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Dojo Leader / Head Instructor: Samir Abboud
  • Rank: Godan (5th Degree Black Belt)
  • “I joined Shotokan Karate in 1969 as a foreign exchange student
    from Lebanon while studying at CSULB (California State University,
    Long Beach). I continued to train at the CSULB Karate Club even
    after graduating. I earned a B.A. in Journalism and a B.A. and M.A.
    in Political Science. In 1986, I became a U.S. citizen. As Don
    DePree always said, “We can’t get rid of him.” I was honored to take
    over Mr. DePree’s teaching position at CSULB when he was needed
    to oversee the building of the Shotokan Ohshima Dojo. I met my wife Natalie, a nidan,
    in one of Don’s night classes, and now we have three beautiful children: Christine, Elias, and Sophia.”

Instructor: Charles Lai 

  • Occupation: Propulsion Systems Engineer
  • Year Began Training: 1973
  • Belt Ranking: Godan (5th Degree Black Belt)
  • Favorite Kata: Tekki Shodan
  • Favorite Quote:
    • “Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt


Instructor: Daniel McSween 

  • Occupation: Clinical Lab Scientist
  • Year Began Training: 1974
  • Belt Ranking: Godan (5th Degree Black Belt)
  • Favorite Kata: Jion
  • Favorite Quote:
    • “Keep perspective. Cemeteries are filled with people we all thought were indispensable.”

 
Instructor: Trung Pham
  • Occupation: Physical Therapist
  • Year Began Training: 2001
  • Belt Ranking: Yodan (4th Degree Black Belt)
  • Favorite Kata: Empi
  • Favorite Quote:
    • “Body goes down, mind must go up.” – Don DePree

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Instructor / Dojo Manager: Jason Aurand

  • Occupation: IT Admin / Scuba Instructor
  • Year Began Training: 2002
  • Belt Ranking: Sandan (3rd Degree Black Belt)
  • Favorite Kata: Jion
  • Favorite Quote:
    • “Enter the Dojo with an open mind and a strong feeling.”

 
Instructor: Oscar Enriquez

  • Occupation: Chief Environmental Engineer
  • Year Began Training: 1978
  • Belt Ranking: Nidan (2nd Degree Black Belt)
  • Favorite Kata: Jutte
  • Favorite Quote:
    • “To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill.” – Gichin Funakoshi

Instructor: AJ Ahadi 

  • Occupation: Landscape Architect
  • Year Began Training:1991
  • Belt Ranking: Shodan (1st Degree Black Belt)
  • Favorite Kata: Tekki Shodan
  • Favorite Quote:
    • “One more time!”


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CSULB Shotokan Karate Club
Kinesiology (KIN) Building, Room 60A
1250 Bellflower Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90840
Phone: 562-353-7787
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