SENSEI
Those who made the road
before
George Dillman
Isshinryu lineage:
Tatsuo Shimabukuro >
Harry G. Smith
> George A. Dillman
 George
A. Dillman, a 9th degree black belt in Ryukyu Kempo Tomari-Te, and
honored by Black Belt Magazine as “1997 Instructor of the Year” is
one of the USA’s best known and well-established martial arts
personalities. Dillman came to the attention of the martial arts
press when he began competing in the early 1960’s.
Dillman began serious martial arts training in 1961
with Harry G. Smith. He went on to study with Daniel K. Pai, James
Coffman, Sam Pearson, Robert Trias and Seiyu Oyata. Dillman has
always considered himself a student, never a master of the martial
arts. To this end he and his wife and students have traveled
throughout the United States to meet and train with various martial
arts experts.
Currently, Dillman travels the world teaching
seminars on pressure points and Tuite (grappling) hidden within the
traditional movements of the old martial arts forms. It is his
research and scientific dissection of the old forms that is earning
him his most notoriety.
He has produced a video tape instructional series on the pressure
points, and has written six books with Chris Thomas.
 Dillman
is the chief instructor for Dillman Karate International, an
organization of over 85 schools worldwide, with an enrollment of
nearly 15,000 students. Dillman has studied under five 10th degree
black belts from Okinawa and is currently furthering his personal
study through research, practice and the sharing of techniques with
Prof. Remy Presas (Modern Arnis) and Prof. Wally Jay (Small Circle
Ju-jitsu).
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