Kyoshi Roy Osborne's Lineage

Current Ranks

 8th Dan Okinawa Hakutsuru under Kyoshi Takaya Yabiku

 6th Dan under Master Trias (USKA) since Janunary 1990

 5th Dan Okinawa Ryukyu Kempo since 1978 (under Sensei Oyata)

 5th Dan/Okinawa Kobudo

 7th Dan Matsumura Seito (Master Fusei Kise)

 4th Dan/Uechiryu (Kanei Uechi)

Sensei Lineage

1953 - 1955 Began Training Under Teriyuki Kanazawa  6th Dan ( Judo ) (Kumamoto, Japan)

1958 - 1960 Began Training Under Henry Slymanski 6th Dan (Okinawa-Te) (Okinawa, Japan)

1960 - 1982 Began Training Under Fusei Kise 9th Dan (Shorinji-Ryu) (Okinawa, Japan)

1962 - 1982 Began Training Under Hohan Soken 10th Dan (Matsumura Seito) (Okinawa, Japan)

1962 - 1967 Began Training Under O'Sensei Kanei Uechi 10th Dan (Uechi-Ryu) (Okinawa, Japan)

1963 - 1986 Began Training Under O'Sensei Seiyu Oyata 10th Dan (Ryu Kyu Kempo) (Okinawa & Kansas City)

1978 - 1986 Began Training Under Kyoshi Michael Broadman 7th Dan (Shorinji-Ryu) (West Chester, PA)

1982 - 1986 Began Training Under Roberta Trias Kelley 6th Dan (Shuri-Ryu/Kobudo) (Phoenix, Arizona)

1984 - 1986 Began Training Under Robert Trias 9th Dan (Shuri-Ryu/Kobudo) (Phoenix, Arizona)

Outstanding Accomplishments

Received Shodan from O'Sensei Hohan Sokan 1965

Name Man Of The Year by Southern White Crane Association 1980

Region 4 Representative for Shorin Kenshin Kan From 1979 to 1983

Received an A+ in Oriental Philosophy at Andrew Jackson College 1983 (Baton Rouge, LA)

Received Renshi Title in Kobudo 1984 Miami, Florida (U.S.K.A)

Teaching History

Actively teaching from 1965 to Present ( First Dojo in backyard at Fort Buckner Okinawa )

Began teaching April 1967 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Taught Quick Kill Techniques for 37 Months to US ARMY, Air Force , Navy , Marines & Other Vietnam bound personnel while in US Army 1967 to 1971

Open two Dojo's in Nuremburg, Germany 1968 to 1970

Open Dojo in 1971 to 1988 in New Orleans, LA

Received Certification as a Police Self Defense Instructor (Cleveland, Ohio June 26 & 27th 1983)

Teaching In Michigan Since 1988 to Present at various locations ( Private Lessons & Seminars Only )