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| Scott Shamblin
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Scott Shamblin
began his training in Isshin-Ryu karate on November 16, 1973, under the
instruction of J.C. Burris in Athens, Tennessee. His study continued with
Angi Uezu, first in 1987, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and again in 1993 as
Mr. Shamblin traveled to and trained in Okinawa. He has also been a
long-time student of the late Allen Wheeler of Powell, Tennessee. Mr.
Shamblin has also studied Torite Jutsu, Sport Jujitsu and Tae Kwon Do. He was the winner of the 1974 Isshin-Ryu Junior Championships held at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. He was the first person at the Isshin-Ryu Hall of Fame Tournament to ever win first place in Weapons, Kata, and Kumite as well as Grand Champion in Kata, Weapons and Kumite. |
Mr. Shamblin was
the youngest black belt to win the Kata Grand Championship at the Battle of
Nashville. He was the overall champion in weapons, Kata, and Kumite for the
Tennessee Karate Circuit in 1990. At the 1999 AAU Nationals, he received the
bronze medal for Kata, silver for weapons, and brought home the gold for
fighting. He was undefeated in fighting that year at the state, regional, and
national levels.
Outside the competitive arena, Mr. Shamblin has had the honor of participating
in the Isshin-Ryu Karate demonstration during the Restoration Festival of Shuri
Castle in Shuri, Okinawa. He has been inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall
of Fame and is also the recipient of the highest honor bestowed upon any person
by the Okinawan Karate-Do Union, the Master Shimabuku Award. He has had the
privilege of serving on the Board of Directors for the International Isshin-Ryu
Karate Association and the Okinawan Karate-Do Union. He has been the co-owner of
Shamblins' School of Karate in Cleveland, Tennessee, since 1990. He currently
serves as president of the O.K.U. and was chosen by Master Allen Wheeler, before
his passing, to carry on the legacy of embracing and teaching good Isshin-Ryu.
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