<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Samurai Karate and Jujitsu</B></FONT><B>  </B><B> </B><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Samurai Karate and Jujitsu"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Style"><U>Style</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Style, History"><U>Style, History</U></A>   |   <B>Instructor's</B>   |   <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><U>Photo's</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos Page 2"><U>Photo's Page 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Instructor's</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="057ae900.jpg" border=0 width="174" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>    Mr. Lambdin began his Martial Arts training in 1967 in the Wing Sing style of Kung Fu with Sifu Jim Wonders. He has been fortunate to have trained with some of the best karate instructors in the area, such as Larry Lunn, Algene Caraulia, George Anderson, Il Jul Kim, Tarzan Young and Lynn Jackson. He has also attended many seminars and clinics over the years under such masters as Osamu Ozawa, Robert Trias, Phillip Porter, In Sun Sol and Maung Gyi .</div> <div>   He currently holds the rank of 8th degree Black Belt with the USMA. He holds a 7th Degree Black Belt with the MushinBudo Federation. He holds the rank of 4th Degree Black Belt in Judo  and 5th Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do with the Central Tae Kwon Do Association.</div> <div> He holds rank in Kendo and Iaido with the Bujinkan Fellowship International and has Life memberships in the United States Judo Association and the United States Martial Arts Association. He also hold's certified Black Belt's through the World Union Karate Do Organization of Japan, and the USA Karate Federation.</div> <div> He was certified as a judge and referee with the USAKF, judging forms, fighting and weapons. He was selected to be included in the 1987 edition of Who's Who in the Martial Arts. Mr. Lambdin began teaching the martial arts in 1972 in Lorain, Ohio in the Song Moo Kwan (Korean Shotokan) style of Karate. He has had several schools over the years and has taught classes in police self-defense, women's anti-assault and children's programs.</div> <div>     John first met his lifelong teacher Mr. Larry Lunn in 1968, and the teacher/student relationship and friendship continues to this day.</div> <div>     Mr. Lambdin is a Network Operations Supervisor with Alltel Corporation in Hudson, Ohio.  He is very active in the community having served as President of the Communications Workers of America Union for over 20 years.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Awards, recognition, affiliations and past services<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Achievement Award from Leukemia Society of America, July 1992</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Recognition from St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 1997</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lieutenant, Lorain County Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff, 1971 to 1976</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Member of Underwater Rescue Support Team, Lorain County Sheriff</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Who’s Who in American Martial Art’s 1987</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Member Lagrange Methodist Church                                                                               </div> <div>     He is an active member of the Masonic Order and has held the past posts of Master of Oberlin Masonic Lodge #380, High Priest of Oberlin Chapter #219, Commander of Elyria Commandery #60, and Illustrious Master of Elyria Council #86. John is a Past District Deputy Grand High Priest of the 9th District, Royal Arch Masons. </div> <div>  </div> <div>    He was awarded the Knight of the York Cross of Honour and is a member of Ohio Priory No. 18.</div> <div> He also belongs to the Cleveland York Rite College, the Royal Order of Scotland and other bodies of the order.</div> <div>   John and Rita currently reside in Stow, Ohio and can be reached at budoman1@msn.com</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05b57090.png" border=0 width="599" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> John L. Gelenius, Yodan</div> <bR> <div>     Mr. Gelenius began training in 1974 while in college under the direction of Master Lynn Jackson, MooDukKwan Korean style karate. He restarted his training December 1993 with Lorain Family Martial Arts under the direction of Sensei B. Szarek, 3rd Dan and L. Gonzalez 4th Dan in Shotokan-Master G. Funakoshi karate. After earning his Shodan black belt in 1996 he was directedto Shihan John R. Lambdin, 8th Dan for advance training in Mushinkai Karate, Kenka-Aiki-Jujitsu, Aikido, Kendo and Judo. </div> <div> Sensei Gelenius has attended many seminars and under the direction of many masters such as O-Sensei Philip S. Porter, 10th Dan, Judo & president of the USMA Association, Sensei Jim Klar, 2nd Dan Aikido, Sensei Ken Kondo, Shodan Iaido under Master Huguichi.</div> <div> Sensei Gelenius currently holds rank of Yodan-Karate, Nidan-Jujitsu, Sandan-Judo. He has taught at the Lorain YMCA for over 10 years and gives children and young adults as well as men & women adults training in order for them to develop their skills in self-defense. Sensei Gelenius attends tournaments to help expand his knowledge and develop friends within the martial arts community.</div> <div> Sensei resides and trains in Lorain, Oh and works in Kent, Oh for Ravens-A Marmon Highway Technologies Co. as Purchasing Manager.</div> <div> Sensei has been married to his wonderful wife Debra and has a son Kyle as well as a daughter Kara.</div> <div> Sensei can be contacted at :  jgelenius@ravenstrailer.net</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05c57090.png" border=0 width="599" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Dr. Robert Gradisek, Nidan</div> <bR> <div>     I started my training with the Ohio State University Shotokan Karate Club while</div> <div> going to school in 1969 under Sensei Greer Golden, who still runs a school at OSU and OU.  I trained with him for seven years while doing my Optometry training at OSU.  Sensei Golden was a lot like Mr. Lambdin in that he taught martial arts as an art form, including lessons in history as well as teaching technique and philosophy.  When I moved back to Lorain, I trained</div> <div> at a few different dojos (Little did I know that Sensei Lambdin had a school only a mile away from my home on Kansas Ave) with several different instructors, none of whom seemed dedicated to the philosophy that I was used to with Sensei Golden.  Unfortunately, many of today's schools of martail arts are only in existence to make money by "selling" promotions and belts.  I dropped out of serious training for several years and became a serious distance runner for many years, only working out by myself to try to keep up the conditioning and the techniques.  I finally got back in to training when my son first started at the Lorain Family Y, eventually moving on to Samurai Karate School in Elyria.  By the time I got back in to it on a</div> <div> regualr basis, I realized that I was getting somewhat too old to maintain stamina, technique , and speed.  So , since then, I train just to keep myself in some kind of shape, and still study the martial arts and philosophy for my own peace of mind.  I received my Shodan in 1999.  It took 30 years!  I realize that I do not belong in the class of most black belt students, but I guess if you stick with something long enough and work hard enough, there is some reward for that.  I still love the workouts, even though my skills are diminishing.  Thanks to Sensei, I still see the great ideology living in the martial arts as they exist in our style and in our teachers.</div> <bR> <div> Thanks for the training and the inspiration.</div> <bR> <div> Bob Gradisek, Nidan</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>