{"id":15,"date":"2022-03-13T22:57:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T22:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2024-09-01T20:57:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T20:57:39","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-27\" style=\"width: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sensei-winfred-schneider.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grand Master Winfred Schneider is a 7th degree (Shichi Dan) black belt in Okinawan(freestyle) Karate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grand Master Schneider (D.Sc.) left a successful career in Science to pursue his first love &#8211; practicing and teaching Martial Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>History of Training<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1966 Training in Judo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1973 Joined Air Force, basic combat training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1974 Advanced combat training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1974\/75 Training in Karate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1976 Training in Hapkido (after being stationed to different bases)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1976\/77 Training in Taekwondo (after being stationed to different bases)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1977\/78 Training in Kung Fu (after being stationed to different bases)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1980- 90 occasional studies in different systems (Europe, USA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1993 Training in Isshinryu (Trimm No Shin style)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1996 Promotion to Sho Dan 1997 Promotion to San Dan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1998 Promotion to Yon Dan 2003 Promotion to Go Dan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006 Promotion to Roku Dan (6th degree, Master Rank)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024 Promotion to Shichi Dan (7th degree, Grand Master Rank)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Grand Master Sensei Schneider continued his training in various styles with high-ranking master instructors at the college and university level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information<\/strong><br>Rank in different systems was not acquired due to cross-training in different styles facilitated by the varied military location assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1995 he declined promotion to Sho Dan because he just had purchased the school and found it inappropriate, He did not want anybody to claim I got promoted because I bought the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1996, Promotion to Sho Dan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1997 board members agreed to count some of his previous time in different styles towards time in the martial arts and promoted him to San Dan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1998 board members again agreed to count experience in teaching and in different styles toward time in rank and promoted him to Yon Dan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Master Winfred Schneider is a 7th degree (Shichi Dan) black belt in Okinawan(freestyle) Karate. Grand Master Schneider (D.Sc.) left a successful career in Science to pursue his first love &#8211; practicing and teaching Martial Arts. History of Training Grand Master Sensei Schneider continued his training in various styles with high-ranking master instructors at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_lightning_design_setting":{"layout":"default"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/karateronkonkoma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}