LEON D. WRIGHT

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="3d4d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> GRANDMASTER </div> <div> LEON D. WRIGHT</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>WORLD KARATE UNION HALL OF FAME</B></FONT>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WORLD KARATE UNION HALL OF FAME"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>LEON D. WRIGHT</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.gif" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> SOUSEKI RYU SEKKINSAN SHIGAISEN</div> <bR> <div> Grandmaster Leon D. Wright has more than 38 years training in the Martial Arts.</div> <div> He is the FOUNDER and GRANDMASTER of Souseiki Ryu Sekkinsen Shigaisen. </div> <div> A  retired USMC Gunnery Sergeant he was also selected as the Chief Instructor </div> <div> of the first Marine Corps Martial Arts School in Okinawa, Japan. He has also been</div> <div> designated a Subject Matter Expert (SME), 5th Degree in Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and is a 5th level in Urban Fighting Systems. While in Japan, he directed the first ISKA Oriental Rules Kickboxing Championships in</div> <div> Okinawa, Japan.</div> <bR> <div> Grandmaster Wright has been inducted into the WORLD KARATE UNION </div> <div> HALL OF FAME (WKUHOF) in 2002 and inducted into the INTERNATIONAL</div> <div> ASSOCIATION OF MARTIAL ARTS HALL OF FAME (I.A.M.A.) in 2003,</div> <div> I.A.M.A SENIOR HALL OF FAME, 2005, WORLD HEAD OF SOKESHIP</div> <div> COUNCIL, 2005</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> He is currently teaching Marines and civilians at Kandahar Air Base in Afghanistan.</div> <bR> <div> Grandmaster Wright holds the following Black Belt Ranks:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">JUDAN - SOUSEIKI RYU SEKKINSEN KARATE</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">YONDAN - BLACK BELT INSTRUCTOR TRAINER MARINE CORPS MARTIAL ARTS</div> <bR> <div> Grandmaster Wright serves as a Board Member for the following Organizations</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc11111100.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Board Member of Universal Martial Arts Association Executive Board</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc11111100.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Board Member of World Karate Union Hall Of Fame - 2003 - present</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc11111100.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Board Member of International Association of Martial Arts</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc11111100.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Member of the Board of Directors of  Okinawa Martial Arts Association of Japan</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc11111100.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Member of the World Karate Association of Japan</div> <bR> <bR> <div> For more information, please contact Grandmaster Leon D. Wright</div> <div> at e-mail address: Kame01ichiro@yahoo.com</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Philosophy of Souseiki Ryu Sekkinsen Karate</div> <bR> <div> " Train to learn to expect the unexpected. By learning to expect the unexpected, the unexpected is expected"</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="23b40c80.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="23c40c80.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> October 2002 - Katsuren Castl<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >e </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >- Okinawa, Japan</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="23e40c80.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="23f40c80.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2a0fa7c0.jpg" border=0 width="506" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="25f80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Souseiki Ryu Sekkinsen</div> <div> Kyokoshin Lt. Solomon Marian, Cpl. Catalin Balanica, Grandmaster</div> <div> Leon D. 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