Richard Osborn, Sr. has been teaching Tae Kwon Do since 1979. He has taught over 2,000 students, has 100 blackbelts, and 25 certified instructors. Mr. Osborn held the undisputed Welter Weight Kickboxing Belt for 6 years, retiring with a record of 30-4. Mr. Osborn competed on a regular basis. He attended tournaments all over the United States. He has competed in Boston, Canada, New York, Kentucky, Chicago, etc. Mr. Osborn placed consistency in the top 3 at tournaments, and regularly won Grand Champion of the over-all tournament. He has been rated Regionally, Nationally and Internationally since 1982. You can find Mr. Osborn in many of the karate magazines, such as Black Belt Magazine, Karate/Kungfu Illustrated, Action and SKI Magazine. He ended his regional career in 1999 collecting over 1,000 awards. Awards and honours His point tournament career has earned him an excess of 1,500 trophies. His point tournaments earned him a rating in the top 5 of national and regional rating circuits such as PKL, SKI, NASKA, MARS, RSKC, USA-KIA and MMA, MOCAN, and NBL. A partial list of his major awards and honors he has won are as follows: *Battle of Atlanta (Televised Nationally on ESPN) 1982 *RSKC Black Belt Forms and Fighting - Competitor of the Year 1994 *Bill Wallace Midwest Championship 1984 Forms and Fighting *Midwest Martial Arts Black Belt Forms and Fighting - Competitor of the Year 1989, 2000 *WAKO - U.S. National Karate Championship 1991 *USA - KIA Grand Champion Forms and Fighting 1990 *Sport Karate International Black Belt Forms and Fighting Competitor of the Year 1993 *Kentucky Bluegrass Champion Forms and Fighting 1990
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