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INSTRUCTORS |
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E. Colgan, Sensei Chief Instructor
"My karate training has been an incredibly strong and deeply personal experience.
Put in words it has been rewarding, frustrating, challenging, frightening and spiritual. But this does not adequately express what is seemingly impossible to describe verbally. Karate has truly made and enriched my life."
"Karate-do (any martial art) is a lifelong journey, a way of life that encourages and develops self-discipline, confidence, perseverance and inner peace. It is my life's passion, and full-time profession since 1995 to train and improve myself and to pass on my knowledge and training experiences to my students, with the hope of lighting in them, a flame, quenched only by the thirst for lifelong training in the martial arts." |
| Dale Burnett, Sensei Chief Weapons Instructor
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| Robert Kreutzer, Sensei Instructor Sensei Kreutzer has been keenly interested in martial arts for pretty much his
whole life.
Sensei Kreutzer first caught the bug as a 4th grader. There were many nights in
the mid-'70s spent arguing with his parents to let him stay up late enough to
watch the "King-Fu" television series on ABC television. Later, he became a
regular at a movie theater in Austin, Texas which featured Chinese kung-fu
movies every Saturday at midnight.
In 1983, he finally walked into a dojo and hasn't stopped training since. Sensei
Kreutzer received his first black belt in 1991, successfully testing with famed
instructor Fumio Demura in the art of Shito-ryu karate-do. Sensei Kreutzer has also
trained in Shotokan karate. In 1992, Sensei Kreutzer began what would be nine years
of training in street-oriented ju-jitsu.
Sensei Kreutzer began his training in Shuri-ryu in 2003 and has been a regular
instructor of the art since than. Sensei Kreutzer is married (his wife, Cheryl, is
also a black belt in Shuri-ryu) with no children but with four dogs, a cat and
four chickens. His other hobbies and work include freelance journalism, drawing,
gardening, and cooking.
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| Karra Colgan, Sempai Japanese War Fans (Tessen) Instructor
Karra Colgan is the school's Japanese War Fan instructor. She is one of only a few martial artists to train with the traditional Japanese War Fan. Along with several Local, State and Regional titles - Karra has 7 National Titles and 8 World Titles. She has taken the Adult Kyu Weapons Grand Champion titles at the National Championships and World Championships in 2008, both with her War Fans. She has earned a triple crown in the USKA National Points Championships for two years in a row, a daunting task that consis ted of traveling nationwide to over 40 tournaments.
To find out more about Karra, visit her athletes page click here
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Sensei Colgan has over 35 years training experience in the martial arts. He currently holds the rank of 4th degree black belt in both Okinawan Shuri-Ryu and Shorin-Ryu karate systems. He also holds the rank of 3rd degree black belt in Okinawan Kobudo (weapons training). 
Sensei Burnett has over 42 years training experience in the martial arts. He currently holds the rank of 6th degree black belt in Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Karate as well as Okinawan Kobudo.
Sensei Kreutzer has over 22 years experience training in the martial arts. He currently holds the rank of 3rd degree black belt in Okinawan Shuri-Ryu Karate. 
