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Sensei Everett Jones,
Head Instructor
Sensei Everett Jones started his martial arts training at age 10 when he briefly studied Tae Qwan Do in Hemet, CA.
His family moved to Fontana CA, where he studied Kickboxing under Sensei Gary Hartlerode earning a brown belt. He recalls
his training as "tough physical training with long classes and full contact sparring". He has studied
several arts in various venues. He began studying Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan under Renshi David Rogers in 2001,
studying karate, kobudo, and the teaching of karate. In April of 2006, he traveled to Naha City, Okinawa with his immediate
sensei, Renshi David Rogers, his instructor (Kyoshi Nabil Noujaim) and other top karateka's including Renshi Robert Rowley
and Sensei Glen Rathwick and family to train under Grandmaster Hanshi JuDan Shugoro Nakazato Sensei. Sensei Jones worked as
a psythiatric registered nurse in a maximum security faciltiy in California for 8 years. He accredits his karate training
to his success in an enviornment that has violent potential every day. He now works at Powder River Correctional
Facility in Baker City Oregon as an RN.
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