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    There once was a lady who lived in the, she didn't know what to do. So she found Peter and they ate pumpkins..

    The gates of Winterfell are closed.

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    It was a dark and stormy night. Only the men on the night watch were up at this freezing out.

    Then multiple rows of torches lit up the sky in preparation for the attack.

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    Arrows flew through the air leaving a trail of smoke. Each fell short on the mark.

    The walls have saved the men on the night watch.

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Derrick Hampson

 

Rank:

1st Dan Black Belt in USAKF
2nd Class Brown Belt in White Dragons of Bushido
Yellow Belt in American Kenpo
White Belt in Aikido
White Belt in Kendo
White Belt in TaiChi

Member since:

WDOB - October 1999

Martial Arts history:

My interest in Martial Arts has always been inside me for over a decade. It wasn't until 1995 when I met a kid from Oklahoma who started showing me some kicks from the Tae Kwon Do style. That fueled my interest into learning more about the arts. A guy who I used to work with informed me of a Tai Chi class that was being taught by Elizabeth Chan. I attended her class for about 1 1/2 years and started studying Kendo (the way of the sword), from her husband David Diguanco, up at Weber State University.

A little bit later on in time, I found out there was an Aikido class being taught by Sensei Jones, so I joined Aikido in addition to Kendo. I was able to attend those classes for about 2 years until my work schedule changed and I was not able to participate anymore.

My boss, when I used to work at Autoliv, told me about the White Dragons of Bushido school and that they had day classes that are taught during the day, so I was able to join them in October of 1999. I am still with the White Dragons as of this day and have attained one of my black belts through the USAKF, under Hanshi George Anderson.

Rank
Date
System
White Belt 1996 TaiChi - Elizabeth Chan
White Belt 1997 Kendo - Dave Diguanco
White Belt 1997 Aikido - David Jones
White Belt October 8, 1999 White Dragons of Bushido
Yellow Belt November 13, 1999 White Dragons of Bushido
Orange Belt December 15, 1999 White Dragons of Bushido
Blue Belt January 22, 2000 White Dragons of Bushido
Purple Belt June 3, 2000 White Dragons of Bushido
Green Belt September 9, 2000 White Dragons of Bushido
2nd Class Brown Belt July 14, 2001 White Dragons of Bushido
1st Dan Black Belt August 17, 2002 USA Karate Federation
Yellow Belt February 8, 2002 American Kenpo



Awards & Achievements:

Date
Tournament
Awards
April 5-6, 2002

Golden Gate National 2002
San Francisco, CA

2nd, 3rd.

About me:

I'm currently working at Intermountain Health Care as a Quality Control Analysist. I'm majoring in Computer Science w/ an emphasis on Networking. I am also the one who maintains this website.

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