2001   

  COSMOPOLITAN 

FLORIDA HALL OF FAME

 MARTIAL ARTS BROTHERHOOD

AWARD RECIPIENTS

 

Honored Deceased Legends

Grand Master Frank Ruiz

Nisei Goju - Founder

Florida, USA

Grandmaster Eddie Ramos

Shorin-Ryu Kempo - Founder

Florida, USA

Grandmaster Tom Dunne

American Kempo

Florida, USA

Grandmaster Shoshin Nagamine

Shorin-Ryu Matsubayashi-Ryu - Founder

Okinawa, Japan

Grandmaster Masutatsu Oyama

Masutatsu Oyama Karate - Do

Japan

Grandmaster John Pachivas

Director of USKA Karate

Florida, USA

Grandmaster Don Nagel

Isshin Ryu 

New Jersey, USA

Grandmaster Thomas Carroll

Shotokan

New York, USA

Professor Florendo Visitacion 

Vee - Jujitsu

Phillipines

Shinan Antonio Pereira

Mi Yama Ryu JuJitsu

Puerto Rico

Sifu John Shaffer

Tai-Chi

Florida, USA

Mr. Walter J. Belleville

American Karate

Florida, USA

Masutatsu Oyama 

Kyokushin Kai

Japan

 

GRAND PATRIARCH

Grandmaster Frank Sanchez - 10 Degree

Guam Martial Arts    San Jitsu - Founder

Florida, USA

FOUNDING PIONEER

  Shihan Kenneth C. Freeman - 8th Degree

Goju-Ryu-Jitsu - Founder

Audubon, New Jersey

 

GOLDEN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Grandmaster Richard Sinclair - 10th Degree

Iron Octopus Tactical Survival Defense - Founder

New York, USA

Dr. Phillip Chenique, MSD - 10th Degree

Atemi Ryu Jujitsu - Founder

Florida, USA

Grandmaster Simos Zahopoulos - 10th Degree

Hellenic Pankration - 

Kavala, Greece

Sensei Don Murnane

Goju-Ryu

Florida, USA

Grandmaster Edward Brown, Jr. - 10th Degree

Japanese Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Sensei Mike Bell

Kickboxer

 Florida, USA

Grandmaster Glenn Premru - 10th Dan 

American Karate - Pioneer

Arizona, USA

Grandmaster Andy Horne - 10th Degree

Okinawan Shuri-Ryu

Florida, USA

Master Kermit Ford - 

Bahamas

Grandmaster Bahiy Muhammad - 10th Degree

Alhadi Do Survival Defense - Founder

New York, USA

 

Master Walter E. Lewis Sr.

USA Kickboxer

Florida, USA

 

Professor Amin Hassan - 10th Degree

Goseiryu Goju - Founder

Wilmington, Delaware

 

HONORABLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Professor Moses Powell  - 10th Degree

Sanuces Ryu - Founder

Vermont

 

 

SILVER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

 

 

Master Joe Williams - 8th Degree

Atemi Ryu

Florida, USA

Professor Frankie Adderly - 8th Degree

Sanuces Ryu System

Bahamas

Master Gary Pointer - 7th Degree

Simmudo

Connecticut, USA

Master Andy Horne - 6th Degree

Okinawan Shuri-Ryu

Florida, USA

Master Dan Riley - 6th Degree

Japanese Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Sifu Richard Meir King

5 Animal & 5 Family Kung-Fu

California, USA

Master Danny T. Zaino - 6th Degree

Japanese Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Master Vincent Sands - 5th Dan

Todo Extremo Karate

Florida, USA

Dr. Juan R. Cespedes

Judo

Florida, USA

 

Master Tullio Gianella - 4th Degree

Tae Kwon Do

Florida, USA

Shihan Jim King - 4th Degree

American Karate

Florida, USA

Sensei George Davis

Isshin Ryu Karate

Boynton Beach, Florida

Sensei Robert Duzoglou - 4th Degree

RDCA - Founder

Florida, USA

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Abon Garimont Baet -10th Degree

Laguna Arnis -Garamot System-Founder

Florida, USA

HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR

Professor Charles Allen - 8th Degree

Sanuces Ryu JiuJitsu

Florida, USA

Master Ulysess "Pop" Winn - 8th Degree

Nisei Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Sensei Lawrence Klarman

