Derrick
Hampson
Rank:
1st Dan Black Belt in USAKF
2nd Class
Brown Belt in White Dragons of Bushido
Yellow
Belt in American Kenpo
White Belt in Aikido
White Belt in Kendo
White Belt in TaiChi
Member since:
WDOB - October 1999
Martial Arts history:
My interest in Martial Arts has always been inside
me for over a decade. It wasn't until 1995 when I met
a kid from Oklahoma who started showing me some kicks
from the Tae Kwon Do style. That fueled my interest
into learning more about the arts. A guy who I used
to work with informed me of a Tai Chi class that was
being taught by Elizabeth Chan. I attended her class
for about 1 1/2 years and started studying Kendo (the
way of the sword), from her husband David Diguanco,
up at Weber
State University.
A little bit later on in time, I found out there was
an Aikido class being taught by Sensei Jones, so I joined
Aikido in addition to Kendo. I was able to attend those
classes for about 2 years until my work schedule changed
and I was not able to participate anymore.
My boss, when I used to work at Autoliv, told me about
the White
Dragons of Bushido school and that they had day
classes that are taught during the day, so I was able
to join them in October of 1999. I am still with the
White Dragons as of this day and have attained one of
my black belts through the USAKF, under Hanshi
George Anderson.
Rank |
Date |
System |
White Belt |
1996 |
TaiChi - Elizabeth Chan |
White Belt |
1997 |
Kendo - Dave Diguanco |
White Belt |
1997 |
Aikido - David Jones |
White
Belt |
October 8, 1999 |
White Dragons of Bushido |
Yellow
Belt |
November 13, 1999 |
White Dragons of Bushido |
Orange
Belt |
December 15, 1999 |
White Dragons of Bushido |
Blue
Belt |
January 22, 2000 |
White Dragons of Bushido |
Purple
Belt |
June 3, 2000 |
White Dragons of Bushido |
Green
Belt |
September 9, 2000 |
White Dragons of Bushido |
2nd
Class Brown Belt |
July 14, 2001 |
White Dragons of Bushido |
1st Dan Black Belt |
August 17, 2002 |
USA Karate Federation |
Yellow
Belt |
February 8, 2002 |
American Kenpo |
Awards & Achievements:
About me:
I'm currently working at Intermountain Health Care as a Quality Control Analysist. I'm majoring in Computer Science
w/ an emphasis on Networking. I am also the one who
maintains this website.
How to contact me:
Email:
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