently were never sent to the Korean Soo Bah...
Photo Used To Attract Students To A Tang Soo Do Class At Buchel AB, Germany 0

Photo Used To Attract Students To A Tang Soo Do Class At Buc...

David Bomberger was a fellow Security Policeman who worked with me and one of my students to sign up in Germany.
This Is Me Teaching In A Military Abandoned Office, I Had About 10 Teenage Students Who Wanted To Train. 0

This Is Me Teaching In A Military Abandoned Office, I Had Ab...

The class lasted about a year, it became more of a self defense class, since I didn't have a direct line of comm with Korea, I couldn't issue certificates.
Opening A Soo Bahk Do Class In Germany 0

Opening A Soo Bahk Do Class In Germany

1975 ltr letting me teach a class in Germany
My First Teaching Class 1968 0

My First Teaching Class 1968

My students at 14 Holy Martyrs, Brooklyn, NY, circa 1968.
E Dan Ahp Cha Nut Gi Demo 1969-70 0

E Dan Ahp Cha Nut Gi Demo 1969-70

Demo at K of C in Brooklyn, NY 1969-70. I was 5 feet 11 inches at the time, so I know the height was over 6 feet for the board break, it took me three attempts to make it.
Free Sparring With Student During Demo 1969-70 B'Klyn, NY 0

Free Sparring With Student During Demo 1969-70 B'Klyn, NY

Red belt forgot his belt for the demo that we did for the Knight of Columbus club in Brooklyn, NY. I believe this was 1970... could have been 1969??? The student's last name was Ramos. He was a 1st g...
Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Class 1968 0

Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Class 1968

My first solo class at local church in Brooklyn, NY 1968. My original instructor, Mr. Mike Masley, would come on Saturday morning to conduct classes and I would teach on Tuesdays and Thursdays on my ...
Original Green Belt Gup Certificate 0

Original Green Belt Gup Certificate

Green Belt Gup Certificate from Korea
Performing E Dan Yup Podo Cha Gi With My Son Holding The Pad 0

Performing E Dan Yup Podo Cha Gi With My Son Holding The Pad

Langley AFB Karate Club, 1993-95, under the guidance of James Donnelly, Sa bom Nim. That's my son, Roberto Jr., holding the kicking pad. I was showing him jump kicks that night. We held classes in ...
Performing Bassai Hyung, 1969-70 0

Performing Bassai Hyung, 1969-70

St. Rita's Church, Queens, NY
Master Kyung Won Ahn Demonstrates 0

Master Kyung Won Ahn Demonstrates

Master Ahn demos side kick, circa 1970
American Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Dan Bon ID 0

American Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Dan Bon ID

Front side of Jae Joon Kim's Organizational Dan Bon ID
Jae Joon Kim's Organizational Dan Bon ID 0

Jae Joon Kim's Organizational Dan Bon ID

American Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Identification card with dan bon of A-15164. Master Jae Joon Kim, gave me a low dan bon in his organization based on my original 1969 testing date.
My First Solo Class At 14 Holy Martyrs RC Church, Brooklyn, NY 1968 0

My First Solo Class At 14 Holy Martyrs RC Church, Brooklyn, ...

Fellow Student, Gregory Martin and myself posing for pictures in 1968 to promote a Tang Soo Do Class. I believe this was the first class outside of our YMCA class that I started in 1968. We held cla...
Mr. Aaron Adams And Mr. Roberto Bonefont, Sr., Free Sparring At KofC Demo In Brooklyn, NY 1970 0

Mr. Aaron Adams And Mr. Roberto Bonefont, Sr., Free Sparring...

K of C Demo Brooklyn, NY 1970, that's me on the floor defending during free sparring demo. Whenever I sparred with Mr. Adams, I found myself on the floor alot. But I learned how to fight from the gr...
K Of C Demo, 1970 Brooklyn, NY 0

K Of C Demo, 1970 Brooklyn, NY

Mr. Aaron Adams, Sam Dan, Dan Bon #11696 board breaking for Knights of Columbus membership. Myself, a KofC, had talked the leadership into allowing us to do a demo for their membership. Mr. Adams an...
Five Towns Karate Center 0

Five Towns Karate Center

5 Towns Karate students, Dominic and Dan Segarra
My First Photo In 1969 With My Dan Pin 0

My First Photo In 1969 With My Dan Pin

I think this was a day after receiving my dan ID card and Pin
Master Ahn 0

Master Ahn

Master Kyung Won Ahn, was out of Ohio and who came to NYC for dan and gup testings. We actually traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio for a dan testing in late 1970, if my memory serves me correctly. On the ...
Mr. Vincent Nunno 0

Mr. Vincent Nunno

One of the original East Villiage Karate instructors, another original instructor of mine. The photo you see above is from Black Belt magazine, where he was highlighted as a Moo Duk Kwan instructor. ...
Mr. Robert Sohn, Original Owner Of Five Towns Karate Center 0

Mr. Robert Sohn, Original Owner Of Five Towns Karate Center

One of my original instructors.
As one of my original instructors, it is only fitting that this memorial honor one of the New York Pioneers of Tang Soo Do (Soo Bahk Do) Moo Duk Kwan. On the left, a ...
Mr. Mike Masley And Me Free Sparring 0

Mr. Mike Masley And Me Free Sparring

This was at St. Rita's Church in Queens, NY where we held classes, 1969-70
Mr. Bonefont And Mr. Masley 1

Mr. Bonefont And Mr. Masley

We posed for this picture which was to become part of an ad, 1969-1970.

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