Clint Hughes Bio

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Bio: Clint Hughes

Clint Hughes began his training as a teenager in Minnesota. As most people in the Midwest, his first art was Tae Kwon Do. While training at John Worley's National Karate schools in Minneapolis, Clint began looking into the other styles available. He cross trained at an Inosanto certified Kali group, offering a great deal of variety in multiple disciplines. When he was a green belt in TKD, Clint found Kenpo. It was an instant conversion. Although he still earned his black in TKD, Kenpo took over the bulk of his training. Training six hours a day and six days a week, Clint soon was searching for more knowledge and began traveling. To find more Kenpo knowledge, and further expand his physical skills, his instructor Roger Jackson encouraged him to seek out training from American Kenpo's most known and best. Mr. Jackson, who Clint considers the finest example of a teacher he could have, also encouraged him to start teaching his own program in 1994 as a Brown Belt at Buena Vista University. After earning his Kenpo 1st degree Black Belt in 1995, Clint started to travel across the country.

He searched out "masters" of Kenpo from coast to coast, finding that often, what people claim to be is not what they tend to be. While expanding his
knowledge as a student and teacher, Clint built his BVU program. He formed the official BVU Kenpo Karate Club, and expanded his teaching to the Storm
Lake, Iowa community via his school Universal Kenpo Karate Dojos. In 1997
Clint earned his 2nd degree Black Belt. In 1998 Clint graduated from BVU
with a triple major, earning degrees in Education, History, and Speech
Communications/Drama.

After getting married directly following his graduation, Clint moved to
Lafayette, Indiana; leaving his Storm Lake program in the hands of senior students. Clint opened Universal Kenpo Karate Dojos (UKK) in Lafayette, Indiana soon after moving.   It was in 1998 also that Clint first had the opportunity to train with Richard "Huk" Planas and Sean Kelley. He has
worked to get all the training opportunities possible since, deciding these are the people with the knowledge and skills he wishes to possess. Together with his student Josh Meredith, Clint helped form The KenpoNet, which
today is one of Kenpo's largest online resources.   UKK Indiana in its first
years has grown to have almost 150 students and holds seminars with
many excellent Kenpoists. Clint is still on his quest for 3rd degree Black
Belt, training every moment possible, and teaching using all his knowledge
as a Kenpoist and as an educator. Clint writes articles frequently on the
subject of martial education, and strives to use his teaching skills to bring
Ed Parker's Kenpo to the Midwest.   Clint is often searched out by those in
the Midwest for his Kenpo knowledge, and he teaches seminars in Iowa,
Minnesota, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Clint is also very proud to be the Indiana
State Representative for the Chinese Karate Federation.

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