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History
of KI |
| Algene P Caraulia founded Karate Institute (KI) in
1969 after a very successful 8 years of competing in
Karate & Judo tournaments throughout the USA including
the 1st World Karate Championship and was a three time
International Karate Champion. In 1970 Mr. Caraulia
opened the 1st KI Club in Cleveland Ohio, then in 1971
Mr. Caraulia met Mr. Praim and Mr. Prue - all three
had concerns about the quality of the Martial Arts and
using this as their base they merged into an organization
with the main goal being to promote and maintain quality
within. This was a unique organization where each kept
their own style with style testing and then KI testing
for all Dans. This proved to be very successful as KI
Black Belts won 1000's of awards in competitions throughout
the USA and Canada. The organization started to grow
and ended up with 4 different styles in numerous states
and parts of Canada. All three National Directors agreed that if KI became
too large or if politics started to affect the quality
of the students that they would break up the main organization
and go their separate ways, which eventually happened
in the late 1980's. Today Grandmaster Caraulia is a consultant for C.P.I.
- Master David E Prue retired - and Grandmaster David
J Praim still teaches and works with selected students
and Dans, to this day he is still turning out World
Champions and Master Instructors. Most recently at the
World Moo Duk Kwan Federation Tournament in Tampa Florida
Grandmaster Praim took 15 students and brought home
24 awards including the Black Belt Grand Championship. |
K. I. Tang Soo Do Codes |
Maximum Physical and Mental Effort -
Must give 100% in everything we do
Respect for Human Entity - Respect for yourself and
others
Flexibility - Be flexible physically and mentally
People Building - What K. I. Tang Soo Do is achieving
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