Instructors

Howard Beebe, 5th Dan
Howard Beebe, godan, started karate in 1973 and earned his shodan in 1977. He began teaching karate in 1980, the same year he received his Masters in Philosophy from Ohio University (OU). Howard was part of the the OU Collegiate team that won first place in team kata at the very first ISKF National tournament in 1978 — other team members were Marty Vaughan and Chris Elsesser. They were then chosen to compete at the first Pan American Championships in Montreal, Canada where they won the gold medal.

Wendy McVicker, 4th Dan
Wendy McVicker began her karate training under Sensei H. Beebe in 1991. She earned her shodan from Master T. Okazaki in 1994; she received the rank of yondan (also from Master Okazaki) in 2007. She has competed both nationally and internationally in ISKF tournaments, winning a silver medal with the U.S. senior women's kata team at the Shoto Cup in Toronto, Canada, in 2008; and a bronze with Mid–America's senior women's kata team at the National Tournament in 2009.

Assistants

Eric Gunn, 1st Dan

Tracy Kitts, 1st Dan

Rachel Weekley, 1st Dan