Respectfully submitted to remember an early Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan® Pioneer, who during the “Golden Years” of the Moo Duk Kwan® helped establish the Korean Moo Duk Kwan® through his instruction and involvement.
Roberto Bonefont Sr
Began training in 1967 at the age of 16, as a member of the Brooklyn Highland Park Y.M.C.A., under the guidance and training of Mr. Mike Masley, Jr., Dan Bon 10180, and tested for Cho Dan on June 18, 1969. Now a certified 4th Dan Ko Dan Ja, and was issued his original testing date Dan Bon 13927 by Kwan Jang Nim H.C. Hwang based on his petition to honor that date and evidence showing Mr. Mike Masley and his instructors, Mr. Robert Sohn, Dan Bon 6037 and Mr. Vincent Nunno, Dan Bon 7291, were legitimate representatives of the Founder, and Kwan Jang Nim Hwang Kee and the Korean Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Association in 1969.
Moo Duk Kwan® School Proudly Remembers Fred Kenyon, Sa Bom Nim, Dan Bon 14345, Charter Member
Fred Kenyon was a founding Charter member of the U.S. Tang Soo Do (Soo Bahk Do) Moo Duk Kwan Federation, Fred Kenyon, Sa Bom Nim was involved in the construction of the U.S. Federation Charter and was present for the National Convention at the Hilton Hotel in New York in 1976.
Moo Duk Kwan® School Proudly Remembers John T. Butterwick, Sa Bom Nim, Dan Bon 2227
Col. John T. Butterwick, Dan Bon 2227 died Jan. 24, 2007 and was 96 years old. John Butterwick had a colorful career in the Army Air Corps in World War II, enlisting in 1941, and being discharged in 1946, and later in the Air Force, the new military branch, attaining the rank of colonel.