
| Wanshu (Wang Ji) - (1621-1689) Kempo Master from China Traveled to Okinawa in 1683 | Wong Chung-Yoh (Master of Hsing-I & Chi-Kung from China's Fukien Province) |
| Shang Kushanku (Guan Kui) - Chinese Kempo Master - Trained in and taught Southern Shaolin styles of kung fu. Spread art to Okinawa when he traveled from China to Ryu Kyu Islands, Okinawa in 1756.
| (1668-1756) & (1683-1762) |
| Sakugawa Tode - Karate Master (1733-1815) | Wai Shiu Zan (China) |
| Matsumura Sokon - Shuri-te Master (1792-1887) | |
| Yatsusune Azato - Shuri-te Master from Okinawa (1828-1906) | Yatsusune Itosu - Shuri-te Master fron Shuri, Okinawa - developed Pinan/Pyung Ahn forms (summarized versions of older Kushanku katas). (1830-1915)
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| Previous martial arts training from "neighbors" in Korean arts of Tae Kyon and Subak | Sensei Gichin Funakoshi - Shotokan Karate founder from Shuri, Okinawa (1868-1957) |
| Supreme Grandmaster Byung Jik Ro Tae Kwon Do Master from Kaesung City, Korea Song Moo Kwan Founder (1919-present) | |
| Grandmaster Il Kwon Kim - 9th Dan Founder of Jae Be Ryu style TKD I.K. Kim Tae Kwon Do Centers, Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio (1939-Present) | Masters Ray Witte, 7th Dan, Phillip Weintraub, 7th Dan & Roy Bushman, 7th Dan I.K. Kim Tae Kwon Do Centers, Inc Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Master Lenard Mennes, 6th Dan Founder - Morning Calm Martial Arts Academy Cincinnati, Ohio | Master Willie Ranford, 6th Dan Morning Calm Martial Arts Academy Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Master James Howard, 5th Dan Founder/Chief Instructor Tiger's Lair Martial Arts, Inc. (AAU/UMAAI/USMA/USTU/USTW/WBBB) Cincinnati, Ohio | Master Tony Albano,6th Dan Shinsukai System Jiu-Jitsu & Bart Vale's Shootfighting |
Master James Howard