Michael Geyer McGann
727-678-1008
soke143@yahoo.com
Michael McGann's
life can be divided into three sections:
- Art: The Artist Michael McGann has been painting for
many years. Though his work is almost exclusively in the hands of Martial
Artists as he sells and gives his work away at Martial Arts events all
over the Country, he does have some of his work for sale out here on the
Internet. You can see and even purchase some of Mike's artwork by clicking
on the icon for McGann's Gallery at the bottom
of this page. The icon itself is one of Mike's creations.
- Poetry: The poet Michael McGann had one of his Haiku
Poems featured in Who's Who in the World 2000. His book Eastern Art and Poetry
will be in the hands of the public in the very near future.
- Martial Arts: Soke Michael McGann's
complete Martial Arts Bio is below!
Martial Arts Bio
Michael Geyer McGann
Soke, Style Head: Wa No Michi Ryu
Karate / Kobudo
Rank: Judan - 10th Degree Black Belt
Martial Arts Distinctions:
Appointments:
1.) Style Head/Soke, Wa
No Michi Ryu Martial Arts
2.) Chairman of the Board, Wa No Michi Ryu Hall of Fame
3.) President, International Fraternal
League of Martial Artists
4.) State Director (
5.) Executive Director (Overseas
Affiliation) of the International Black Belts Association
6.) Executive Administrator – W.M.A.H.O.F.
7.)
8.)Technical
Advisor to the Following Martial Arts Organizations:
a.) Isle of Mann Karate Federation
b.) Seibukan Bujutsu Kai Federation (UK)
c.) International Union of Martial Artists
d.) Samurai Jujitsu Association
e.) (Kobudo) Goshin
Jitsu Kai Kenpo Karate
Assoc.
f.) for International Academy of Police,
Military & Self Defense Tactics
g.) Police Tactics Instructors of America
h.) Dean Moo Kwon
Past Distinctions:
1.) President of the
World Kyung Chung Do Self-Defense Federation
2.) President of Keichu
Hoshin Jitsu Kai
International and the
3.) President of Keichu
Academy of Self-Defense
4.) Executive Director (4 terms) World
Kyung Chung Do Self-Defense Federation
5.) Vice President of the N. A.- International
6.) Founding Father: Florida League of
Martial Artists
7.) Secretary for the Florida League of
Martial Artists
8.) Special Deputy (6 yrs.) for the
Pinellas County Sheriff's Department.
9.) Chief Instructor: SRT(Special
Reaction Team) Unit 769th HQ Battalion
10.) Executive Administrator of the World
Martial Arts Hall of Fame Sokeship Council
11.) Exec. Admin.
Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame
12.) Past Executive Administrator,
Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame
13.) Past President, Suncoast Bonsai
Society
14.) Past Deputy Director of Police Tactics
Instructors of
15.) National Master of Karate:
Presidential Council for Sports and Physical Fitness
16.) Earned The
Presidential Physical Fitness Award Instructors Position
Seminars &
Training:
1.) United States Karate Association-Police
Self Defense Instructors-Training Certification
2.) Police Tactics Instructors of America
a.) Baton / ASP /
PR-24 certification
b.) Instructor's
certification
c.) Japanese riot
control techniques
d.) Baton
instructor's certification
e.) Defense
against knife and gun
f.) Weapons
retention and disarming
g.) Come-along
techniques and handcuffing procedures
h.) Practical
police defensive tactics
i.) Weapons seminar
j.) Keichu Do clinic
k.) Instructors
referee certification
l.) Police tactics
certification
m.) Advanced
Tactics Procedures
3.) International Black Belt Association -
Kobudo-jutsu techniques and strategies Kokushin Ryu - Bo jitsu
4.) Keichu Do
Karate Seminars 15 attended under Soke Karl W. Marx SR.
