Hanshi Frank Grant
Hanshi Frank Grant was born the ninth of twelve children June 21, 1933 in Paris, Kentucky to James Albert and Elizabeth Grant. It wasn't until 1959 that he began to study karate under Sensei James Wax. He knew Wax from his church. While stationed in Okinawa, Wax studied karate under Shoshin Nagamine and became the first American black belt in Shorin-Ryu. Grant wanted to learn what Wax had to teach. He was an excellent instructor. It wasn't long before Grant found he liked the structure and the...See more
Hanshi Frank Grant was born the ninth of twelve children June 21, 1933 in Paris, Kentucky to James Albert and Elizabeth Grant. It wasn't until 1959 that he began to study karate under Sensei James Wax. He knew Wax from his church. While stationed in Okinawa, Wax studied karate under Shoshin Nagamine and became the first American black belt in Shorin-Ryu. Grant wanted to learn what Wax had to teach. He was an excellent instructor. It wasn't long before Grant found he liked the structure and the discipline inherent in karate. In 1962, Master Nagamine sent Ansei Ueshiro to the United States under the sponsorship of Sensei Wax and both he and Grant began training under Sensei Ueshiro. In June of 1963, Sensei Ueshiro promoted Grant to Sho Dan. The training was very similar to what we practice today with an emphasis on Basics, Kata and Kumite. Although challenging, the training was purely physical in nature and Grant could not help but wonder if there was something else to it, some higher meaning he was missing. Under Ueshiro's guidance, Grant was promoted to Ni Dan in 1965 and in November of 1966, he traveled to Okinawa to train under the careful tutelage of Grand Master Shoshin Nagamine . For six months, he underwent intense physical and mental instruction for fourteen to sixteen hours every day. He returned a Yon Dan in the spring of 1967. See less
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