Conrad Jones Karate

Good luck to Mr. Dodson running in the half marathon in Knoxville this weekend! 🏃‍♂️💪🏼 (Photo is from last year’s race.)

Happy (belated) birthday to Mr. Taylor! We’re so grateful for everything you do for the dojo and for us. We wouldn’t be here without you! I hope you had a great birthday! Mr. Jones will have to sing to you in classes tomorrow. 🤣

Goodness, look at these youngsters! #2019

New dojo location opening up, penguins are excited!

Cajun Steamer Seafood Restaurant hosting the CJK Board of Directors...

Congrats to our five new Black Belts, and two advancing to 3rd Degree!! 🎉 It was a perfect day. 💖
row2 l-r: Mr Glass1 yondan, Mr Menees nidan, Mr McMahan sandan*, Mr Dodson yondan, Mr Sanders rokudan, Mr Taylor rokudan, Mr Jones hachidan, Mr Hughes nidan
row1 l-r: Miss Shaw shodan, Miss McMahan shodan, Miss Wolfe shodan, Mr Hardie shodan*, Mr Glass2 shodan, Mr Kewley shodan*, Mr Brunger E shodan*, Mr Brunger F shodan*, Mr Wolfe shodan*, Miss Reid sandan*, Miss Lawrence nidan
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Happy Birthday Mrs Lani, our Karate Queen who keeps this empire running smoothly!!

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Birthday to Mr. Jones!!! 🎉

Sensei Bo Turner, my Shodan classmate, tearin’ up the mandolin, at the 2025 Bethlehem Fish Fry.
(posted by Mr. Taylor)

Meet Mr. Sanders.

Jeff Sanders, 6th Dan, Isshinryu
2003 Rokudan
1975 Shodan
Mr. Sanders started his karate career in 1968, training at the Melrose Wadoryu Dojo, under the lineage of Cecil T. Patterson, who brought Wadoryu to TN in 1957, and Sensei Roy Hinkle. Mr. Sanders soon felt the call into military service, and served honorably with the US Army. He explored several martial arts during his military tenure. Upon completing his service, he next began training in the Isshinryu style of karate, at the Nashville Dojo, under the lineage of Harold Long who brought Isshinryu to TN in 1959, and Sensei Denny Shaffer. Mr. Sanders received dan blackbelt grade promotions in the Isshinryu system between 1975 to 2003, culminating in promotion to Roku (6th)-dan. In 2024, Mr. Sander’s grandson Matthew began training with us at Conrad Jones Karate. We soon realized there was more to him than a kid-chauffeur, and soon after, we began to come to know him and his history, and welcomed him to begin dressing out and enjoying to continue training again with us, bringing his Wadoryu training full-circle from his beginning days 6 decades ago. We are very happy to have him training with us, and our students greatly enjoy hearing his experience and wisdom as he shares with them.

(Mr Taylor)
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