| 2009- Demonstration at Relay for Life Benefit |
Kelly’s Heroes Demonstration at the Relay for Life Benefit
at the Rogersville City Park
May 2009
Jerry Sullivan along with fellow black belts Dwayne "Stub Horton, Marty Linkous, Ken Byrd, also Daniel Banks and many other team members from Kelly's Heroes held a demonstration at the Relay for Life Cancer Benefit at the Rogersville City Park. Parents and kids alike enjoyed the demonstration and were impressed with ability of Jerry and the team. Jerry loves to share his knowledge and do it with a positive and light hearted attitude. Jerry has been so much at the center of the Heroes school, much more than an instructor. The Heroes are proud and honored to have Jerry and the others represent the dojo in support for the Relay for Life effort to raise cancer awareness.
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| Heroes visit Holcomb Dojo- 6-18-09 in St Louis |
Kelly's Heroes vist to David Holcomb's Dojo in St. Louis
article by David Holcomb
On June 18, 2009, Kelly Markham, Dave Park and Jerry Sullivan traveled to St. Louis, Missouri. David Holcomb, owner of Holcomb’s Isshinryu invited the trio to St. Louis to participate in a black belt test. This was the first black belt test for Holcomb’s Isshinryu. The test was held over two days, June 18th & June 20th. Dan Rogers earned his Sho Dan rank. All of the students thoroughly enjoyed having Kelly, Jerry and Dave share their knowledge, skill and spirit of Isshinryu Karate. A special thank you to Kelly Markham for driving Dave Park to St. Louis. Since his accident, Dave Park has been recovering well and the students in St. Louis were excited to see him once again. Over the last 5 years, Dave Park has visited Holcomb’s Isshinryu numerous times, as his long time student David Holcomb founded the studio.
Aside from the test, all of the students and families involved want to express our gratitude for their presence in St. Louis. Dave Park was telling jokes as usual, along with Jerry Sullivan’s ever present smile as a constant positive reinforcement to the students. Last but not least, to Kelly Markham and his hard hitting teaching methods that left an impression on all the students. We are very thankful and look forward to them and hopefully other IIKA instructors that would be willing to make the drive. It would be our pleasure to host.
Thank you and God bless,
David Holcomb (Go Dan) and students
Holcomb’s Isshinryu
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| Heroes visit Honeycutt Dojo 5-4-09 |
Article by: Honeycutt Dojo
KELLY’S HEROES VISIT HONEYCUTT DOJO FOR WORKOUT AND PROMOTIONS
On Monday evening, May 4, Kelly Markham and seven of his Heroes visited the Honeycutt School of Karate in Johnson City. Jerry Sullivan and Kurt Markham took the kids class to one end of the gym, while Kelly, Snake Smith, Teresa Barnett, Marty Linkous, and Ron Stapleton worked with the adults on kumite techniques. After the techniques were taught, everyone geared up and matched in continuous rounds of two minutes, while the visiting masters worked around the room, correcting techniques and teaching new ones. During the resting period, Ron and Wade Honeycutt gave a demo on weapons disarmament, followed by Dixie Webb leading a cool down time with some yoga techniques. Lastly, the dojo made two promotions. Dixie Webb was promoted to Roku Dan and Charles Griffin, III (Chuck) was promoted to Yo Dan.
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| 2008 - Kelly’s Heroes receive training from Royce Gracie |
September 2008 - members of Kelly’s Heroes Martial Arts School attended a 2 day training seminar by Royce Gracie of the famous fighting Gracie’s of Brazil and winner of UFC I, II, IV and many more titles who travels the world training martial artist, law enforcement and military. His unique style of self defense, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu specializes in techniques that allow a smaller and or weaker opponent to effectively defend and defeat a larger more aggressive opponent.
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| 01-23-09 - Heroes attended - Ladies of Isshinryu Seminar |
Kelly's Heroes attended the Ladies of Isshinryu Seminar in Athens, Tennessee - Saturday, January 17, 2009. Theresa Barnette lead the kumite portion of the seminar. A special Thank you to Stephanie Huskey for hosting the event. We had a great day of fellowship, sharing and learning from the many talented and extremely tough women who attended. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this day special.
See below from the IIKA website by Carol Burris:
http://iika.com/iikanewsletters/LadiesofIsshinryuJanuarySeminarReport.html
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| 2008-12 Darren Reed's visit to Kelly's Heroes Dojo |
December 2008 Darren Reed Visits Kelly's Heroes Dojo
Thank you to Darren Reed for his vist to Kelly's Heroes December 2008.
We appreciate his time and effort to share with us his knowledge.
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| 2008 - Chase Mullins & Phillip Gibson earn Black Belt |
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2008 – Master Cas Cox & Master Robert Porterfield,
conducted a seminar for Kelly’s Heroes
with special guest Master Ron Honeycutt & Jason Cox
Cas Cox & Robert Porterfield teamed up to give a seminar at Kelly’s Heroes with special guest Ron Honeycutt & Jason Cox. Kelly and Cas had a “fight to the death” – no one actually died but with the help of 4 referees Cas won. 
It was an honor to have these Isshinryu legends take time to conduct this special class for the Heroes. Everyone benefited from the workout and knowledge shared. We would like to send a special thank you to all of these men.
See more pictures at: http://kellysheroes.shutterfly.com/
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| 2008 - THE STEEL HAND JAM |
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| Master Dave Parks, Theresa Barnett, Master Ralph (Snake) Smith, Jeb Bagshaw, Master Ron Honeycutt |
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| Master Dave Park |
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| THE STEEL HAND JAM |
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| KEN BYRD EARNS HIS BLACK BELT - 11-10-07 |
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| Ken Byrd |
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| 2007 Heroes Picnic |
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| HEROES ATTEND DRAGON JAM 2007 |
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| Dave Park, Jerry Sullivan, Denny Shaffer, Shasta Mcdermott, Ron Light, Teresa Barnett, & Ralph Smith |
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| Denny Shaffer, Kelly Markham & the Red Dragons - Dragon Jam 2007 |
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| DRAGON JAM 2007 |
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| 2007 - DAVE PARK VISITS KELLY'S HEROES |
Dave Park & friends from Heroes have breakfast before meeting the others for a workout. Always great to see Dave! Thanks Dave for sharing your wisdom.
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| Kim Henson, Kelly Markham, Dave Park, Kent Markham & Jerry Sullivan 2007 |
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| Kelly Markham, Kurt Markham, Dave Park, Kent Markham & Jerry Sullivan 2007 |
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| 2006 - KELLY MARKHAM RECEIVES 8TH DAN |
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KELLY MARKHAM - 8TH DAN
2006 - Tommy True, Ridge Richardson, Ron Cain, Jerry Smith & others visit Heroes Rogersville Dojo. Tommy True presents Kelly Markham with his 8th dan. Thank You to Mr. True & others for the knowledge shared & fellowship.
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| Kelly & Linda Markham&Family:06 Chris,Kodi,Kim,Kent,Kirsten,Kelly,Linda,Ronda,Kelly,Teddy,Bella,Ginger,Steph,Jake&Kurt |
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