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​Dan Taylor began Martial Arts training in 1965.   He has trained in Jujutsu, Judo, Wrestling, Karatedo and Kobudo.  He was a member of the U.S. Army Wrestling Team in Europe, and a U.S. National Karatedo Team in Japan.  He is a retired Law Enforcement Officer and was Chief Weaponless Defense Instructor for a large regional Police Academy.  He graduated from California State University with a degree in Business Law.  In 1975, he opened his dojo in California.  It became a large and successful school.  In 2020, his dojo was closed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.  However, he continued to teach clinics & seminars at both local and international events until 2025, when he completely retired from teaching.

He learned Gojuryu Karatedo, Kenshinryu Kobudo, and Nihon Jujutsu from Ken Rosson (Hanshi 10th Dan) who trained with Gogen Yamaguchi, Teruo Hayashi, and Shizuya Sato.  
 
During his over 60 years of training, Dan Taylor, has traveled extensively throughout Japan, Europe, the U.S. and Canada training with many other world-renown instructors including: Motoo Yamakura, Vassie Naidoo, Teruo Hayashi, Rudy Crosswell, Sam Imoto, Takao Kitano, Fumio Demura, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, Morio Higaonna, Shuji Tasaki, Leo Lipinski, Seiichi Fujiwara, Robert Koga, Yasuhiro Konishi, Kenpu Sugihara and others.

He is a member of the following organizations:
  - Japan Karatedo Kenbudokai (USA)
  - Gojuryu Karatedo Seiwakai (Japan)
  - Dai Nippon Butokukai (Japan)
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He has been certified, in Japan, as follows:
  - Title: Hanshi (Master Instructor)
  - Karatedo:  Hachidan (8th Degree Black-Belt)
  - Jujutsu:  Rokudan (6th Degree Black-Belt)
  - Kobudo:  Godan (5th Degree Black-Belt)

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