Our Instructors


Sensei Bob Bolton, Sandan, founded Tampa Family Martial Arts in February 2004. As an affiliate Dojo of the I.O.G.K.F, we adhere to the Hoshin of the organization, "To protect the tradition of Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate do as an intangible cultural treasure while promoting the art." Our dojo is not a "for profit" enterprise but rather a club of Goju Ryu practitioners who want to train hard and pass along the knowledge and tradition of the founder of Goju Ryu, Chojun Miyagi.



Sensei Michael Han is our Chief  Instructor. His rank is Rokudan, or 6th degree black belt. He oversees all instructror training for TFMA. He has trained for over 41 years in Goju Ryu and Shotokan, and teaches advanced instructors training for IOGKF-USA Southeast instructors. He trained in UK for 22 years and fortunately for us, came back to the US. He teaches our adult classes when his schedule permits. Sensei Han is one of the highest ranking IOGKF members in the United States today and brings a vast amount of knowlege and experience to this Dojo. He is the Southeast Senior Instructor for the IOGKF-USA.

Our Blackbelts 

 

Kevin Reilly, Shodan is the first to grade as an adult Shodan at Tampa Family Martial Arts. He has been a student here for six years and had trained for two years prior to that under Sensei Han at his Clearwater dojo.

Jendryx Fernandez, Shodan-Ho will be grading to Shodan in November 2011 at the IOGKF-USA Black Belt Instructors Gasshuku. He began training with us in 2007 and assists in training other students when needed. 

 JUNIOR SHODANS


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