Grandmaster Allen R. Steen - Dallas

Grandmaster Allen R. Steen began training in 1957 under Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee.  He opened the first store front dojo in the early 1960s and is credited with growing the largest martial arts empire in history.

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Al Francis - San Antonio

Two time Olympic Karate Champion Al Francis devotes his martial arts expertise to teaching youth and their families who otherwise could not afford lessons.  He is as much a champion in character as he is in the ring. 

Fred Simon - Beaumont

Fred Simon is not only known for his outstanding and long lasting martial arts career, but he is also famous for his contagious smile and friendly disposition.  He was GM Jhoon Rhees 1st African American Black Belt.

 

Larry  Caster - Dallas

Grandmaster Larry Caster began his martial arts training in 1959.  He is world renowned for his fierce fighting prowess.  This reputation is equaled only by his extremely respected reputation for training some of the most legendary fighters in martial arts history. 

Michael Park - Plano

Chuck Norris - Dallas

From his undefeated reign as the professional world middleweight karate champion to an entertainment career spanning over twenty feature films and a highly rated television series, Chuck Norris seems to have tapped a bottomless well of success. 

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John Nash - Dallas

John Nash, as a young Navy Corpsman, was sent through Marine Corps boot camp and then to Okinawa to train and create a hand to hand combat program for the Marines.  Read more...

J. Pat Burleson

Allen Steen’s first black belt and an early world champion fighter.

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Grandmaster Richard Jenkins - Houston

Grandmaster Jenkins is a Texas Karate Pioneer, a Charter Member of the old Southwest Karate Black Belt Association and original American Karate Black Belt Association, and is the senior member of the "High Dan Board"...

Skipper Mullins

Skipper Mullins began his karate training in October 1963 at the Red Bird National Guard Armory in Dallas, Texas.  He was all of 5'7" tall and weighed 120 pounds.  No wonder the Sensei, Mr. Allen Steen, laughed at him when he proclaimed he would be the best...

James Toney

James B. Toney began his martial arts career in 1964 with Allen R. Steen at the Texas Instruments Athletic Center in Dallas.  Grandmaster Toney’s real fame and reputation comes from his prowess as a teacher.  Read more...

Demetrius Havanas, deceased

Nicknamed “The Golden Greek”, Mr. Havanas began training in Karate in 1967 at Texas Karate Institute owned by Allen Steen in Dallas, Texas.  He won ninety straight tournaments in both fighting and forms as a brown belt.  Promoted to Black Belt in 1971, he won ….

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Keith Yates

Keith D. Yates is recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on the martial arts.  He has written almost two hundred magazine articles and numerous publications including “Sport and Fitness,” “Black Belt,” “Inside Karate,” “Taekwondo Times,” ...

E-mail: KYates@dts.edu

Master Kim Geary - Austin

A 7th degree black belt in Cha Yon Ryu, Master Geary has been a student of Grandmaster Kim Soo for 30 years.  She has been winning championships in advanced women’s forms and fighting since 1977 and in 1994, placed 2nd in Omsk, Siberia, Russia