Tokey Hill
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Terrance Alan Hill[1] Chillicothe, Ohio, United States[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Shotokan Karate[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tokey Hill is an American karateka most well known for being the first male American to ever win a WUKO/WKF World Karate Championship which he achieved at the 1980 World Karate Championships in the 80 kg Kumite category.[5][6] He also won a bronze medal in Kumite at the World Games 1981. He would open up his own school in 1983.[7] He has also been a kickboxing coach for Michael McDonald[3] and later a karate coach for the USA National Karate-do Federation.[7]
Hill appeared in one film, the 1991 martial arts film American Shaolin. He appears in the film's opening as the coach of the film's villain, Trevor Gottitall, played by Trent Bushey.
Achievements
- First American to win a WKF World Karate Championship
- 6 times AAU/United States National Karate Championships[6]
- World Games 1981 bronze medal
References
- ↑ "LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Just in Case: a Karate Defense for a Hijacking". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ↑ Black Belt September 1978. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- 1 2 Black Belt January 2003. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ "Home > The Games > Results history". World Games. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ↑ "Black Belt". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- 1 2 Black Belt January 1999. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Interview With Tokey Hill". CNN. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
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