MANNY “KODO GENKI” GOMES
CURRICULUM VITAE
• 1976 – BEGAN TRAINING IN:
- “MOO-DO” UNDER GRANDMASTER KIM CHAN YONG. MOO-DO IS A BLEND OF TAE KWON DO,
TRADITIONAL KOREAN MARTIAL ARTS, JUDO, SUN MEDITATION (SUN IS KOREAN FOR ZEN), AND
YOGA. –Grandmaster Kim Chan Yong graduated from Yudo Martial Arts college in Seoul Korea (famous
for such notables as Dr. Kim Daeshik, and Grandmaster Cho Hee Il). Grandmaster Kim Chan Yong is a
Black Belt Magazine “Hall of Famer” (1988 – Instructor of the year) along with his son Jimmy Kim (1988
– Competitor of the year). Jimmy Kim won an Olympic gold medal for full contact heavy weight sparring
during the 1988 Olympic games in Seoul, Korea. Jimmy won the only men’s gold medal for America.
Seven out of the eight men’s gold medals went to South Korea.
• 1985 – BEGAN TRAINING IN:
- PYONG KUK SUL under Master Alan Silva. Pyong Kuk Sul is a traditional Korean martial art from the
Pyongyang area of Korea. Sabomnim Silva is an Internationally recognized teacher of traditional
Korean arts and one of only a handful of Americans who teach Pyong Kuk Sul.
- OMORI RYU IAIJUTSU under Kyoshi Alex Huichapan (under Hanshi Vincent Cruz, under Shihan Inoe).
- CHIBA RYU KENJUTSU under Kyoshi Alex Huichapan (under Chiba Soke).
- TAKENOUCHI RYU KENJUTSU under Kyoshi Alex Huichapan (under Hanshi Vincent Cruz, under
Takenouchi Soke).
- RYU KYU KOBUJUTSU under Kyoshi Alex Huichapan (under Hanshi Vincent Cruz, under Hidetaka
Nishiyama Soke).
- SHOTOKAN KARATE-DO under Kyoshi Alex Huichapan (under Hanshi Vincent Cruz, under Hidetaka
Nishiyama Soke).
- DOCE PARES ESKRIMA under Alex Huichapan (under Sifu Glen Abrescy, under his father, under
generations of Filipino warriors before him).
- YOGIC PRANAYAMA under Kyoshi Alex Huichapan.
• 1986 – BEGAN TRAINING IN:
- DOCE PARES ESKRIMA under Sifu Glen Abrescy.
- BEGAN CRAFTING SHAKUHACHI AND BANSURI.
• 1989 – BEGAN TRAINING IN:
- BUJINKAN BUDO TAIJUTSU (at the time, known as Ninpo Taijutsu) under Shihan Shidoshi Richard Van
Donk (under Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi Soke). Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu consists of:
- TOGAKURE RYU NINPO TAI JUTSU
- TAKAGI YOSHIN RYU JUTAIJUTSU
- KOTO RYU KOPPOJUTSU
- GYOKKO RYU KOSHIJUTSU
- KUMOGAKURE RYU NINPO
- GYOKUSHIN RYU NINPO
- GIKAN RYU KOPPOJUTSU
- SHINDEN FUDO RYU DAKENTAIJUTSU
- KUKISHINDEN RYU HAPPO BIKEN
• 1991 –
- ESTABLISHED GUSTINE BUDOKAN (FIRST DOJO). TAUGHT ALL AGES AND MOST ARTS.
• 1994 –
- JOINED UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AS A LOGISTICS EXPERT. STATIONED AT McCHORD AIR FORCE
BASE, WASHINGTON. TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE. PERFORMED MARTIAL ARTS
DEMONSTRATION FOR ASIAN HERITAGE DAY EVERY YEAR DURING ACTIVE DUTY AND RECEIVED
LETTERS OF ACHIEVEMENT FROM SQUADRON AND WING COMMANDERS FOR PERFORMANCES.
• 1995 –
- BEGAN TEACHING MARTIAL ARTS TO AIR FORCE PERSONNEL INCLUDING SECURITY POLICE.
• 1996 –
- TRAINED AS A USAF SECURITY POLICE (SP) OFFICER. WORKED CONCURRENTLY AS LOGISTICS
EXPERT/SP. DEPLOYED TO EUROPE UNDER OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR.
• 1996 –
- WAS DEPLOYED TO KUWAIT UNDER OPERATION DESERT STORM SHIELD. SQUADRON PLAGUED BY
IRAQI SNIPER FIRE. NO DIRECT HITS.
• 1997 –
- BEGAN TEACHING MARTIAL ARTS AT THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON.
• 1998 –
- CONTINUED BUJINKAN BUDO TAIJUTSU UNDER SENSEI TAELIN FREY (UNDER SHIHAN SHIDOSHI
PHIL LEGARE, UNDER DR. MASAAKI HATSUMI SOKE).
• 1999 –
- BEGAN TEACHING MARTIAL ARTS AT SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON.
- BEGAN FORMAL RINZAI ZEN TRAINING UNDER RICHARD “KORO KAISAN” MILES. Koro Kaisan Roshi is
ordained in Rinzai Zen under the San Francisco Zen Center and in Soto Zen under the Olympia Zen
Center.
• 2000 –
- ENROLLED AT THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE.
• 2001 –
- BEGAN BOUNCING AT CAFÉ ARIZONA – SOUTH SEATTLE’S ROUGHEST HIP HOP GANGSTER BAR.
SECURITY LEADER OF ONE OF TWO SIX MAN SECURITY TEAMS INSIDE OF THE CLUB. TWO ARMED
SECURITY STAYED OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE SHOTS WERE OCCASIONALLY FIRED AT
BOUNCERS ON WEEKENDS. 20 TO 30 MAN BRAWLS WERE COMMON. BROKE UP FIGHTS EVERY SINGLE
NIGHT. MANY MARTIAL ARTS TECHNIQUES WERE FIELD TESTED HERE.
- TOOK VOWS AND BECAME ORDAINED AS A ZEN PRIEST UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MUGENDO
ZENKAI. DHARMA NAME: KODO GENKI.
- ESTABLISHED FIRST KODOAN IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON.
• 2002 –
- MARTIAL ARTS CHOREOGRAPHER FOR SIX PERSON PERFORMANCE USING THE MARTIAL ARTS OF
ESKRIMA AND TAE KWON DO AS PART OF A MULTI-DISCIPLINED COLLABORATIVE LIVE
PERFORMANCE. THE FOCUS WAS ON CREATING HEALING AND PEACE FROM VIOLENCE. DANCE STYLES
PERFORMED INCLUDED ORISSI (FROM INDIA), BUTOH (FROM JAPAN), BROADWAY JAZZ, AND BALLET.
- MARTIAL ARTS FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER FOR TWO SEPARATE STUDENT LEAD FILMS.
- STARTED PICKING UP SHAKUHACHI TIPS FROM SHIHAN STEVE STROUCH.
• 2003 –
- WROTE 226 PAGE MANUSCRIPT (SOUL POLISHING: A WARRIOR’S GUIDE TO SELF-MASTERY) AS MY
SENIOR PROJECT.
• 2003 –
- GRADUATED FROM EVERGREEN WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ASIAN CULTURAL STUDIES.
- ESTABLISHED ORANGE COUNTY KODOAN IN BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA.
- BEGAN SELLING SHAKUHACHI AND BANSURI.
• 2006 –
- HOST FOR “THE MARTIAL ARTIST” ON VHN-TV IN FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA.
- ESTABLISHED HOMBU KODOAN IN COOS BAY, OREGON.
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