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Sensei Everette Jones started his study of the martial arts at the age of ten when he briefly studied Tae Qwan Do in Hamet, CA. His family moved to Fontana, CA where he studied Kickboxing under sensei Gary Hartlerode earning a brown belt. He studied several arts in various venues. He began studying Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu Shorin-Kan under Renshi David Rogers in 2001, studying karate, earning a 3^rd degree black belt, kubodo, earning a 1^st degree black belt, and the teaching of karate. In April of 2006, he traveled to Naha City, Okinawa with his immediate instructor, his instructor (Kioshi Nabil Noujaim) and other top students to train under Grandmaster Hansi JuDan Shugoro Nakazato Sensei. He worked as a psychiatric registered nurse in a maximum-security facility in California for eight years. He now works at Powder River Correctional Facility as an RN.

Okinawa is the birthplace of Karate. It has been practiced in Okinawa longer than the United States has been in existence. There are many styles practiced today. We study Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu Karate. My Karate lineage is: Renshi Rogers, Kioshi Noujaim, (Sensei Sabella) Hanshi JuDan Shugoro Nakazato Sensei, Chibana Sensei, Itosu Sensei, Matsumura, who is considered the father of okinawan karate. The essence of karate is Kata. Kata are a set of moves originated by ancient karate masters, and passed down “without changing anything at all” though the years. Kata is practiced together with physical conditioning, sparring, and the study of kubodo, or ancient okinawan weaponry.

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