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| Western Masters Martial Arts, Inc. 1979 |
About Us...Western Masters Martial Arts offers outstanding training in Aikido, Tae Kwon Do, Self-Defense, Japanese Sword, Yoga, Combative drills and HEMA. We pride ourselves on a curriculum that is balanced and well structured. We make every effort to assure sound physiologic principles of training are followed in a safe and fun environment! Our attention to detail and the impressive combined experiences of our founder and senior instructors make our approach truly unique. Our instructor''s are not just excellent martial artists and teachers, they are also accomplished professionals outside the Dojo in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, the military, and in education. We teach applicable martial arts and take a real interest in helping our students grow and achieve for a lifetime. Fostering a better, safer, and more peaceful world...One student at a time!
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Master Dane S. Harden formed his nearly life-long affiliation with the martial arts when he began studying Aikido in 1969 at the age of ten. He went on to train in Tae Kwon Do with the Jhoon Rhee Institutes in Cumberland, Maryland, until enlisting in the Army in 1976. Over the course of the next forty years he earned Black Belt ranks in Aikido, Isshin Ryu Karate-do, and most notably a Sixth Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. Additionally, Dane has been awarded the Fuki-Shidoin rank (certified instructor with promotion authority) in Yoshinkan-Aikido under the Chudokai Aikido Federation International and Eighth Degree Black Belt, Kevin Blok Kyoshi. Sensei Blok trained under Gozo Shioda Soke, the Founder of Yoshinkan Aikido. Shioda Soke was a senior student of O''Sensei (Morehei Ueshiba) the founder of modern Aikido. Harden Sensei also studies the Japanese Katana and recently earned a Goshindo Mein Ryu Instructor''s certification under Dana Abbott, Shihan (Black Belt Hall of Fame, Weapons Instructor of the Year). Sensei Harden often works various applications of weaponry, striking arts and control measures into training with his students who benefit from the variety of his skill sets.
Sensei Harden was also an avid tournament competitor on the U.S. National Karate Circuit for over thirty years, frequently winning top positions in forms, fighting, and weapons competitions at state, regional and national levels. Some of his tournament victories include such prestigious events as The Battle of Atlanta, The U.S. Diamond Nationals, and The Battle of Baltimore. He was also an early full-contact proponent and competitor in the Professional Karate Association (PKA) circuit in the 1970''s. Sensei Harden transitioned his focus to teaching and then founded Western Masters Martial Arts, Inc., in 1979. The schools now have locations in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. This year Sensei Harden will celebrate admission into the Martial Art Masters Hall of Fame for his forty-two years as a martial artist, competitor, and teacher. He was nominated for this prestigious honor by Sword Master Shihan Dana Abbott. Additionally, he is active in numerous martial arts groups and organizations including the Chudokai Aikido Federation International, The Joe Lewis Fighting System, U.S.A. Olympic Tae Kwon Do, and the Goshindo Sword and Chanbara Association. Sensei Harden is a published author in several martial arts journal including USADOJO, Aikido Journal, and Black Belt Magazine. He recently completed a highly acclaimed instructional DVD series featured in the February 2009, edition of Black Belt Magazine February. The DVD series is a pivotal work for its quality of instruction and understandable approach to human physiology, martial arts history and culture, training, and tactics and strategies.
Sensei Harden brings a unique view to the martial arts as a real life soldier with over twenty-four years of service. He is Senior Flight Surgeon and a highly decorated combat veteran with several operational deployments to his credit, including Estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Hurricane Katrina. His military decorations are numerous and include submissions for The Bronze Star, Combat Air Medal and the prestigious Order of Military Medical Merit (awarded to less than 10% of career military medicine professionals). He still serves with the Tennessee National Guard as a Lt. Colonel (Promotable) and is a Graduate of the U. S. Army Command and General Staff Officer College (Masters in National Security and Strategic Studies) and the Army Flight Surgeon Program. He is also a graduate of U.S. Army SERE School, the Combat Tactical Medicine Course, Combatives Course, Air Assault School, Expert Field Medical Badge course, and holds Physician Assistant Medical Specialization''s in Emergency Medicine, Orthopedics, and Aviation Physiology. Sensei''s views and opinions on budo, the martial art, fitness, and the psychology of warfare are based on a very real history of real-world experience. His approach and philosophy are more then just physical and tend to be very practical in application.
Dane''s educational background is equally impressive. He holds Bachelor of Science Degree''s in Biological Science and Respiratory Therapy. He also has an additional Master''s Degree''s in Medical Science Education. He graduated from the Johns Hopkins Medical Center affiliated Physician Assistant Program in Baltimore, Maryland. He is Board Certified in Primary Care Medicine and General Surgery through the NCCPA. Also, he is a Fellow of the Wilderness Medical Society and often lectures on national and international stages. He has presented on topics as varied as hyperthermia management, self-defense for travelers and improvised medical care in a wilderness setting.
Dane is married to a very supportive and caring wife, Dr. Sherry Harden, who holds a Pharmacy Doctorate and an MBA. Sherry is an avid Aikidoist and has trained in Tae Kwon Do for more then twenty years. They have one son, Josh who is also involved in Tae Kwon Do and Kung Fu. They train together regularly and enjoy hiking, climbing, shooting, and white water rafting trips with various wilderness groups. Sensei Harden and his wife recently completed the "Tour Du Mont Blanc" through France, Italy, and Switzerland.
Submitted by:
Dr. Pietro Marghella
Third Dan TKD
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-Yoshinkan Aikido
-Tae Kwon Do
-Joe Lewis Fighting System (JLFS) is used to augment our combatives drills.
-Goshindo Sword, Dana Abbott Certified Instructor.
-Kung Fu Wing Tsun
-Iyenger Yoga
-HEMA: Historic European Martial Arts. |
Western Masters Martial Arts, Inc.1979
Western Masters Martial Arts, Inc. 1979
Western Masters Karate System - Martinsburg W.Va. Dojo
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Style taught : |
Aikido |
Year Started : |
1979 |
School hours : |
Monday through Friday, 4:30-10:00 PM
Saturday, 8:30 AM until 2:00 PM
Closed on Sunday
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