Bruce,

I wish I had made that entry...

Carlos

Bruce Miller <bemiller@...> wrote:
sorry but since ANYONE can enter a WIKIPEDIA entry ... they are NOT
considered official by any means ... from google Wikipedia's
official slogan is "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit";

For all we know YOU may have entered that description ...

On Aug 1, 2006, at 6:20 PM, same wrote:

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> Robert A. Trias (1923 - 1989), known by some as "the Father of Karate
> in America," founded the first commercial karate school in the United
> States. He also developed Shuri-ryu karate, an eclectic style with
> roots in the Okinawan Shuri-te tradition.
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> While serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Robert
> Trias was stationed in the Solomon Islands. There he met Tung Gee
> Hsing, a Chinese missionary of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, who offered to
> teach Trias some martial arts in exchange for lessons in American
> boxing. Trias, who was the Navy's middleweight boxing champion at the
> time,There he met Tong Gee Hsing, a Chinsese missionary of Chan (Zen)
> Buddhism, who offered to teach Trias some martial arts in exchange
> for lessons in American boxing. Trias, who was the Navy's
> middleweight boxing champion at the time, decided to fight Tong Gee
> Hsing but he was unable to land a single punch. Hsing taught Trias
> some Hsing-I as well as some Okinawan Shuri-Te karate, which Hsing
> had learned from Choki Motobu on Okinawa.
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> Later O'Sensei studied with Hoy Yuan Ping whose lineage was from the
> Teshin Shinjo School of Kempo Ju-jitsu in Japan. O'Sensei held a 6th
> dan black belt in Kodokan Judo and studied under Yju Yamada. O'Sensei
> was a student of Yasuhiro Konishi and Makoto Gima and was promoted to
> his highest ranks by them.
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> When Robert Trias left the Navy, he began teaching martial arts in
> his backyard in Phoenix, Arizona. Later he opened his first karate
> school in Phoenix. Robert Trias served as an officer of the Arizona
> State Highway Patrol for a number of years utilizing his self-defense
> knowledge. He founded the United States Karate Association (USKA).
> Through his pioneering efforts in Karate, he became the United
> States' liaison with Korea, Japan, China, and Okinawa for many years.
> He was instrumental in promoting the first world karate tournament in
> 1963 in Chicago, IL. His rules for tournament competition are still
> used today with slight variation.
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> O'Sensei Robert A. Trias' style was known as Shorei-Goju Ryu, Shorei-
> ryu and Shuri-ryu. Many organizations claim to trace their roots to
> O'Sensei and the USKA.
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> Grandmaster Trias died in 1989 of cancer leaving the Shuri-ryu system
> to his daughter Dr. Roberta Trias-Kelley, inheritor and Menkyo Kaiden.
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> Robert A. Trias is the author of "Karate is my Life""The Hand is my
> Sword", "The Pinnacle of Karate", "The Supreme Way", and "Render
> Yourself Empty".
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> Roberta Trias
> Grand Master Robert A. Trias
> Grand Master Robert A. Trias, 10th Dan Father of American Karate
> Grandmaster Robert Trias
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