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Ryoshin-Kan Karate
Chief Instructor:
Timothy K.
Thompson, 7th Dan
 Instructor
Ryoshin-Kan Karate School,
Dragon Force National Karate Team, Ryoshin-Kan Goshinjitsu
system, Dragon Force Demo Team Shihan Tim Thompson is a
Renshi 7th degree Black Belt Master Instructor in the
Okinawan / Japanese Martial Arts of Karate-Do, Kobudo,
Goshinjitsu and Kenjitsu. His students and the Martial Arts
community know him as “Sensei.” He has been in the Martial
Arts for thirty years and was promoted to his present rank
of 7th Dan on 22 November 2003 by Grand Master Dale Stengele
(O.M.A.A.). Karate Master & Legend Tadashi Yamashita also
promoted him to 6th Dan in Shorinryu Karate-Do on 24
February 1996. He has also studied under Soke Kuniba and
Shihan James Herndon.
Shihan Tim Thompson is the Official OMAA Virginia State
Director, Board Member of the USA-NKF of Virginia and a Member
of the World Stuntmans Association. He and his Ryoshin-Kan
Karate School are members / affiliated with World Cup Martial
Arts Organization (WCMAO), World Karate Union Hall of Fame (WKU),
World Martial Arts Hall of Fame (WMAHOF), World Black Belt
Martial Arts Hall of Fame (WBBMAHOF), USA-NKF of Virginia, Open
Martial Arts Association (OMAA) and the British National Martial
Arts Association (BNMAA) organizations.
He has trained & performed in numerous countries including
Japan, England, Scotland, Holland, Okinawa, Portugal, Spain,
Italy, France, Norway, Germany, Egypt, Bahrain, Africa,
Bahamas, Cuba, Caribbean Islands and through out the United
States of America.
 He is the Founder and Director of the Ryoshin-Kan Karate
School, Dragon Force National Karate Team,Ryoshin-Kan
Goshinjitsu System and the Dragon Force Demo Team located in
Virginia Beach, Virginia, all of which he established in 1980.
Shihan Thompson has taught / shown thousands of Adults and
Children in Shorinryu Karate-Do, Kobudo (Weapons) and
Goshinjitsu (Advance Self-Defense). His School has produced
numerous National and World Champions. His Dragon force National
Karate Demo team won 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005 and 2006 World & National Martial Arts Team Championships.
He has performed in over 1000 Karate Demos and in 1995 He
directed & starred in the movie "The Adventures of Dragon
Force." His Dragon Force Drum Corps, Color Guard, Ryoshin-Kan
Float and Student Body won First Place out of 100 units in the
1998, 2000 and 2004 Virginia Strawberry Festival Parade. His
Dragon Duet Team Pairs routine that he created and performs
with, has won 2002, 2003 and 2004 Championships. His Dragon
Force Kama X-Team has won 2005 & 2006 Championships. He is a
National & World Champion in Karate, Kobudo and Goshinjitsu. He
was a member of the Legendary USA Karate Team that finished
second in the world out of fifty countries in 1991 at Kyoto,
Japan. He has won First Place in Black Belt Self-Defense at
Martial Arts Championships in 1982, 1985 to 93, 1996- 2006. He
has won the Title & First Place in the Adult Black Belt
Self-Defense Division at the World Cup 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, and 2006. Shihan Thompson and his top Black Belt
Partners have won Black Belt Goshinjitsu National Championship
divisions twenty times including 10 years in a row. His Dragon
Force National Team won the Team Grand Championships at the
2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 “WORLD CUP” Martial Arts
Championships conducted in Washington, D.C. His Dragon Force
Team is the First demo team to win this National Title three
years in a row.
Master Karate Teacher Tim Thompson was born in 1954 in
Warrenton, Virginia and he graduated from Fauquier high
School in 1973. He attended college at the Virginia Military
Institute (VMI) and graduated from this famous institution
in 1977 with a BA in History. He is a Retired Decorated Navy
Commander and he served in the U.S. Navy for 26 Years.
