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18th ANNUAL WORLD HEAD OF FAMILY SOKESHIP COUNCIL

INTERNATIONAL HALL OF FAME

 

Loews Royal Pacific Resort – Orlando, Florida

May 28, 2011 – 6:00pm

 

Introduction of Head Table by Sensei Phillip Spears:

Grandmasters Frank E. Sanchez, Gary Dill, Vincent Marchetti, Phil Little, John Byrne, Neal Hummerstone, Bram Frank and Dan Verkerke

 

Reading of World Head of Family Sokeship Council Day Proclamation by Shihan Chris Marquez

 

Introduction of Host, Sensei Matthew A. Sanchez

 

Pledge of Allegiance

 

Introduction of Grandmaster Sri Dinesh & family – candle lighting ceremony, etc.

 

AWARDS PRESENTATION

 

 

HATCHET MAN AWARD (Spoof award)

 

PROFESSOR GARY DILL – SDS Jeet Kune Do/ SDS Self-Defense Systems - Oklahoma

 

 

KARATE BUM AWARD (Spoof award)

 

SHIHAN JILL HERNANDEZ – SDS Self-Defense Systems – Oklahoma

 

 

 

 

LIVING LEGEND AWARD

 

From Israel – an icon of the martial arts with thousands of students around the world. The creator of Dennis Survival Ju-Jitsu, DR. DENNIS HANOVER

 

MARTIAL ARTIST OF THE DECADE AWARD

 

From California – the renowned Founder of Small Circle Ju-Jitsu – PROFESSOR WALLY JAY

 

 

RISING STAR AWARD

 

From Israel – SNIR BEN ISHAY – Dennis Survival Ju-Jitsu

 

 

FOUNDERS AWARD

 

• GRANDMASTER TONY DELEON – Tada-Ken Do

 

 

GOLDEN LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 

• YOSEF ROITER
• SHIHAN HOWARD J. GELBER

 

 

SILVER LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 

• DAV KEHAT – Dennis Survival Ju-Jitsu – Israel
• MICHAEL P. LOGRASSO – Shuai Chiao
• ORLANDO RODRIGUEZ
• ADAM SNIPPES – Mixed martial arts

 

 

 

 

 

SPIRITUAL WARRIOR AWARD

 

• GRANDMASTER SRI DINESH – Gati Chi - India
• MASTER STHANON MITRA – Gati Chi – India

 

 

 

 

GRANDMASTER WARRIORS OF THE WORLD HEAD OF FAMILY SOKESHIP COUNCIL

 

Introducing some of the International Grandmasters who comprise the most elite and prestigious martial arts grandmasters council in the world, the World Head of Family Sokeship Council

 

• GRANDMASTER J. EDUARDO CASTRO – Uruguay
• GRANDMASTER HANNS VON ROLBECK – Ki-Jutsu – Germany
• GRANDMASTER GARY WASNIEWSKI – Tyga Karate – England – Grandmaster Wasniewski could not be here tonight as he is doing a stage play in England – accepting on his behalf is Grandmaster Sri Dinesh of India
• GRANDMASTER DANIEL VERKERKE – Seicho Jutsu and DAI SOKE FOSTER MACLEOD – Kam Lung Kempo – Canada
• GRANDMASTER VINCENT MARCHETTI – Michi Budo Ryu – New Jersey
• GRANDMASTER JOHN BYRNE – 5 Circle System – Nebraska
• GRANDMASTER RON BALAS – Tai Shin Doh – Ohio
• DR. GARY S. TORRES – Phoenix Dragon Kung-Fu
• PROFESSOR EUGENE HUMESKY – TaeKwonDo Brotherhood – Michigan
• HANSHI BILL WENDELL – Mushin Goju Ryu
• GRANDMASTER NEAL HUMMERSTONE – Aiki Tora Ryu – Florida
• GRANDMASTER MOTI HORENSTEIN – Extreme Hisurdat – Florida
• GRANDMASTER BRAM FRANK – CSSD
• GRANDMASTER GARY POINTER – HaeMuKwan Hapkido 
• GRANDMASTER RAYMOND HERMANN – USA Goju
• GRANDMASTER CHRIS SPRUIELL – Isshin-JuJitsu
• GRANDMASTER LEON WRIGHT – Souseiki Ryu Urban Warrior Training – Afghanistan
• GRANDMASTER GEORGE NOBLES – American Sambo
• GRANDMASTER CARL PLUCHINO – Seikei Ryu Jiu-Jitsu – New Jersey
• GRANDMASTER JOE WILLIAMS – Atemi Ryu Karate
• GRANDMASTER PHIL LITTLE – Shimabaku – Long Isshinryu – North Carolina
• PROFESSOR JOHN CASAREZ – Masho Manabi Ju-Jitsu – Ohio
• GRANDMASTER MARK SHUEY – Cane Masters International – Nevada
• GRANDMASTER STEVE LEE SWIFT – Wing Chun Kung-Fu
• GRANDMASTER DAN MC EADDY – Angelic Nin-Jutsu
• GRANDMASTER RAFFY PAMBUAN – Pambuan Arnis System – Florida

