8th Dan, Bushido Karate Academy, Florida
Rick Hall has 54 years pf Karate experience and is an 8th Dan. Sensei Hall began his martial arts training at the age of ten. His first introduction to the martial arts was in 1971 when he first studied the Korean art of Tae Kwon Do, going on to earn a 3rd degree black belt. He opened up his first school, Clearwater Karate, in 1980 and began opening successive schools thereafter. In 1983 Sensei Hall began his association with Master Koeppel and adopted the Matsumura Seito Shorin Ryu system of karate. Today he brings over thirty years of experience to the school that he founded twenty-five years ago. Master Hall currently holds a 8th degree black belt in karate and a 4th degree black belt in kobudo.