Marilyn Fierro

Marilyn Fierro

Marilyn Fierro is an American eighth-degree black belt in karate.[1]

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Biography

Fierro is Jewish, grew up in The Bronx in the 1950s, and later lived in Kings Park, New York.[2][3][4]

She has studied under Nick Adler and Angi Uezu.[4] In 1996, she was promoted to seventh-degree black belt, making her the highest-ranked woman worldwide in Okinawan Isshinryu Karate.[5] She is now an is an eighth-degree black belt.[1]

Since 1978, she has taught martial arts attack-prevention programs.[6] She owns and operates the Smithtown Karate Club, in Smithtown, New York.[7]

She has also written for Black Belt magazine.[8][9]

Halls of Fame

In 1988, she became the first female inducted into the Isshinryu Hall of Fame, in Knoxville, Tennessee.[2] In 1997, she was inducted into the New York Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[7][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Motobu; Japanese Karate Master Shares Stories in Region". The Free Lance-Star. August 7, 2005. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zTMzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3wgGAAAAIBAJ&pg=7024,1561986&dq=marilyn-fierro&hl=en. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Bob Wechsler. Day by day in Jewish sports history. http://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&pg=PA214&dq=%22marilyn+fierro%22&hl=en&ei=7YRFTofuGMnu0gGkp4mBCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22marilyn%20fierro%22&f=false. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  3. ^ Marnie Winston-Macauley. Yiddishe Mamas: The Truth About the Jewish Mother. http://books.google.com/books?id=KSEkyUZOxG0C&pg=PA331&dq=%22marilyn+fierro%22&hl=en&ei=7YRFTofuGMnu0gGkp4mBCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=fierro&f=false. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Marilyn Fierro – Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Usadojo.com. http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/fierro-hall-of-fame.htm. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  5. ^ Joe Krupinski (August 14, 1996). "Fierro Earns 7th-Degree Black Belt". Newsday. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/17569624.html?dids=17569624:17569624&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+14%2C+1996&author=Joe+Krupinski&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=ISLANDWIDE+LEISURE+%2F+Fierro+Earns+7th-Degree+Black+Belt&pqatl=google. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  6. ^ Debby Wong (December 20, 1994). "Defending Oneself Knows No Gender". Newsday. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/101720989.html?dids=101720989:101720989&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+20%2C+1994&author=By+Debby+Wong.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=AROUND+TOWN+Defending+Oneself+Knows+No+Gender&pqatl=google. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  7. ^ a b "Black Belt". December 1997. http://books.google.com/books?id=qtoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA172&dq=%22marilyn+fierro%22&hl=en&ei=7YRFTofuGMnu0gGkp4mBCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22marilyn%20fierro%22&f=false. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Black Belt". July 1996. http://books.google.com/books?id=GNkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=%22marilyn+fierro%22&hl=en&ei=7YRFTofuGMnu0gGkp4mBCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22marilyn%20fierro%22&f=false. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  9. ^ "Black Belt". March 1996. http://books.google.com/books?id=itkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=%22marilyn+fierro%22&hl=en&ei=7YRFTofuGMnu0gGkp4mBCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22marilyn%20fierro%22&f=false. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  10. ^ "Elkington Still Has Lead, But Hoch Isn't Far Behind". Newsday. March 30, 1997. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/14123478.html?dids=14123478:14123478&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+30%2C+1997&author=COMPILED+FROM+STAFF+AND+WIRE+REPORTS&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=ARENA+%2F+Elkington+Still+Has+Lead%2C+But+Hoch+Isn%27t+Far+Behind&pqatl=google. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 

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