 

 

GRANDMASTER OF THE YEAR AWARD

 

• GRANDMASTER GUY HANOVER – Dennis Survival Ju-Jitsu – Israel
• GRANDMASTER WILLIAM DAVID EGNER – Chang Moo Kwan TaeKwonDo
• GRANDMASTER CLARENCE MURRAY – Murray’s Okinawan Karate/ Shorinryu
• GRANDMASTER DENNIS JANES – Kajukenpo
• GRANDMASTER EDWARD J. HARTZELL – Pennsylvania
• GRANDMASTER JOE ROBAINA – Cane Do Kai
• GRANDMASTER HECTOR RODRIGUEZ – Florida
• GRANDMASTER DAN MEDINA – Majapal Derobis Escrima

 

4.

 MASTER WARRIORS OF THE WORLD HEAD OF FAMILY SOKESHIP COUNCIL

 

• MASTER JURGEN THEURER – Ki-Jutsu – Germany
• MASTER ALFREDO TORELLA – Kwon Bop – Michigan
• SHIHAN JIMMY RUTHERFORD & SHIHAN CHRIS MARQUEZ –San-Jitsu – Florida
• MASTER QUOC TRAN – New Jersey
• MASTER FRANK EHNLE – Hapkido/ TaeKwonDo

 

 

MASTER OF THE YEAR AWARD

 

• MASTER RAN STEINBERG and TUBIC ZVONKO – Dennis Survival Ju-Jitsu – Israel
• MASTER AVI NARDIA – Tactical Master Instructor International KAPAP
• THOMAS LEHMAN – Tactical Master Instructor Award – CQC Modular edged weapons – Germany
• MASTER MICHAEL PETRELLA – Seichu Jutsu – Canada
• MASTER ANDREW CARINE – Jeet Kune Do – Canada
• MASTER MONTY NUWAR
• KYOSHI PAUL J. TUCKER – Isshin-JuJitsu
• MASTER MICHAEL VIOLI – Tai Shin Doh
• CYNTIA RODRIGUEZ – Atemi Ryu Karate – Florida
• MASTER KARMON KEPPERS - TaeKwonDo

 

 

TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AWARD

 

• RICARDO FERNANDEZ – C.R.M.I.P.T: Control response medium impact tool

 

 

NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

 

• ALFRED NYMAN JR. – Aiki Tora Ryu
• MATTHEW A. SANCHEZ – San-Jitsu

5.

