Location/Date of Birth: Thomasville, North Carolina on June 17^th 1972

Date/Location/Instructor where Isshinryu Training Began: 1998 in Lexington, North Carolina, Instructor Ron Haines

Date received Sho-Dan in Isshin-ryu Karate: March of 2000

Date received current rank: San-Dan – June 2008

Additional Martial Arts Training: Sho-Dan - Shorin-Ryu Karate, Il Dan in Tae Kwon Do/Tang Soo Do, Sho-Dan – Kyokoshin Karate

Organizational Support: Member of the AOKA and the OIKKA since 2008, Member of The United Tang Soo Do Federation since 1986.

Profession: Chemical Manufacturing Supervisor

Location/Date of Birth: High Point, NC, 7/26/1987 

Date/Location/Instructor where Isshinryu Training Began: 06/01/1992, Lexington, NC, Sensei Ron Haines

Date received Sho-Dan in Isshin-ryu Karate: 1998

Date received current rank: San-Dan 2001

Organizational Support: USIKA (no longer a member)

Profession: Music Conductor 

Education: BA General Music (Psychology minor), UNC: Greensboro (2009)

Date/Location/Instructor where Isshinryu Training Began: Started training in Isshinryu karate in1989 in Lexington, NC. Under Sensei Ron Haines

Date received Sho-Dan in Isshin-ryu Karate: June 1991

Date received current rank: Ni Dan in Isshinryu karate in June of 1992

Additional Martial Arts Training: Black Sash in Chinese Kempo

Organizational Support: Black Belts of the Faith International(since 1993), Karate for Christ International (since 2001), Koreja-Do Christian Martial Arts Association (since 2001) and Progressive Martial Arts Alliance (since 2001)

Profession: Bio-Med Technician for Lexington Memorial Hospital

Education: AAS Degree for Biomedical Equipment Technology

BBA Degree in Business Administration