Terryl D. Richardson

• 1973 Started in Wu-shu under Grandmaster Anthony Graham
• 1977 Promoted to 1st level Black Sash
• 1978 Began training in Tae Kwon Do under Chief Instructor Larry Holmes of Simba Dojang
• 1980 Promoted to 1st Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do
• 1981 U.S. Army Fort Gordon, GA Welterweight Boxing Champion
• 1982 U.S. Army Fort Campbell, KY., instructor at the Air Assault Academy in hand to hand combat
• 1983 Nuremberg, West Germany Middleweight Kick Boxing Champion
• 1985 Tacoma, WA. Welterweight Kick Boxing Champion
• 1988 Promoted to 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do under Professor Joe Parrish
• 1994 Promoted to 1st Degree Midnight Blue Belt under Grandmaster Jae Joon Kim
• 1995 Promoted to 2nd Level Black Sash Wu-shu under Grandmaster Graham
• 1995 Promoted to 2nd Degree Midnight Blue Belt and Chief Instructor of the Metropolitan Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do Center under Professor Joe Parrish
• 1996 Promoted to 3rd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Go under Grandmaster Darrell Smith, the founder of Jite Ryu
• 1996 Promoted to 1st Degree Black Belt in Hoshinkido Hapkido under Grandmaster Serge Baubill, the founder of Hoshinkido
• 1998 Promoted to 3rd Degree Midnight Blue Belt under the founder of the National Tang Soo Do Federation, Grandmaster Roger L. Haines
• 1998 Promoted to Master Level in Wu-shu under Grandmaster Graham
• 1998 Inducted into the Eastern International Black Belt Hall Of Fame for Martial Arts Dedication
• 1999 Inducted into the Eastern International Black Belt Hall Of Fame for Tang Soo Do Instructor of the Year
• 2000 Promoted to 2nd Degree Black Belt in the system of Han Moo Kwan Hapkido by its founder, Grandmaster Yong Ki Song
• 2000 Awarded 3rd Dan in Tang Soo Do, Grandmaster Yong Hon Kim, Korea Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do Society
• 2000 Inducted into the North American Black Belt Hall Of Fame for Instructor of the Year
• 2000 The birth of the Black Tiger Dojang
• 2001 Promoted to 4th Degree Black Belt Master level in Tae Kwon Do by Grandmaster Kang Dong-Gu
• 2001 Designated as Representative for the Korean Yudo and Hapkido Association for the State of Maryland
• 2003 Promoted 3rd degree black belt in Sanuces Jujitsu by its founder 10th Degree Dr. Moses Powell.
  Promoted to 6th degree black belt in Hapkido by GM Chang H. Park.
  Promoted to 7th degree Midnight blue belt in TSD by Professor Joe Parrish and reconized by the National TSD Fed.