 

INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

 

• JOE GEHR – Tactical Instructor Award – CQC KAPAP Combative System
• JOE PUNG – Michi Budo Ryu – New Jersey
• PHILLIP SPEARS – San-Jitsu – Texas
• SONIA WARING – Tactical Law Enforcement Instructor Award – CQC edged tool & impact tool                                             
• JAY HOCUTT, DWIGHT SHULTS, CRYSTAL MAIN, MELISSA BEHM, CAROL ANGELIQUE PEDERSON and CHRISTEN SPRUIELL – Isshin-Jujitsu                                                       
• JASON HERRERA – CQDT Instructor

 

 

CONTINUED EXCELLENCE IN THE MARTIAL ARTS

 

• SENSEI VINCENT FLORES – USA Goju

 

 

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD

 

• LT. COL. ADAM S TALKINGTON – Aiki Jitsu
• MASTER JOE SNYDER – Isshinryu USIKA
• ROBERT JAMES DEMOTT – Presas Modern Arnis
• MASTER ALLEN ROTH
• LYNN SNOZA – Circle System – Nebraska
• ERIC SHEPHERD – TaeKwonDo
• SEAN MCLEAN – Karate

 

 

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE MARTIAL ARTS

 

• PAUL HALLMAN JR. – World Head of Family Sokeship Council website
• ANNETTE EHNLE – TaeKwonDo
• SENSEI LOUIS COLETTI – Isshinryu Karate
• PHIL PEPLINSKI – TaeKwonDo/ Hapkido

6.

 

HUMANITARIAN AWARD

 

• HELEN SAMUELS
• TIMOTHY OCHS – Tai Shin Doh          

                                 

SCHOOL SUPERVISION AWARD

 

• VIVIAN GRANTHAM – Circle System – Nebraska

 

 

MOST INNOVATIVE TRAINING PROGRAM

 

• RICHARD BURGESS – Virodhi Himsa Adhyatma
• SHIHAN MARK MURDOCK – Manabi Masho Ju-Jitsu

 

 

MOST INNOVATIVE WEAPON

 

• LANCE WARD – NUNCHAKU DESIGN

 

 

MEDIA AWARD

 

• 50 years of excellence – BLACK BELT MAGAZINE

 

 

BOOK OF THE YEAR

 

• RENSHI JEFF DRISCOLL – “Ultimate Kempo” – Pennsyvania

 

SEMINAR OF THE YEAR

 

• 100^TH Birthday Memorial Seminar Symposium for Professor Sig Kufferath – LESLEE KUFFERATH

 

 

7.

 

INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

 

• STACE SANCHEZ – KickPics

 

 

 

GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARD

 

• KEVIN MAITLAND – Circle System logo – Nebraska

 

 

 

 

ASSOCIATE AWARDS (RECOGNITION)

 

OUTSTANDING COMPETITOR

 

• MICAH AULT – Isshin-JuJitsu

 

 

OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTOR

 

• Bushido Kempo Kwon Bop Combat Woman of the Year – TATIANA DEL BROCCO - Italy
• RON SPITZER, JASON HAMILTON & STEPHANIE CABELL – Isshin-JuJitsu
• KEVIN BICKFORD
• SENSEI ANGELA VIOLI – Tai Shin Doh
• SOLITAIRE MCALLISTER – Manabi Masho Ju-Jitsu
• KELLY WESTFALL – Circle System

 

 

OUTSTANDING STUDENT

 

• MICHAEL L. PATTERSON
• IBRAHIMA LY, TORI AULT – Isshin-JuJitsu
• BARBARA WHITT, SHEA DAUGHERTY, JILL MARQUEZ – San-Jitsu
• TIM BRANDT, ALEX ANTZES, THOMAS DUNA – Manabi Masho Ju-Jitsu
• SAMUEL G. SMITH – Self-defense
• KOLTEN HATHAWAY – Jr. Associate Award – Isshin-Jujitsu

 

 

YOUNGEST STUDENT AWARD

 

• JUDE WARING – CQC edged tool & impact tool

 

 

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL

 

• DOUG HATHAWAY – Isshin-JuJitsu

 

 

OUTSTANDING LOYALTY

 

• JIM KAYWORK
• GREG NICELY – Manabi Masho Ju-Jitsu

 

 

ENDING REMARKS – Re-introduces Grandmaster Sanchez for closing statement

 

 

 

END OF PROGRAM