Isshinryu Karate: Donald Bohan's Memorial Website: Isshin-Ryu Kumite

"Martial Artist In Memoriam"

Grand Master Choki Motobu - (1871 - 1944)

Grand Master Chotoku Kyan -(1870 - 1945)

Grand Master Chojun Miyagi - (1888 - 1953)

Grand Master Taira Shinken - (1897 - 1970)

Grand Master Tatsuo Shimabuku - (September 9,1908 - May 30,1975)

Sensei Doug Noxon - (April 9, 1929 - April 29, 1971)

Sensei James Chapman - (March 28, 1938 - May2, 1971)

Bob Hill - (passed 1981)

Master Ralph Bove - (March 18, 1939 - August 11, 1982)

Sensei Arthur Jolly - (March 1, 1956 - May 1, 1983)

Master Dale Jenkins - (November 11,1947 - October 9,1984)

Master Rick Niemira - (January 29,1939 - March 25,1988)

Grand Master Donald “Papasan” Bohan - May 23,1936 - February 9,1998)

Grand Master Harold Long - (September 3,1930 - October 12,1998)

John C. Lennox - (December 12,1918 - October 30,1998)

Grand Master Donald Hugh Nagle - (Passed August 23,1999)

Harry Acklin - (August 30, 1929 - December 17, 2000)

Master Joseph L. Smith - (March 21, 1944 - June 19, 2001)

Master Sherman Harrill - (May 11,1941 - November 4, 2002)

Grand Master Allen Wheeler - (October 11,1919 - February 14,2005)

Bob Bremer

Charlie Connors

Grand Master Steve Armstrong - (September 22, 1931 - November 15, 2006)

Sensei Wayne Webster - (March 22, 1953 - May 12, 2007)

Master Benjamin Perez Puzon - (December 28, 1940 - December 26, 2011)

Dwight M. Scherban - (December 3rd, 1948 - November 25th, 2012)

Lionel Taylor - (March 19, 1947 - January 3, 2013)

Master Mark Bjishkian - (December 31, 1942 - January 23, 2013)

Grand Master Choki Motobu - (1871 - 1944)

Grand Master Taira Shinken - (1897 - 1970)