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The head instructor of
Heijoshin Karate-do is James Pounds, Shihan. Mr. Pounds is ranked 6th degree
black belt (Rokudan), Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa Kai and 5th degree
black belt (Godan) Japan Karate Federation Goju Kai. He also
holds past Yudansha ranking in both Okinawan Goju Ryu - Jundokan
International and
Shito-Ryu-Motobu-ha, and has over 40 years of martial arts experience.
Mr. Pounds has been
training karate since 1973. In 2004 he moved Heijoshin Dojo into the Japan Karate
Federation (JKF) Goju Kai, becoming the Texas representative for the USA Goju Ryu Seiwa Kai
Organization in 2006. He
serves as Secretary of the USA Goju-Ryu Seiwa Kai organization and is Seiwa Kai
head instructor for the State of Texas. He was awarded his Kyoshi license
by Fujiwara Hanshi in 2012.
Sensei Theresa
Herrera-Pounds is assistant instructor and women's coach.
She holds a 4th degree black belt ranking (Yondan) in Goju-Ryu Karate-do
Seiwa Kai and also Yundansha ranking in Okinawan Goju Ryu - Jundokan
International. She began her training in 1989
in Shito-Ryu under Shihan Don Coslet in
Austin, Texas.
Both Sensei are also
certified Kundalini Yoga Instructors and have incorporated many of the benefits
of stretching and breath control of yoga into martial arts warm-ups and training,
believing that yoga and karate-do compliment one another and can lead to a synergistic,
injury-free practice beneficial to the health and longevity of our
practitioners.
Assistant Instructor is Sensei Alfred Molina, Sandan - Seiwa Kai, Nidan - JKF
Gojukai (Austin)
Senior Dai-Sensei Instructors are Samantha
Parsons, Nidan; Aaron Luckevich, Shodan; Chris Gallegos, Shodan (Austin)
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