Instructor biography - Nelson Vaughn

• Began training in 1974 with Japan International Karate Center (JIKC) Hickman Kentucky
• Teaching since 1978, taught more than 40,000 karate classes and personally recruited and instructed more than 3,500 students.  Personal students include more than 100 black belts.
• Nidan (second-degree black belt) in 1994 from Sensei Mikami, Japan Karate Association (JKA)
• Sandan (third-degree black belt) from Shihan Hirano in 1984, Japan International Karate Center (JIKC)
• Gondan (fifth-degree black belt) from Kancho Kanazawa in 2020 Shotokan Karate International Federation (SKIF)