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SENSEI Y. A. SMITH, JR.HE BEGAN HIS MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING IN THE AIR FORCE WITH JUDO. HE WAS ON THE BASE JUDO TEAM FOR ONE YEAR AT GOOSE BAY AIR FORCE BASE. AFTER LEAVING THE AIR FORCE HE CONTINUED TO STUDY JUDO UNTIL HE MOVED TO AMERICUS, GEORGIA. HE BEGAN TO STUDY SHOREI RYU KARATE UNDER SENSEI DR. DIRK MOSIG, WHO IS NOW AN 8th DEGREE MASTER IN SHORIN RYU KARATE. AFTER 2 YEARS SENSEI MOSIG MOVED TO NEBRASKA, WHICH LEFT NO PLACE IN AMERICUS TO STUDY.THE Y.M.C.A. IN ALBANY, GEORGIA HAD A SHOTOKAN CLASS SO HE BEGAN TO DRIVE TO ALBANY TO STUDY. HE WAS SOON TRANSFERRED AND DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS HE STUDIED SEVERAL TYPES OF MARTIAL ARTS, DUE TO BEING TRANSFERRED SEVERAL TIMES. AFTER MOVING TO JACKSONVILLE HIS TRAINING HAS BEEN THE SAME AS SENSEI YOUNG. SENSEI Y. A. HOLDS A 3rd DEGREE BLACK BELT IN SHOTOKAN. |
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