Kris Wilder

Beginning his martial arts training in 1976 in the art of taekwondo, Kris Wilder has earned black belt-level ranks in three arts: taekwondo (2nd Degree), Kodokan judo (1st Degree) and Goju Ryu Karate (5th Degree), which he teaches at the West Seattle Karate Academy. He has trained under Kenji Yamada, who as a judoka won back-to-back United States grand championships (1954–1955); Shihan John Roseberry, founder of Shorei-Shobukan Karate and a direct student of Seikichi Toguchi; and Hiroo Ito, a student of Shihan Kori Hisataka (Kudaka in the Okinawan dialect), the founder of Shorinji-Ryu Kenkokan Karate.

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