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Past Celebrity Guests
Dr. John Gray - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
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Dan Severn - Ultimate Fighting Champion - Triple Crown World Champion |
Liz Pratt - Mrs. Michigan America 2005 |
Robert Rasner -Saved by the Bell, Full House, and 3rd Rock from the Sun |
Grand Master Sang Sup Kil - International Master, Instructor, Coach and Referee. |
Richard Bustillo - Jeet Kune Do Expert trained by Bruce Lee |
Larry Thomas - The Soup Nazi from Seinfeld TV Show |
TJ Storm - Mortal Combat, and Conan:The Adventurer |
Antonio Fargas - Huggy Bear on Starsky and Hutch |
Hank Garrett - Car 54 Where Are You, Three Days of the Condor |
David Lavara - Stunt man "The Night Crawler " |
Master Yong Sup Kil - World Tae Kwon Do Champion, Korean National Champion |
C Andrew Nelson - Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode V |
Paul Ganus - Rumor Has It, CSI, Alias, Veronica Mars, Las Vegas |
Don Pedro Colley - Walt Disney's The World's Greatest Athlete, and Dukes of Hazzard |
Scott Schwartz - Oceans Twelve, Starsky and Hutch, Oceans 11, Scorpion King, and Spiderman |
Vera VanGuard - Warrior Mistress, and Laura Croft stunt double |
Benjamin Kil - Junior Actor |
Rima E. Laibow, M.D. - Medical Director Natural
Solutions Foundation & Health Freedom USA. |
"Virgil" - Michael Jones - Pro Wrestler, Body guard for the Million Dollar Man (Ted DiBiase) |
Craig G. Roberts - Office for Community and Faith Based Initiatives |
Cindy Bush - International Model |
Sarah Beth - Model, WB ElimiDate, Tiki Bob's Cantina "Coyote Ugly Girl" |
Alana Curry -Terminator 3, Bold and the Beautiful, Beverly Hills 90210 and Passion |
Kevin Taylor "Big K"
World Record Brick Breaker
See Kevin on Fox 2 News --click here |
Shonie (Mr. International) Carter - UFC Champion |
Katelyn Philpot will sing the Stars Spangled Banner to open the Battle of Detroit at the 2007 Stars For Charity Expo
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Alana Curry -Terminator 3, Bold and the Beautiful, Beverly Hills 90210 and Passion |
 
Master Ali Koubeissi
Vice President USA Tae kwon Do
Michigan |
Moment of Silence at 2007 Event for
Grand Master Marshall E. Johnson
"One of Michigan's Great
Martial Arts Pioneers"
Passed Away September 2006.
Puerto Rico Head of the Han Moo Kwan World Martial Arts Puerto Rico Master Victor Fontanez
Accompanying Master Victor Fontanez will be Mister Victor Ortiz a 1st Dan from Puerto Rico |
Benjamin Kil - Junior Actor |
David Lavara - Stunt Man "The Night Crawler" - "X-Men" |
Sarah Beth - Model, WB ElimiDate, Tiki Bob's Cantina "Coyote Ugly Girl" |
"Virgil" - Michael Jones - Pro Wrestler, Body guard for the Million Dollar Man (Ted DiBiase) |
Master Yong Sup Kil - World Tae Kwon Do Champion, Korean National Champion |
Grand Master Sang Sup Kil - International Master, Instructor, Coach and Referee. |
Michael Perry - Fought in K-1 matches in Europe, and Sport Karate Champion (East Coast). AKA "Wandering Guru" |
Vera VanGuard - Warrior Mistress, and Laura Croft stunt double |
Delegation from Puerto Rico World Martial Arts College |
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Professor Eugene A. Humesky Ph.D., Grandmaster in Tae Kwon Do, 10th Dan UTB, Inc./UMAB, Inc., Chairman and Founder (1972) |
Master Don Clift
Clift’s Midwest Martial Arts |
Grand Master Jose R Trinidad-Puerto Rico All American Tournament 1996 Champion
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Grand Master David Zacker - President Tang Soo Do Martial Arts Society |
Sensei Brian Brunelle- NASKA World Champion |
 5th Dan Master Grigg Espinoza started his Martial Arts training in Michigan in 1972 and was teaching Kenpo Karate in Arizona by 1978. He returned to Michigan and in 1979 he started Tae Kwon Do Han Moo Kwan and won an AAU Tae Kwon Do gold medal in 1981. That same year Master Espinoza began kickboxing, competing successfully in the Midwestern circuit.
In 1987, he developed a MLEOTC approved Defensive Tactics class and taught that and other Defensive Tactics classes at area Law Enforcement Academies. Master Espinoza has trained in many styles of Martial Arts and is currently operating Urban Warrior Mixed Martial Arts along with being a Kickboxing Promoter and Tournament Director. |
Frank Fuller - Martial Arts Instructor |
Master Joseph Stricker - founder of Martial Arts Connection in Saginaw, MI
Hanshi Dr. Shorty Mills 10th Degree
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 Yellow Tigers 10th Degree Grand Master Delford Fort started in the martial arts in 1967, and learned Wing Chun under Master Hotz. After receiving a black belt at an early age and after the death of Master Hotz, Fort began training where he could, enrolling into a Tae-Kwon-Do Ji-Do-Kwan school under Mr. Tommy Comings. Later, he learned from greats such as Howard Jackson and Michael Jones. Master Fort has also studied AiKi Ju Jitsu, Judo, Shotokan, Wrestling, and holds a black belt with the Alkebu-Lan Martial Arts Federation. Teaching the Yochin-Ryu (American) style of martial arts with the Yellow Tigers, Master Fort is a member of the Michigan Sport Karate Circuit and is a promoter of tournaments such as his Spirit of Detroit Karate Classic. He has won over 100 Grand Championships and over 400 trophies and awards for his contributions to the martial arts. He has also toured the world as a bodyguard for entertainers such as Prince, Run DMC, Luther Vandross, Snoop Doggy Dog, and others.
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Kancho Lloyd Russette
Kancho Russette is a 10th degree black belt and founder of the Kihon system. With over fifty years experience, Kancho has been instructing students in Kihon for over thirty years. Trainer of champions, he has black belt students in the United States, Canada and abroad. To learn more about Kancho, check out our "About us" section.
Kihon Karate |
Shihan Norm Rivard
Shihan Norm Rivard is a 5th degree black belt, and has successfully represented Kihon in full-contact, bare-knuckle competitions in North America and Japan. He has a full contact record of 77-6 with notable wins in New York at the North American Karate Championships, Denver at the Sabaki Challenge, and in Chicago t the U.S. Shidokan National Tournament, the largest knockdown competiton in the United States. |
Sensei Kelly Perkins - Third Dan in Tae Kwon Do, and Second Dan in American Kenpo
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Sensei Shelby Perkins - First Degree Black Belt in American Kenpo and First Degree in Kyoshu Jitsu |
Leadership Awards Recipients selected for
2007 Battle of Detroit |
Master Duane Pitcher |
Valerie Watson |
Master Ali Koubessi |
Recipients of this years Leadership Awards to be given at Battle of Detroit! Leadership Award
Exemplifies Instructors, leaders that have lead and taken their schools and students to highest levels of Martial Arts success! This year’s awardees are Master Duane Pitcher and Valerie Watson of World Class Martial Arts Institute and Master Ali Koubessi of Koubessi's Tae Kwon Do School. |
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