Tony Lopez

Lopez.jpg (6624 bytes) Tony Lopez was born in 1955. He began Martial Arts at the age of 5 in Spain with Judo and Spanish Folk Wrestling. At the age of 12, in the United States of America, he studied American Folk Wrestling for 7 years. From age 19 to 22, while in college, Master Lopez participated in Boxing, Kick boxing, and Tae Kwon Do. From 1979 to 1985, he served in the U.S.Army. He was a military hand to hand combat instructor while training in Hapkido. He continued to compete in Wrestling and Boxing. In 1985, he started training in Sambo, Okinawan Karate and Tae Boxing. In 1997, he invented his own style of Kempo-Jujitsu. Presently he teaches Combat Sambo, Kempo-Jujitsu and helps his wife, Pok Sun Lopez, teach Kwon Sul Moo Duk Kwan Karate.

Master Lopez has been a wrestling coach since 1986. His students have won numerous wrestling, Karate and Submission Wrestling titles, and will be inducted into the Martial Arts Masters, Pioneers, and Legions Hall of fame this Spring. Master Lopez has also created 11 Award Winning videos in Combat Sambo with Panther Productions.

Awards:

Sambo Association's National Champion at age 40
Named to the Who's Who of American Teachers, 1998
Gold Medal, A.A.U., in Sambo, 1998

Master Lopez's current Martial Arts ranks:

6th Degree in Kempo Jujitsu
4th Degree Sombo
4th Degree Combat Sambo
4th Degree Isshinryu Karate
3rd Degree Kempo
3rd Degree Kodokan Judo
2nd Degree Hapkido
2nd Degree Tae Kwan Do

Master Lopez can be contacted at:

1014 Cave Spring Road,
Rome, GA 30161

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