Atemi Ryu

Florida, USA

INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER OF THE YEAR

Grandmaster Santi-Ko -10th Degree

Shang Tiong - Founder

Venezuela, South America

Professor Jedan O. Figueroa PHD/MA

Ju Jitsu Jedan Ryu - 10th Degree

Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

GRANDMASTER OF THE YEAR

Grandmaster Wilfredo Roldan -10th Degree

 Nisei Goju Ryu

New York, USA

Shihan Vincent Marchetti - 10th Degree

Michi Budo Ryu - Founder

New Jersey, USA

Dr. Jose Miguel Gallego -10th Degree

Neko-Do Systems Goju Ryu

Hialeah, Florida

Professor Amin Hassan - 10th Degree

Goseiryu Goju - Founder

Wilmington, Delaware

MASTER OF THE YEAR

Soke Michael McGann - 10th Degree

Wa No Michi Ryu Karate/Kobudo

Florida, USA

Master Alan Goldberg

Wing Chung Kung Fu

Editor of Action Martial Arts Magazine

New York, USA

Shihan Jim Anderson - 9th Degree

Gup Tae Kwon Do

Florida, USA

Professor Lionel Velasquez - 8th Degree

Atemi-Ryu JuJitsu

Florida, USA

Professor Daniel Torres - 8th Degree

DanTor Ryu Jujitsu - Founder

Florida, USA

Master Jerry "Zulu" Denson - 7th Degree

Sanuces Jujitsu

Florida, USA

Master Frank Kushner 

FMK Shotokan-Ryu

New York, USA

Shihan Roger Braswell -  5th Degree

Atemi Ryu JuJitsu

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Master Robert Ostovich - 5th Degree

Goju

Florida, USA

Shihan Mark Kern - 4th Degree

American Karate

Longwood, Florida

Master Kermit Gonzalez -4th Degree

Sei Ryoku Zen Yo

Gotha, Florida

MAN OF THE YEAR

Grandmaster Joseph Connolly II - 9th Degree

Yudo

Florida, USA

Master Richard Ross - 6th Degree

Isshin Ryu

Florida, USA

Master Frank Ramirez, Jr. - 5th Degree

Shorin Ryu Kobayashi

Florida, USA

Sa Bum Nim Alberto Friedman - 4th Degree

Tae Kwon Do

Massachusets, USA

Shihan John Nelson -4th Degree

Wa No Michi Ryu

Florida , USA

 

 

WOMAN OF THE YEAR

 

 

Sensei Terry Knight -1st Degree

Chun Kuk Do

Florida, USA

SCHOOL OF THE YEAR

Sensei Theresa L. Zaino - 3rd Degree

Japanese Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Sensei Tim Lay - 3rd Degree

Tae Kwon Do

Florida, USA

 

Sensei Ray Doucette - 2nd Degree

Kenpo

Florida, USA

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR

Taishi Vernon M. Jones - 5th Degree

Black Lotus Ju-Jitsu - Founder

Florida, USA

BUSINESS OWNERS OF THE YEAR

Phil & Cynthia Burney

Pro Karate Supplies

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR

Sensei Alexis Morales - 7th Degree

Go-Ju Ryu Karate

Hialeah, Florida

Master George Papatheodoropoulos - 7th Degree

Pankration - Karate

Patras, Greece

Master Mike Lee Kanarek- 5th Degree

Israeli Combat Self-Defense

Sunrise, Florida

Sensei Kenneth Bernard Spann - 5th Degree

Jujitsu

Florida, USA

Sensei Ken Herman - 5th Degree

Kenpo

Florida, USA

Master Ron Marcarelli - 4th Degree

Kenpo

Florida, USA

Sensei Cesar E. Fernandez - 4th Degree

Okinawa Kenpo

Florida, USA

Sensei Mark Davis - 3rd Degree

American Modern Wushu

Florida, USA

Sensei Steven D. Ray - 2nd Degree

Japanese, Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Sensei Leonard "Bunk" Greene - 2nd Degree

Japanese Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Sensei Gerald J. Donnini - 2nd Degree

Japanese Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Sensei Steve Mercy - 1st Degree

Japanese Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Sensei Vincent A. Izzo II - 2nd Degree

Japanese Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Sensei Allen Tucker - 1st Degree

Wa No Michi Ryu

Florida, USA

Mr. Nick Hines

Pankration

New Hampshire, USA

Sensei Gino Profera- Sandan

Goju/Kempo

Sunrise, Florida

Sensei Max Evans

Atemi Ryu JuJitsu

Hialeah, Florida

Sensei Alfred Nyman

Aikido/Chito Ryu

Debary, Florida

Sensei Simeon Kinnard - 2nd Degree

TaeKwonDo

Spring Hill, Florida

 

