词条 | Roy Kurban |
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| name = Roy D. Kurban | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = {{flagicon|USA}} United States | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | native_name = | native_name_lang= | other_names = | residence = Strawn, Texas | nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} United States | height = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | height_cm = | height_m = | height_footnote = | weight = | weight_lb = | weight_kg = | weight_footnote = | weight_class = | reach = | reach_in = | reach_footnote = | style = Karate, Taekwondo | stance = | fighting_out_of = | team = | teacher = | trainer = Allen Steen, Larry Caster, Skipper Mullins, Jerry Wiseman, Phillip Ola, Dennis Dorris, Ed Johnson, Won Chik Park, Jin-Song Chung | rank = 9th dan in Taekwondo (grandmaster) | wrestling = | years_active = | am_win = 127 | am_kowin = | am_subwin = | am_loss = | am_koloss = | am_subloss = | am_draw = | am_nc = | occupation = Justice of the peace | university = | spouse = | relatives = | students = | club = | school = | website = roydkurban.com | boxrec = | sherdog = | footnotes = | updated = 25 May 2014 }} Roy D. Kurban is a 9th degree American Taekwondo martial arts grandmaster and former Karate national competitor. He lives in Strawn, Texas. BiographyRoy Kurban began martial arts training in 1965, studying Karate under Allen Steen, Larry Caster, Skipper Mullins, Jerry Wiseman, Phillip Ola, and Dennis Dorris. He also trained in Isshin-ryū Karate with Ed Johnson. He earned his first degree black belt in 1968 in Dallas, Texas. As a member of the United States 8th Army in stationed in Seoul, Korea in 1970, he trained for a full year under Won Chik Park.[1][2] While there, he took first place in the Yong San All-American TKD Championship in Seoul, Korea. During the 1970s, he was a formidable competitor,[3][4] winning 127 national and international competitions, including 80 first-place trophies and grand championships.[5] He was ranked among the top seven U.S. fighters of the decade by Black Belt Magazine.[2] In 1973, Kurban established his own martial school, the American Black Belt Academy, in Arlington, Texas. That same year, he was voted "Best All-around Karate Man in the U.S." by Professional Karate Magazine.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} It was during this time that he introduced Jin-Song Chung to the United States, a former champion competitor and instructor whom he had met in South Korea during his Army enlistment.[1] (Chung later opened his own martial arts school in North Dallas and went on to become a grandmaster.) During the 1980s, he made a name for himself as a peace officer instructor throughout the North Texas region, and established an accredited Taekwondo course for the physical education department of the University of Texas at Arlington in 1982, which is still operational.[6] From 1991 to 2006, Kurban served as Justice of the Peace in North Texas. He is one of the few Americans to receive a Master Instructor certification from the World Taekwondo Federation. He remains active in the Texas martial arts community, conducting seminars and hosting competitions. He is also an active member of the United States Taekwondo Grandmaster Society (USTGS). Rank promotionsKurban earned the following black belts in Karate and Taekwondo:
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References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.martialartnetwork.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=915 |title=Grandmaster Job, Family, & Dojang of His Own |author=Won Chik Park |date=6 June 2011 |accessdate=10 July 2012}} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.worldwidedojo.com/sport-based/kurban-roy/ |title=Who's Who / Sports Martial Artists / 1960 - 1969 / Kurban, Roy |author=World Wide Dojo |date=25 May 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://karate-in-english-lewis-wallace.blogspot.com/2011/05/three-champions-but-not-three-stars.html |title=Three champions but not three stars, Natividad, Kurban, Garcia |date=1 May 2011 |accessdate=7 July 2012 |publisher=karate-norris-lewis-wallace.blogspot.com}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://allensteen.com/ProKarate2.htm |title=1973 United States Karate Championships |publisher=AllenSteen.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618154228/http://allensteen.com/ProKarate2.htm |archivedate=2012-06-18 |df= }} 5. ^{{citation |url=http://akbba.com/high-dan-board |publisher=American Karate Black Belt Association |title=High Dan Board |accessdate=18 June 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.uta.edu/coehp/faculty/syllabi/EXSA%200107%20Martial%20Arts%20Syllabus.pdf |publisher = University of Texas at Arlington |title = Martial Arts EXSA 0107 (course syllabus) |accessdate = 7 July 2012 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111216042217/http://www.uta.edu/coehp/faculty/syllabi/EXSA%200107%20Martial%20Arts%20Syllabus.pdf |archivedate = 2011-12-16 |df = }} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.usgrandmasters.com/2010recipients.html |title=2010 USTGS Hall of Fame Awards |date=April 2010 |publisher=United States Taekwondo Grandmasters Society (USTGS) |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130205063319/http://www.usgrandmasters.com/2010recipients.html |archivedate=2013-02-05 |df= }} External links
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