User:Marilyn Fierro

Marilyn Fierrowww.smithtownkarate.com is a 9th Degree Black belt in Okinawan Isshinryu Karate. By almost all Isshinryu Karate Associations she is recognized as the highest woman in Isshinryu Karate. Her instructors are Hanshi Nick Adler in the USA and Master Angi Uezu in Okinawa. She began her Isshinryu Karate Journey in 1974. Soon after she began writing for karate magazines and teaching opening the Smithtown Karate Academy in Smithtown in 1978. She was inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1997 and in 1998 the first woman inducted into the Isshinryu Hall of Fame. She started a cable TV show in 1997 producing well over 100 shows. She is the author of "The Limitless Spirit of the Martial Arts" which was released in March 2017. She was promoted by both of her instructors to 9th Degree Hanshi in 2014. In December 2019 she was invited by the Okinawan Provincial government, Okinawa Karate Kaikan to represent the USA and Isshinryu Karate and attend an elite black belt tour and training in Okinawa along with three other high-level black belts representing Shorinryu - Germany, Gojuryu - Australia and Kobudo/Shotokan - France. The group toured many karate related sights as well as Cultural activities.