Karate Five Association
Karate Five Association
3816 Oakland Drive
Knoxville, TN 37918
ph: 865-933-7067
wilson93
k-5 dojo News and Important Announcements
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CONGRATULATIONS KARATE FIVE - WVLT TV CHANNEL 8 NEWS FEATURE SPOTLIGHT TELEVISION INTERVIEW
FEBRUARY 19, 2021 - BLACK HISTORY MONTH - "FIGHTING TO SAVE LIVES"
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In addition to the organization's history shared during the WVLT video, Karate Five would like to add Linda Wilson, 8th Degree Black Belt, is also the first African American woman inducted into the Isshin-Ryu Hall of Fame in its 38-year history on July 21, 2017 to carry this distinguished honor from this internationally known organization.
CONGRATULATIONS SENSEI LINDA WILSON!
MAY 2017-JULY 21, 2017 - Master Linda Wilson was nominated in May of this year to be officially inducted into the Isshin-Ryu Hall of Fame (IHOF) during the 2017 IHOF Annual Awards Banquet, July 21, 2017 at the Gatlinburg Convention Center, Gatlinburg, TN.
Master Linda Wilson is not only the first African American female inducted in the Isshin-Ryu Hall of Fame but she has broken two barriers as the first African Amercian Female to study and earn her Black Belt under the late Grandmaster Harold Long lineage as noted below in the 1977 Knoxville News Sentinel article. For further information click on The Isshinryu Hall of Fame link.
Other awards:
2014 - Awarded the 2014 World Karate Union (WKU) Instructor of the Year
2015 - Awarded 2015 Karatae Five Leadership Award
2015 - Received the 2015 Universal Isshinryu/Jiu-Jitsu Silver Lifetime Achievement Award
2016 - Received the 2016 World Karate Union Lifetime Achievement Award
2016 - Received the Isshin-Ryu Hall of Fame 2016 Female Instructor of the Year Award
2016 - Receoved 2016 Sensei Appreciation and Leadership Award (Karate Five)
"It filled my heart with pride when my stduents placed in the winner brackets in tournaments. However, it's more rewarding when I see how some of the young men and women from my lineage that I taught at the dojo during their youth days have matured into responsible and professional citizens. It is very common for these former Karate 5 students to bring their children and ask to please teach and train them the way you taught me." --Sensei Linda Wilson
CONGRATULATIONS KARATE FIVE DOJO!
JULY 2017 - The Karate Five Dojo has received "The Harold Mitchum Humanitarian Award" (Board Awarded)
Under the leadership of its President, Grandmaster Willie Garfield Wilson, over the decades the Karate FIve Dojo has received numerous awards. The Karate Five Dojo is located in the Oakland Community Center, Knoxville, TN. Its dojo doors are open to all who are willing to be a part of a program that is not only physically demanding but teaches hard work, honor, loyalty, discipline and commitment. Some of the Karate 5 Dojo awards are:
2004 - Isshin-Ryu Hall of Fame "Dojo of the Year"
2005 - Dojo of the Month - By Bohan Organization
2006 - Isshin-Ryu Hall of Fame "Dojo of the Year"
2016 - Isshin-Ryu Hall of Fame in top five nominations for "Dojo of the Year"
2017 - The Harold Mitchum Humanitarian Award (Board Awarded)
CONGRATULATIONS GRANDMASTER WILLIE GARFIELD WILSON!
Watch this link, WATE's News "Channel 6 on Your Side Spotlight" television video interview with Grandmaster Willie Garfield Wilson on June 16, 2017 at the Karate Five Dojo.
JULY 18, 2017 - Grandmaster Willie Garfield Wilson received his Beta Theta Boule' Foundation, Inc., award on Father's Day as one of the four recipients of their "Fatherhood Excellence Award" during their 2nd Annual Father's Day Luncheon Celebration honoring four outstanding fathers/mentors and four exceptional high school graduates. View the above video link of the interview by Channel 6 News with Grandmaster Wilson two days before the Beta Theta Boule's Foundation Father's Day Luncheon. The luncheon was held on June 18 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in downtown Knoxville, TN from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
JUNE 2017 - Ayanna Troutman was announced on Sunday, June 11, at Foster Chapel Baptist Church as the 2017 Karate Five Scholarship recipient. Ayanna is the daughter of K-5 Team Leader, Dwayne Troutman. Congratulations Ayanna!
Charlsie "CJ" Burnett 2021 Karate Five Scholarship Award Essay, "What it Means to Be a Martial Artist"
July 6, 2021 - Award Demonstration and Reception - Karate Five Dojo - CJ Burnett and Marcus Campbell Promotion
Karate Five is proud to publish the 2021 Scholarship Award written by Instructor, Charlsie "CJ" Burnett and her rise to a strong leadership position with the Karate Five teaching staff. But click the link in red shown here to read CJ's Story, "What it Means to be a Martial Artist."
Karate Five Association
3816 Oakland Drive
Knoxville, TN 37918
ph: 865-933-7067
wilson93