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Sensei Lee Gray
Sensei Gray began studying Martial Arts in 1960 on the island of Okinawa. During his many years of living and traveling throughout the far east, Sensei Gray has enjoyed the opportunity to train with many distinguished masters of Okinawa and Japanese Martial Arts. As an active duty, career United States Marine Sensei Gray taught hand-to-hand combat to Marine Recruits at the Recruit Depot in San Diego California. He spent much of his 20 year Marine Corps career teaching martial arts and hand-to-hand combat to members of all branches of the Armed Forces. Traveling nationally and internationally Sensei Gray has conducted seminars for martial artists of all styles. He has taught in several colleges and universities and has owned and operated dojo in California and Texas. After retiring from the U.S. Marine Corps Sensei Gray embarked upon a career with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice teaching defensive tactics to police and corrections officers. Sensei Gray has been Certified by: Okinawa Karate-do Goju-Ryu Shobukan Honbu Okinawa City, Okinawa Japan All Okinawa Kobudo Federation Naha City, Okinawa Japan The State of California (as a expert of martial arts weapons ) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (as a Master Instructor of Defensive Tactics) Sensei Gray is member of: The Budokan in Tokyo Japan The Komei Juku in Tokyo Japan The Nihon Kobudo Kyokai in Tokyo Japan Okinawa Karate and Kobudo of America And other Distinguished Organizations Having retired from his second career Sensei Gray now devotes full time to training and teaching traditional martial arts at his Shobukan Martial Arts Center in Amarillo, Texas.
An article on Sensei Gray and Sensei Masanobu Shinjo is available at USAdojo.com Persons interested in martial arts training, and Instructors interested in hosting clinics or adding a more traditional approach to their training may contact Sensei Gray by e-mail at: lee-gray@shobukan.org
Martial Arts for Body, Mind and Spirit
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