GUARDIAN KARATE ASSOCIATION
G E N E P O W E L
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Born July 19, 1953.
Gene Powell began his study of Isshinryu karate in
1968 at the age of 15 years old. He began his study at the Guardian
Karate Institute in New Cumberland, PA and it was there he met and
trained under Shihan Harry G. Smith.
Sensei Powell has operated and held the position of
chief instructor in dojo's in Atlanta, GA, as well as in Camp Hill,
Harrisburg, Elizabethville, Millersburg, Halifax, and York, PA.
Sensei Powell has been a leader in managing several
women's self-defense courses, working with groups at the Upper
Dauphin High School, Central Penn Fitness Center, Widener
University, and local modeling agencies. He has also been called
upon by local law enforcement agencies such as the Millersburg
Police Department, the Dauphin County Board of Probation and Parole,
the Chambersburg State Police, and the Pennsylvania State Police for
training seminars.
Sensei Powell is a member of the United States
Karate Association, the Pennsylvania Black Belt Society, and the
Guardian Karate Association. He has also received the Presidential
Sports Award for Karate presented to him by former President Ronald
Regan. Sensei Powell has devoted his life to the study and teaching
of Isshinryu karate and follows a true path of bushido.
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