- Steve Sexton
Steve Sexton (born
1953 , inCalifornia ) is ahapkido instructor, bar bouncer and author of a series video tapes on hapkido. He is also one of only a few Americans to reach 8th degree black belt (as of 10-20-2007) in Sin Moo Hapkido.Background
Sexton trained with Korean instructor Jung Bai Lee, a student of
Ji Han Jae . Ji Han Jae promoted Sexton to 6th degree in 1992. In the 70's Sexton took over Jung Bae Lee's Hapkido Studio inCanoga Park ,California and taught Hapkido in theSan Fernando Valley for many years. Sexton also has 25 years experience as a professional bouncer and has applied his Hapkido skills to resolve many dangerous encounters. Please See interview below for Sexton's discussion of his martial arts and professional bouncer experience.Contributions to the art
Sexton has taught many students in the San Fernando Valley and a few have opened their own Hapkido studios. Master Sexton has also produced a series of tapes on Hapkido that demonstrate practical techniques perfected from over 25 years of working as a professional bouncer.
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Hapkido References
Black Belt Magazine, 1982. Steve Sexton demonstrates Hapkido Cane techniques.
External links
[http://www.martialinfo.com/m/instructors/detail.asp?id=12132 Interview Video of Sexton]
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1441832665953629621&pr=goog-sl Hapkido Demonstration by Sexton]
[http://www.stevesextonhapkido.com Steve Sexton's Homepage]
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