Hartley's Karate

08/25/2026

Mark Payne demo ..
Shock - — pe*******on !

06/06/2024

Jim Butin is recognized as a Grand Master tenth-degree Black Belt by both the World Martial Arts Ranking Association and the American Karate Black Belt Association.

After making Black Belt in June of 1968, Jim competed in and won every major tournament that was prevalent in the Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas areas. He has won over 150 awards, all in fighting divisions. He won four National titles and was rated as the #2 light heavyweight in the world by the PKA from 1974 to 1978. He was inducted into Official Karate’s “Legion of Honor” and he is listed in four Martial Arts Halls of Fame including an inaugural induction to the Tae Kwon Do Hall of Fame, and can be found in the “Who’s Who of Martial Arts”.

Besides competing and winning the silver medal in the first World TKD Championships in Seoul, Korea in 1973, Jim also competed in Europe in 1974 with another famous U.S. team, which included Joe Lewis, Jeff Smith, Howard Jackson, and Bill Wallace, against Germany, and the Netherlands. The team was undefeated in six separate contests. Jim is also a history general for the Sport Karate Museum, and the Executive Director of the World Martial Arts Ranking Association.

When Jim walked away from competition, he felt like he could benefit the sport by opening a Karate school. He worked hard and shared his knowledge and techniques with hundreds of talented students. Jim ran that very successful and profitable school for 47 years.

“Many have asked me about the training methods I have used and strategies that helped me to be successful in competition fighting. I have included my most successful techniques in this book that I believe will help others in their quest for success.” Jim Butin

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5WVRJJH?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

06/01/2024

Talking about memories with buddy Tim Carlisle 🙂.

03/12/2024

Wanted pictures from my students - old dojos, you , instructors etc. for special project we are working on!
Post in comments or DM!

12/30/2023

Just shared this in a. Comment but good tool for thinking about New Years Goals and Vision - Balance makes real champions

Creed champions of life
The martial arts have a picture of the octagon which is an 8 sided dojo or fort each side represents a facet of life that must be mastered and balanced. The enemy will look for imbalance and weakness to attack so the weaknesses must be built up while strengths are balanced. We add the foundation which is core values, spiritual principals and get 9 arenas of life which are battlegrounds for us to take ground, set goals walk out our calling in a holistic way.
In sports we can focus on all aspects of an athlete’s development to build champions: strength, skills, flexibility, psychology, speed, drills, competition, and evaluations.

Champions is an acronym for the following:
C = core: spiritual well being
H = heart: mental, emotional well being
A = atmosphere: home = family, home life, relational
M = mission: purpose, calling, vocational
P = physical: health, nutrition, exercise
I = intellectual, lifelong learning habits, educational
O = ownership: stewardship, finances, and materials, financial
N = nine to five: day to day work, life habits, professional
S = social life: social

12/01/2023

I just heard my shirt is in!
Ron dodson Sr ! My friend and hero!
Thank you Marsha Gillis Ron Dodson

04/29/2023

https://youtu.be/gT7G1wToQws

Have not been able to find this forever! Watch the kick at the end 🙂

Prayer warrior takes on demons with karate, praise, prayer and a little help from angels! Brian Hartley and the breakthu demo team.