Kelly O' Keefe Martial Arts

Kelly O’Keefe is a law enforcement officer. He has a 10th Degree Black Belt award by the Alliance, U.S.A.Martial Arts with the title of Soke.

He has been awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in Martial Arts and Martial arts Science by the University of Asian Martial Arts Studies. He was inducted into the U.S.A. Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2008. He is the founder of the hybrid martial art Taejuki, holds a 10th Degree Black Belt in the art of Taejuki, a 7th Degree Black Belt in tae kwon do, 4th Degree Black Belt in Shintoyo Shin Jujitsu, 3rd Degree Black Belt in Nippon Ketsugo Jujitsu, 1st Degree Black Belt in Modern American Jujitsu and has trained in mauy thai and JKD.

He was 6 time U.S. National Champion, 5 time Illinois State Champion and twenty two time grand champion. He was 1980 PKA amateur fighter of the year and inducted into the international martial arts hall of fame in 1996 for fighter of the year. He has trained 33 national champions and 70 junior Illinois State Champions. He has forty years of martial arts experience and has owned a commercial martial art school for over 34 years. He has an instructor development course for law enforcement and is certified in Gracie Retention and Control for Immediate Enforcement. He served as the former Illinois State Director for Nippon Ketsugo Kai Organization