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J.C.
Burris
Inducted in 1984
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J. C. Burris received his black
belt at the Harold Long School of Karate while he was a
student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He later
earned his Ed.D from Nova University in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. At present he is on the central staff of the McMinn
County Schools in addition to operating the Burris Martial
Arts Center which he opened in January of 1968. His first
dojo was in Maryville, Tennessee, which opened in the summer
of 1967, and both of these schools are still active in
Isshin-Ryu Karate today.
Sensei Burris was a regular on the
tournament circuit from 1965 to 1975 and won numerous
trophies in competition. Dr. Burris now considers himself a
teacher. He believes he must have an exact plan for each
student and be able to analyze his students' techniques,
values and individual motives in order to be able to provide
the most meaningful training. |
Since 1973, Sensei Burris has
conducted the Athens Karate Games, an all-Isshin-Ryu Karate
Tournament, in March of each year. He serves as the Chairman
of the Board of Directors of the International Isshin-Ryu
Karate Association, a position he assumed upon the retirement
of Master Harold Long. As Master Long's senior student, he
continues to carry on the legendary tradition that Master
Harold Long has worked so hard to establish and develop. He
intends to continue training, to teach, and to pass the art
of Isshin-Ryu on as it has been passed on to him.
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