Michael Geyer McGann
727-515-2360
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
35.) 2007 Southeastern Martial Arts Hall of
Fame “Competitor of the Year”
36.) 2008 Armed Services Judo & Ju
Jitsu Academy United States Navy, Navel Air Station Founders Recognition Award
37.) 2008 Nominated International Hall of
Fame, Hall of Champions’ Award Ceremony
38.) 2998 World Organization of Martial
Arts Funders Scroll of Merit
39.) Southeastern Martial Arts Hall of Fame
“Four Diamond Life Time Achievement Award
40.) 2008 Presidential Champion Award
Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards
41.) US Open World Championships Officials
Certificate
42.) 2008 United States of American Martial
Arts & Founders
43.) 2008 Induction in 31st
44.) 2009
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.
2008 Year-end Awards F.L.M.A. 1st
Traditional Weapons, 2nd Traditional Forms and a 3rd in
Kumite
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
32.) Karate Times _
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