About Nashville Dojo

• Founded in 1966 by Sensei Denny Shaffer and guided by Sensei Phil McElroy in the late 1970's and early 1980's ; the Karate School of Nashville, Inc. rose to prominence as one of the Mid-South's premier karate schools, teaching kung fu and karate. In the late 1980's, Butch Hill expanded the scope of training to include Jujitsu, Arnis and modern weaponry. http://www.shaffersdragons.com

• Our training program seeks to temper students both mentally and physically using the discipline of the martial ways. Among these :

   1. Okinawan Karate - Isshinryu in the Harold Long lineage - International Isshinryu Karate Association

   2. Judo - Jujitsu

   3. Weaponry - firearms training

   4.  Modern Arnis - stick art of the Phillipines

Black Belt Instructors

Butch Hill - 8th degree

Trice Fasig -  7th degree

Roy Vaughan - 7th degree

Jeff Sanders -  6th degree 

Sandra Strong - 6th degree

Randall Butler - 6th degree 

Dennis Martin - 5th degree

Darren Reed - 4th degree 

Diane Kuipers - 2nd degree 

Fred Jenkins Sr. - 1st degree

Lance Willoughby - 1st degree 

Niki Faulk - 1st degree 

Eric Marks - 1st degree 

Ladd Caballero - 1st degree