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR

Heather Doucette - 1st Degree

American Kenpo

Florida, USA

 Sensei Fred Soto

Hapkido

Florida, USA

Sensei Colleen Diemer - 1st Degree

Chang Chang Byan DeShou Fat Kung Fu

Pembroke Pines, Florida

Pankratista Michael Sympniewski -1st Degree

Pankration/Pyx-Lax

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Andrew J. Hayden - 1st Degree

Black Knight Karate Association

Port St Lucie, Florida

STUDENT OF THE YEAR

Pankratista Richard Jacques

Mu Tau Pankration

New Hampshire, USA

Pankratista Salvatore Marchese

Mu Tau Pankration

New Hampshire, USA

Pankratista Jessica Edwards

Pankration / Pyx-Lax

Florida, USA

Pankratista Christopher Delgado

Pankration/Pyx-Lax

Florida, USA

Pankratista Jelena Vulicevic

Pankration/Pyx-Lax

Florida, USA

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MARTIAL ARTS

Master Eddie Camarena

Juai Kung Fu

Florida, USA

Pankratista Mark Nash

Mu Tau Pankration

New Hampshire, USA

Sensei Leon Axel - 2nd Degree

Nisei Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

Ambassador Dimitris Makrynikolas

Georgia, USA

Mr. Nikolaos Anastasiadis - 3rd Degree

Tae Kwon Do

New Orleans, USA

Michael Cohen - 1st Degree

Isshinryu

Florida, USA

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MARTIAL ARTS

Mr. Dennis Riley

Florida, USA

Linda D. Sands

Florida, USA

Janice Starling

St. Petersburg, Florida

BLACK BELT OF THE YEAR

Master James Price- 6th Dan

Urban Goju

Ft. Myers, Florida

Sensei Burke Von

Shotokan

Breaux, Louisianna

Master Bud Verderber - 4th Degree

Budan Kai

Florida, USA

USA BLACK BELT COMPETITOR OF THE YEAR

James "Quick" Sands - Junior Black Belt

Todo Extremo Karate

Florida, USA

Sensei Derek Duzoglou - 1st Degree

American Karate

Florida, USA

Sensei Letah Parrish - 3rd Degree

Shotokan

Florida, USA

 Sensei Adam Faldetta - 2nd Degree

American Karate

Florida, USA

Sensei Isaac Saunders - 1st Degree

Shotokan

Florida, USA

Lauren Kearney - 2nd Degree

Kenpo Karate

Coral Springs, Florida

Dexter Brandao

Team Instinct

Miami, Florida

Jesse Carlo Ramos

Team Instinct

Miami, Florida

Nicolas Godoy

Team Instinct

Miami, Florida

USA COMPETITOR OF THE YEAR

Allyson Blankenbiller - Purple Belt

Wa No Michi Ryu Karate

Florida, USA

Gavonnah Williams

Nisei Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

                               

       PARENT OF THE YEAR

Ms. Rubye Sanders

Nisei Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE YEAR 2002

Kratios Master Vasilios Katsaitis -10th Degree

Founder/International Director of

The Karate Voice

Cosmopolitan Florida Hall of Fame -

Pyx-Lax Pankration - Founder

Florida, USA

Professor Peter Urban - 10th Degree

USA Goju - Founder

New Jersey, USA

Shihan Vincent Marchetti - 10th Degree

Michi Budo Ryu - Founder

New Jersey, USA

Grandmaster Wilfredo Roldan -10th Degree

 Nisei Goju Ryu

New York, USA

Sijo Bill Drougas -10th Degree

Vichara Tai Jug Fu Kung Fu - Founder

Arta, Greece

Grandmaster Rick Riccardi - 10th Degree

Niseido Ju Jitsu - Founder

Florida, USA

Grandmaster Jung Shee Jim Lacy -10th Degree

18 Daoist Palms System

California, USA

Master Herbie Thompson -9th Degree

USA Nisei Goju

Florida, USA

Grandmaster Edward Badiang - 10th Degree

World Seite Do Budo

Hawaii, USA

Grandmaster Edward Brown - 9th Degree

Japanese Goju Ryu

Florida, USA

 

Grandmaster Jose Santiko Guillermo -10th Degree

Shang Tiong - Founder

Venezuela