Shihan Tim Thompson was inducted into the World Martial Arts
Hall of Fame in 1992 as “Instructor of the Year” and in 2000
as “Head Founder of the Dragon Force Karate Demo Team.” He
was inducted into the 2000 World Karate Union Hall of Fame
as “Master Instructor of the Year & Black Belt National Team
of the Year.” He was inducted into the WKU Hall of Fame in
2001 as the “Black Belt Goshinjitsu National Champion Team
of the Year.” He was Featured in the January 2001 Action
Martial Arts magazine as well as on their Millennium
Collector Card. He and his Dragon Force National Demo Team
were awarded the 2001 / 2002 “National Karate Demo Team of
the Year” by the World Cup and World Black Belt Martial Arts
Hall of Fame Organizations. Shihan Tim Thompson was inducted
into the 2002 World Black Belt Hall of Fame as the "Grand
Master of the Year." His Dragon Force National Karate Demo
Team was awarded the "Best Karate Team of the Year" in 2003
by the OMAA.
Our Styles
Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do
This system stems from the lineage of
Anko Itosu by way of Chosin Chibana and Shoguro Nakazato
(Small Forest Way). The identifying techniques include
blocks, punches, kicks, strikes, tuite and traditional
stances, but is best known for it's fast and penetrating
multiple hand strikes.
Okinawan/Japanese Kobudo
The study of Okinawan farm tools used as
weapons. Includes the bo, tonfa, nunchaku, sai and kama
as well as the jo, handbo, pr24, baton, double sticks
and others.
Tsuru-Ha Kobudo
A Shito-Ryu weapon system influenced by
Soke Kuniba and taught by its founder Shihan / Dr. James
Herndon.
Ryoshin-Kan Kenjutsu (Kenjitsu):
"Art of the Samurai
sword." An aggressive method of swordsmanship practiced
by the Japanese Samurai in which the combatants pitted
naked blade against naked blade. The Samurai Sword was
called a Katana and it had a curved, single-edged blade
twenty-four to thirty-six inches long.The Ryoshin-Kan
Kenjutsu was developed by Sensei Tim Thompson and it is
a combination of Samurai Sword Techniques / philosophies
from The Kuniba-Ha and Yamashita –Ha systems. The
Ryoshin-Kan Kenjutsu system has Sword Cuts, sets, Kata
and complexes. Kenjutsu practice has many things to
offer, it may not seem very practical by looking at the
surface. It is true that you will probably never get in
a sword fight. But learning how to use the sword has
many other benefits, besides fantasizing about being a
samurai and fighting a duel to the death. The Practice
of Kenjutsu will improve your Kime (focus) as well as
stances; foot work, physical conditioning and
Self-Defense Awareness.
Ryoshin-Kan Goshin-Jitsu
(from the Japanese words Goshin meaning "protection of
the body" and Jitsu meaning "techniques") is an Award
winning and very unique, advanced Self-Defense system
created by Shihan Tim Thompson.
The system has earn
National Championship and Hall of Fame Status. This
Goshin-jitsu system consist of a blending of traditional
& modern martial arts utilizing strikes, punches, full
range of kicks, joint locks, trapping, submissions, take
downs, sweeps, reaps, throws, disarment, falling and
rolling techniques. It is well known for its multiple
hand strikes that are fast and penetrating followed by a
take down. Goshin-Jitsu's purpose is to teach effective
Self-Defense to students of different skill levels for a
wide range of real world scenarios. The concepts and
techniques of Goshin-Jitsu originate from a number of
Martial Arts styles, from which the best and most
effective techniques were taken. These skills are
integrated so that the elements build upon and
incorporate one another to form a comprehensive and
effective system of advance Self-Defense. Goshin-Jitsu
emphasizes techniques that can be used effectively in
the real world as a means of self-protection for Men,
Women and Children. This Style of Goshin-Jitsu is also
popular for those that like to do Demos and Tournaments.
Shihan Thompson has incorporated all of his knowledge,
training, championships, seminars, clinics, Hall of
Fames, and experience from the last thirty plus years
into this Ryoshin-Kan Goshin-Jitsu System. The Three
Levels of Ryoshin-Kan Goshin-Jitsu are Basic, Black Belt
& Specialized.
Ryoshin-Kan X-Treme
Martial Arts
A very unique and dynamic System created by
Sensei Tim Thompson, that blends Martial Arts with dynamic
Acrobatics. This system is designed for Sports Martial Arts
Tournaments and Demo Teams.
TRAINING
LOCATION
Directions To This Location
Ryoshin-Kan Karate School
1064 Lynnhaven Parkway
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Telephone:
757-468-1643
Email:
Homepage:
http://dragonduetkarateteam.tripod.com
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