Bob Karnes
Prof. Bob Karnes
Robert (Bob)
Karnes first visited the Bushidokan Dojo (then called
Sparks Judo and
Jujitsu) in 1973. "I was outside this big red building, with a high
school
classmate, as we walked inside I saw glowing planets and stars hanging
from the black
light lit
ceiling in the stairway. On
the mat there were two groups of people. One group doing hand escape
arts and
another group throwing each other. One person was sitting on the
mat writing
in a notebook. The thing that caught my attention the most was why was
the
person writing in the notebook it must be a special lesson".
After 9 years living in the
southern
California area Bob returned to live in the Reno,
Sparks area
in 1982. Bob got a job working in a State Locked
psychiatric adult
ward as a mental health
technician. I had
forgotten about Sparks Judo and Jujitsu Dojo but
remembered the word Jujitsu. I needed to learn self defense
to
survive the violent job so I looked up in the newspaper for a Jujitsu
class.
Bob signed up in 1982 at the Sparks Recreation center and went to
his
first class with Ginny Kietzkie, Sensei Ikkyu 1st Brown belt. Our small
School
moved a few times then Bob was transferred to Herb LaGue, Sensei
in
1985 at the rank of Nikyu 2nd brown belt to the Bushidokan Dojo.
Bob
was awarded the rank of Shodan 1st Black Belt in a promotion with 6 other Bushidokan
Shodan's in 1986.
Bob was a co-Sensei with Suki
LaGue,Sensei at the
Bushidokan and also opened two other schools one in Montana and one in
Cold Springs, Reno Nevada.
Bob has used the healing arts and
martial arts of
DanZan Ryu Zenyo Bujutsu in many jobs.
Such as, mental health therapist, teenage boot camp counselor, a max
security prison guard, events security
guard, and as a massage
therapist.
Bob was awarded the title of Professor,
Shichidan
7th Degree Black Belt, Shihan with
the Bushidokan Federation in the art of DanZan Ryu Zenyo Bujutsu in
2004 under
Professor Herb LaGue, Shodai.
Bob, a.k.a. Bobasan, currently holds the
rank of
Hachidan 8th Degree Black Belt.
"Bobasan"
Bob Karnes throwing a Tomoe Nage.
Bob Karnes doing a flying kick.
Bob Karnes doing monkey climb from Saru Shime.
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