Sensei Trevor Tezel began training with Shorin-Ryu Karate USA in 1999 under Hanshi Robert Scaglione under whom he continues to train. Sensei Trevor was promoted to the rank of Fourth degree Black Belt in May 2023. Sensei Trevor is a practitioner of the Rokushaku Bo. Sensei Trevor is a lifelong resident of the Merritt Island area…

Sensei Kurt Tezel began training with Shorin-Ryu Karate USA in 1999 under Hanshi Robert Scaglione under whom he continues to train. Sensei Tezel founded the Merritt Island Dojo in 2011. Sensei Tezel was promoted to the rank of Sixth degree Black Belt in February 2017. Sensei Tezel is a practitioner of the Sai (three pronged ancient…

Hanshi Robert Scaglione began his karate training in 1967. He earned his Black Belt in 1972 from Grand Master Ansei Ueshiro, founder of the Shorin-Ryu Karate U.S.A. system. Hanshi Scaglione is the Chief Administrator of the original style in the United States. He has traveled with Grand Master Ansei Ueshiro throughout the U.S.A. and as his…

The founder of Shorin-Ryu Karate USA, Grand Master Ansei Ueshiro, an Okinawan by birth, set foot on the mainland of the USA for the first time on September 15, l962. He was one of the first Oriental martial artists to bring karate to this country, and he went on to become one of the most influential…

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