TEACHER SPOTLIGHT 

SHIHAN CRAIG HAMM

MAY 2003

Congratulations goes out to Shihan Craig Hamm for being chosen as the Teacher to be spotlighted for May 2003.

Shihan Craig Hamm was born and raised in his hometown of Selmer, Tennessee. He currently lives there with his wife Angela and 3-year-old son Lucas Drake Hamm.  Shihan Hamm is a born again Christian and believes in a living God Jesus Christ.  God gives us the strength and abilities to bring us through whatever he brings us to.  God has a path for each of us to travel on we just have to trust him to lead us on that path.  Shihan Hamm believes that teaching the Martial Arts is the way to bring God’s Word to the Youth in the World.   Shihan Hamm is a attends Lakeview Baptist Church in Selmer, Tenn.  Shihan Hamm has been in the Martial Arts for 23 years.  He started in 1980 learning Shotokan Karate because he wanted to learn the arts that he grew up watching on TV as a young child.  Shihan Hamm is the owner and instructor at Hamm’s Martial Arts Academy in Selmer, TN.  He has been teaching since 1990.  The school is open 3 nights a week with students from ages 5 and up.  Shihan Hamm teaches Shinsei Hapkido, Shotokan Karate, Taekwondo, Grappling and Kobudo Weaponary.

Like every good instructor one needs a good instructor teaching them also.  Shihan Hamm now trains with Do Ju Nim Joseph Lumpkin, the President of Karate For Christ International and Founder of the Shinsei Hapkido System.  Shihan Hamm holds the rank of 7^th Dan in Shinsei Hapkido along with the Head Instructor of the Shinsei Hapkido System, Dr. Daryl R. Covington, 7^th Dan.  Shihan Hamm Also trains with Renshi Tony Chester of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the Art of Budoshin-Kai Karate (Pre 1900 Martial Arts); who is the Founder of the United Budoshin-Kai Culture “Pre 1900 Arts”.  Shihan Hamm hold the rank of 5^th Dan in Budoshin-Kai Karate / Shotokan Karate.  Shihan Hamm also spent 8 years training under the instruction of Master Kang Rhee in Pasaryu Taekwondo.