5.) I.B.B.A. International Referee
Certification
6.) KICKS Referee Certification
7.) Attended Seminars & Completed
Program by:
a.) Grandmaster Joe Lewis seminar (Fighting
strategy & controlling distance)
b.) Grandmaster Frank Newton seminar (Jiu-Jitsu)
c.) Grandmaster Al Gossett seminar (Goshin Ryu Karate)
d.) Grandmaster Carl Frarraci
seminar (Kicking USA Goju Karate)
e.) Soke Bill Klase
seminar (Torasamado Karate)
f.) Grand Master Carlos Ferbes
Seminar (Iai-Jutsu and Nin
Do Ryu)
g.) Soke Bob Chapman Seminar (Bull dog
street Kune Do)
H.) Grandmaster Bill Wallace (Stretching
and Kicking)
i.) Grandmaster Takiyuki Mikami (Shoto-Kan Karate)
j.) Grandmaster Rich Alford (Kenpo Karate)
k.) Shihan Bob Roth (Tai Chi Chuan)
l.) Grandmaster John Gabriel (Tai Chi Tao)
m.) Soke Leonard Holifield
(Close Quarters Combat)
n.) Master William Scott (Police Tactics)
o.) Master Bob Holt (Aikido)
p.) Grandmaster David Dye (Aikido)
q.) Grandmaster George Dillman
(Pressure Points)
r.) Grandmaster leon
Jay (Small Circle Jiu-Jutsu)
s.) Grandmaster Remy Presas
(Kau/Escrima)
t.) Renshi Dale Kirby - Iaido
u.) Shihan Gary Lee - Karate
v.) Shihan Adam Guerra - (shoot wrestling)
w.) Professor Silverio
Guerra (pressure points)
x.) O’Sensei Jack
“Papasan” Stern – Self defense Iaido,
Japense etiquette
Affiliations:
1.) World Martial Arts Hall of Fame Sokeship Council
2.)World Martial
Arts Hall of Fame, Inc.
3.)Keichu
Black Belt Instructors Federation
4.)Keichu
Hoshin Jitsu Kai
International
5.) United States Karate Association
(U.S.K.A.)
6.) Police Self Defense Instructors
International
7.) Goshin Karate
Do Kai
8.) Karate Budokan
International (Malaysia)
9.) Pro-Am Karate Association
10.) Professional Karate Association
(P.K.A.)
11.) Samurai Jujitsu Association
12.) Zen Kamishin
Kai Certificate #100048-9
13.) Nippon Kamishin
Ryu
14.) Koushou Wushu Association International (China)
15.) International Brotherhood of Martial
Artists (Germany)
16.) Seibukan Budo Academy (Scotland)
17.) Florida League of Martial Artists
(Charter Dojo)
18.) Police Tactics Instructors of America
19.) International Academy of Police, Military
Self Defense Tactics
20.) Goshin Jitsu Kai Kenpo Karate
Association
21.) European Society of Soke
22.) Fudoshin Ryu
Kobudo Kai
23.) Torasamado
Karate
24.) International Ju
Jitsu / Ju Jutsu Federation
25.) International Black Belts Association
(I.B.B.A.)
26.) Isle of Man Karate Federation
27.) Manx Ryu Kyu Kobujutsu
Renmei (U.K.)
28.) International Union of Martial Artists
(U.K.)
29.) Florida Hall of Fame - Brother Hood of
Martial Artists
30.) Society of Black Belts International
(U.K.)
31.) World Sijo,
Dai Soke Renmei, Inc.
32.) American Karate Association (A.K.A.)
33.) Wa No Michi Ryu Karate & Kobudo Kai
34.) Supreme Sokeship
Council
35.) Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame
36.) International Police Tactics
Instructors Association
37.) Suncoast Bonsai Society
38.) Dong Koo Yudo Kwan (Korean)
39.) W.O.M.A. – World Organizations of
Martial Arts
40.) International League of Martial Arts
Masters
41.)
42.) C.F.A. – Lion’s Roar Spirit
43.) Cloud Forest World Chinese Martial Arts
Association
Awards:
1.) Twain P. Marx Memorial Trophy, Keichu Karate Do's highest award (once in lifetime)
2.) Keichu Kai
Black Belt Instructors Hall of Fame
3.) Weapons Instructor of the Year:
International Black Belts Association
4.) Commendation Award: America's Police
Hall of Fame
5.) Certificate of Appreciation: St.
Petersburg Beach Police Department
6.) Certificate of Recognition: Pinellas
County Sheriff's Department
7.) Merit Award: Isle of Mann Karate
Federation
8.) Grand Award of Honor: International
Black Belt Association
9.) Fellow of the Society of Black Belts-
United Kingdom
10.) Meritorious Service Award: Torasamado Karate - five time recipient
11.) Outstanding Service Award: Torasamado Karate - Their highest honor, First recipient
outside of style to be awarded the honor
12.) Certificate of Appreciation: Louisiana
Army National Guard
13.) Merit Award: Seibukan
Bujutsukai
14.) Public Service Award: Tae kwon
do/Karate/Judo
15.) Silver Life Achievement Award
(W.M.A.H.O.F. 1994)
16.) Master Instructor of the Year Award
(W.M.A.H.O.F. 1996)
17.) Grandmaster of the Year Award
(W.M.A.H.O.F. 1996)
18.) Master Instructor of the Year (World
Head of Family Sokeship Council International Hall of
fame 1996
19.) Doctorate Degree in Martial Arts and
the Title of Professor awarded by Dr. Miquel E.A.
