MR. AARON WILON SR IS A VETERAN WITH OVER THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MARTIAL ARTS.  HE IS A SIXTH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TRADITIONAL TAEKWONDO, NOT THE ATA, USTU, NOR THE WTF, BUT THE ITF (INTERNATIONAL TAEKWONDO FEDERATION).  HE EARNED HIS BLACK BELT IN TAEKWONDO WHILE LIVING IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.  IN 1977 HE STARTED HIS OWN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE CRUSADERS OF MARTIAL ARTS.  HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM MARYLAND AND MOVED TO NEW YORK TO TRY OUT FOR A PART IN THE FAMOUS MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE “ THE LAST DRAGON”.  AFTER MOVING TO NEW YORK MR WILSON OPENED AND OPERATED A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL.  MR. WILSON MOVED TO CONNECTICUT AND STILL COMMUTES TO HIS SCHOOL IN NEW YORK.  HE IS PART OWNER OF FORCE OF ONE AND FORMER OWNER MUSHIN DOJO IN NEW HAVEN.  HE IS THE TOURNAMENT FIGHTING INSTRUCTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE GREATER NEW HAVEN YOUTH FOUNDATION.  HE IS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE SOUL BROTHERS OF MARTIALS ORGANIZATION, FOUNDED IN 2004.

SINCE ACHIEVING HIS GOAL IN BECOMING A BLACK BELT, HE HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE ARTS.  HE TEACHES THE VALUES HE HAS LEARNED NOT ONLY TO HIS STUDENTS BUT TO HIS FAMILY ALSO.  THROUGH HARD WORK AND PERSERVERANCE HIS SON AARON WILSON JR IS A TOP FIGHTING NATIONAL TOURNAMENT CHAMPION.  MR WILSON IS A TOURNAMENT ENTHUSIAST AND HAS WON SEVERAL GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS IN FIGHTING THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, WHICH SPANS THE 70’S, 80’S, AND 90’S.  HE IS CURRENTLY ON THE COMBACK TRAIL FOR THE 2005 TOURNAMENT CIRCUIT.

MARTIAL ARTS EXPERIENCE

MR. WILSON HAS TRAINED IN TAEKWONDO, HAPKIDO, JUDO, TRADITIONAL MOO DUK KWAN, JU-JITSU, KUNG-FU, LUNG-FU DO, AND KARATE.

FROM 1970 -1976 HE STUDIED UNDER MARK SHAW IN AMERICAN KARATE & TAEKWONDO AND UNDER LEONARD JACKSON IN KOREAN TAEKWONDO & HAPKIDO.

IN 1977 HE FOUNDED THE CRUSADERS OF MARTIAL ARTS ORGANIZATION.

IN 1977 HE WAS PROMOTED TO 1ST DEGREE BB UNDER MASTER PU GILL GWAN AND MASTER CHUNG KWAN SHIN AND RALPH JAVIER.  HE CONTINUED HIS STUDY UNDER RALPH JAVIER THROUGH 1979.

FROM 1979 -1982 HE STUDIED UNDER GRAND MASTER JOSEPH ARRIGO AND WAS PROMOTED TO 2ND DEGREE BLACK BELT.

IN 1996 WAS PROMOTED TO 4TH DEGREE BB BY GRAND MASTER JOSEPH ARRIGO AND MASTER SANTELLI.

IN 2004 WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF SIXTH DEGREE BLACK BELT.