83 year old karate master Doug Perry

Doug Perry, 83-years old, 10th-dan Shorin-ryu karate, retired United States Marine Corps Major (Purple heart and Meritorious Service medals).

Doug Perry Sensei talks about his life in martial arts and the United States Marine Corps. He recently received his 10th dan in Shorin-ryu karate, and during his visit to Okinawa I met up with him and his son Colonel Jason Perry to chat about his extraordinary journey.

Sensei: Masters of Okinawan Karate is a crowd-funded YouTube documentary series about the legendary martial arts teachers of Okinawa, Japan.

Will all the videos be on YouTube?

Yes the videos will be available for free on YouTube to anyone who wants to watch and learn from these great sensei. Hopefully individuals, dojos, or karate organizations will help sponsor or support the project to allow us to keep making videos.

How can you help?

Give the video a thumbs up, comment, and subscribe to the channel.

Share the videos through social media with others who are interested in Okinawa, Japan, martial arts, history etc..

If you, your dojo, or your organization is interested in helping sponsor the series, I’d love to hear from you.

This documentary series would not be possible without the help of the international karate community. Thank you to all the people listed in the credits and below.

Click this link to learn more and help:

Main Sponsors

Fusei Kise, Isao Kise and the OSMKKF-USA
Jerry Figgiani - Shorin Ryu Karate Do International
Beikoku Shidokan Karatedo Association
Grant Campbell - USA Karate Federation

Series Sponsors

Cezar Borkowski - Northern Karate Schools
Marguerite "Peggy" Hess - Jensen Beach Uechi Ryu Karate Do Dojo
Reece Cummings - Cummings Karate Dojo
Michael Quinn - Okinawa Shogen-Ryu Karate-Do Europe
Martin Pinto - Essex Goju Ryu Karate
Mark Spear - Black Bear Dojo
Okinawa Karate Podcast
Fred Mansfield Jr. - Beikoku Shidokan / RBKD

Series Supporters
Tim Herlihy
Robin Ross
Joshua Simmers
Jeff Perkins
Paul Punshon
John J. Strangeway
Gerry Campbell
Shelley Cormier
K V Manoharan
Phil Butler
Danny Smith
Justin Rathert
Adam Carter
Mike Powers
Miguel Da Luz
Robert Roberto Curtis
Josh Ryer
Belgi Serin
Igor Vakos
Lisken Dus
Andrew Pearce
William C. Ford
Cos Vona
Steve Ouslis
Sandro Simonetta
Axel Heinrich
Jiří Matouš
Jose Planas
Andy Morris
Steve Armes
Olaf Steinbrecher
Hannele Zubeck
Maija Zubeck
Scott Alter
Rob Chartier
Laura Chartier
Xu Ya Hui

We are now shooting with two 4k cameras (FS5 and A7Sii). There are still many improvements to be made, and hopefully we'll keep progressing with each video. Ideally we'd get a proper boom mic and audio recorder to improve audio, cinema lenses, and we need greater data storage as we're working with and archiving the huge 4K Pro Res Raw files.

More information?

To see images from the Karate Masters Portrait Project you can visit my Facebook page

or the website

[tonyslaughter]

It's so great to see him around! In my time of training I have met both and learning from them has been the most enjoyable time. They have so much to teach and they have a passion for it!

[vittoriovedli]

This is how it should be, if possible. Practicing a martial art is a lifelong journey. 🥋

[ceseijitsu]

This man was extremely inspirational to me from 1992 until 1995. I was never a student under him but saw him at every Shorin Ryu event and made sure to seek him out for conversation. I was a teenager in those years, and the respect he gave was admirable from someone of his status.

[tonyslaughter]

I heard you’ve passed on. A truly sad day. Rest well.

[Mrcashewww]

Shōrin ryu is one of the most useless styles of karate out there