President
Sensei Jim Alley
6th Dan
Mr. Alley began his study of Martial Arts under Master Harold Long, at Harold Long School of Karate, Knoxville, TN in 1983. He continued his study under Master Long until 1990. Jim started his study under Master Allen Wheeler in 1991 and continues to work out and teach regularly at the Powell Dojo. He is a regular instructor at the OKU Summer Camp and teaches seminars around the region to promote association membership. Since becoming a student of Master Wheeler, Jim has had the opportunity to study with many world-class martial arts masters.
Some of these instructors include:
Seiyu Oyata (Ryu Kyu Kempo, Kyusho-jutsu, & Tuite-jutsu)
Wally Jay (Small Circle Jujutsu)
Remy Presas (Modern Arnis)
George Dillman (Ryu Kyu Kempo & Kyusho-jutsu)
Moses Powell (Sanuces Ryu Jujutsu)
Rick Moneymaker (Ryu Kyu Kempo, Kyusho-jutsu, & Torite-jutsu)
Rich Mooney (Lin Kong Jing Qi Gong, Ba Gua Zhang, & Chin Na)
Angi Uezu (Isshin-Ryu Karate)
Sherman Harrill (Isshin-Ryu Karate)
A. J. Advincula (Isshin-Ryu Karate)
Sensei Alley continues to diligently study bunkai (the practical application of techniques contained within traditional kata) and how the theories of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine can be applied to these techniques. He has studied tuite waza (Okinawan grappling techniques) as well as Small Circle Jujutsu in depth and how these principles can be applied to the bunkai within Isshin-Ryu kata. Under the direction of Master Wheeler and Master Moneymaker, Jim along with Sensei Bill Wright was awarded the level of Professor Instructor in Wheeler’s Method of Pressure Points (Kyusho-jutsu). Master Moneymaker’s “Masters Series Seminars” are sought after worldwide and he continues to pioneer the science of pressure point applications.
Martial Arts Accomplishments and Awards
· O.K.U. Assistant Regional Director, Central United States District.
Appointed by Master Bill Wright (9th Dan). October 2002.
· Roku-Dan (6th Dan), Isshin-Ryu Karate-Do, August 2002. Tested by the
O.K.U. Board of Directors under the direction of Master Wheeler.
· Okinawan Karate-Do Union, “ 2002 Black Belt of the Year”.
· Level III Reiki Master, certified by Master Rich Mooney.
· Inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame, “2000 Master
Instructor of the Year”.
· Professor Instructor, Wheeler’s Method of Pressure Points, Certified by
Master Allen Wheeler and Master Rick Moneymaker. 1999.
· Okinawan Karate-Do Union “1997 Black Belt of the Year.”
Associations and Memberships
· Okinawan Karate-Do Union, Lifetime Member.
· Powell Black Belt Society
· Dragon Society International
· Shekinah Lodge 524 F. & A. M. of Tennessee.
· Beulah United Methodist Church