Moore, Soke, President, World Martial Arts Hall of Fame Sokeship
Council
20.) Certificate of Appreciation All
Children's Hospital
21.) Certificate of Appreciation United Way
22.) Certificate of Appreciation American red Cross
23.) Pioneer / Founder of the Year Florida
Hall of Fame Brotherhood of Martial Artists Karate Voice Magazine 1998
24.) Lifetime Achievement Award Florida
Hall of Fame Martial Arts Brotherhood Karate Voice Magazine 1999
25.) "Founding Father" award
Florida League of Martial Artists 2000
26.) Weapons Expert of the Year
(W.M.A.H.O.F. 2000)
27.) Master of the Year 2000 self defense,
Florida Hall of Fame Brotherhood of Martial Artists
28.) Master Instructor of Self Defense Universal
Martial Arts Hall of fame
29.) Nominated for Diamond Award of
Excellence, Florida Hall of Fame Martial Arts Brotherhood
30.) Nominated for 30 year Spirit Award,
Action Magazine Hall of Fame
31.)2001 Honorable
Grand Master of the Year – Florida Hall of Fame Brotherhood of Martial Artists
32.) Doctorates of Philosophy in Martial
Arts –
33.) Golden Life Achievement 2006 –
34.) 2006 W.M.A.H.O.F. Golden Life
Achievement
Tournament Awards:
1990/91 U.S. Adult Sports Karate League
year end Grand Champion Triple Crown Winner 1st in Kumite, Kata,
& Weapons
1991/92 U.S. Adult Sports Karate League
year end Grand Champion Triple Crown Winner 1st in Kumite, Kata,
& Weapons
1992/93 U.S. Adult Sports Karate League
year end Grand Champion Triple Crown Winner 1st in Kumite, Kata,
& Weapons
1993/94 Florida League of Martial Artists
Executive Black Belt division year end State Champion 1st
Kumite, 2nd kata, 3rd Weapons
1994/95 Florida League of Martial Artists
Executive Black Belt division year end State Champion 2nd Kumite, 3rd
Breaking, 4th Kata,
1998/99 Florida League of Martial Artists
year end State Champion Black Belt Division 3rd Weapons 4th Creative Forms
2002 1st 2nd & 3rd
World Karate Championship – Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame
2004 1st & 2nd
World Karate Championship – Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame
2006 W.M.A.H.O.F. World Champion Master’s
Kobudo and Master’s Kata
2007 S.E.M.A.H.O.F.
Competitor of the Year.
From 1968 through 1999 Soke McGann has
accumulated over 450 trophies & medals from competition.
Publications
Featured In:
1.) Official Karate Magazine 1982
2.) Who's Who in Karate 1982
3.) Who's Who in American Martial Arts 1984
4.) Tommy Kay's Big Book of Karate 1982
5.) Yin/Yang Magazine (UK) 1981
6.) Isle of Mann Magazine (UK) 1981
7.) American Chief of Police Magazine
8.) World Martial Arts Hall of Fame Directory
1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
9.) Knights of Heavens - 25 years of
Martial Arts Acknowledgment
10.) World Kyung Chung Do Self-Defense Fed,
Student/Instr Handbook
11.) Letters 1 - by Soke Karl W. Marx Sr.
12.) Budo
Magazine (UK)
13.) Newsletter - Presidential Council for
Sports and Physical Fitness
14.) Gospel Martial Arts Newsletter
15.) Karate Voice
16.) Wa No Michi Ryu Karate / Kobudo Newsletter
17.) Police Tactics Instructors of America
Newsletter
18.) St. Petersburg Times Newspaper
19.) Largo Leader Newspaper
20.) Hernando Today Newspaper
21.) Daily Review (Louisiana State
University newspaper)
22.) Tradewinds /
Sandpiper Beach Resort Newsletter
23.) Keichu Do
Kai Karate Newsletter
24.) World Kyung Cyung
Do Kai Newsletter
25.) Baton Rouge Mourning Advocate
Newspaper
26.) Combat World's ;argest Martial Arts Magazine (U.K.)
27.) World Martial Arts Hall of fame
Newsletter
28.) Wa No Michi Ryu Karate & Kobudo Student Handbook
29.) Eastern Art & Poetry by Soke
Michael McGann
30.) 18th Issue of Who's Who in the World
2000 – 2004
31.) Who’s Who in
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