PASSING OF A TITAN!

THE TRADITIONAL INTERNATIONAL TAEKWON-DO FEDERATION IS SAD TO ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF AN ORIGINAL MEMBER FROM 1992. GRAND MASTER JAMES RAY SR. PASSED AWAY OF A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK ON OCTOBER 9, 2017 IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA USA.

GRAND MASTER RAY WAS THE FOUNDER OF HIS OWN HAPKIDO SYSTEM AS WELL AS A LONG TIME TAEKWON-DO PRACTITIONER UNDER GRAND MASTER DAFYD HAASE. HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MASTER BY GRAND MASTER DAFYD HAASE, AFTER HIS SCHOOLS TREMENDOUS EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE IN THE OKLAHOMA BOMBING. HE DONATED ALL HIS SCHOOL FUNDS TO HELP THOSE EMERGENCY CREWS DIGGING THROUGH THE RUMBLE LOOKING FOR SURVIVES.

AT THIS TIME THE TITF PRESIDENT DAFYD HAASE HAS PROMOTED GRAND MASTER JAMES RAY TO THE RANK OF 10TH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TAEKWON-DO. A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THIS GREAT MAN AND FRIEND.