{"id":479,"date":"2023-01-28T23:09:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T23:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nashvilledojo.com\/dojo\/?page_id=479"},"modified":"2024-03-06T19:23:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T01:23:03","slug":"sensei-john-viall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nashvilledojo.com\/dojo\/sensei-john-viall\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensei John Viall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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4th Dan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

John Viall \u2013 Head Instructor of the Nashville Dojo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1977<\/strong> \u2013 Viall Sensei began his karate training in Sh\u014drin-Ry\u016b (Matsubayashi Ry\u016b) at the age of 7 with his father. His father focused on basics and LOTS of board breaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 At 15, he found a Sh\u014drin-Ry\u016b (Kobayashi Ry\u016b) Dojo in Torrance, CA, and began training with his second father, Richard Rabago. While training with Rabago Sensei, he also had the privilege of training with exceptional karateka: William Ford, Lelagi (Butch) Togisala, Ron Williams, and David Loo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 He relocated to Nashville, TN, with his wife, Maria, and their two kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 While searching for a Sh\u014drin-Ry\u016b school to continue training, he stumbled across the Nashville Dojo, previously owned by Sensei Darren Reed. Not only is Sensei Viall happy to have found a dojo that he was pleased with, but he was also very happy to know that Nashville Dojo taught Isshinry\u016b Karate, a style composed of both Sh\u014drin-Ry\u016b and Goju-Ry\u016b. Reed Sensei immediately welcomed him and his family, and they became part of the dojo family. While training under Reed Sensei, he also had the opportunity to train with other memorable instructors: Butch Hill, Ray Clubb, Fred Jenkins, Rob Wethington, and the late Roy Vaughn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/strong> \u2013 Reed Sensei passed on the Nashville Dojo to Viall Sensei. Many thanks to Reed Sensei for making this dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4th Dan John Viall \u2013 Head Instructor of the Nashville Dojo 1977 \u2013 Viall Sensei began his karate training in Sh\u014drin-Ry\u016b (Matsubayashi Ry\u016b) at the age of 7 with his father. His father focused on basics and LOTS of board breaking. 1985\u00a0\u2013 At 15, he found a Sh\u014drin-Ry\u016b (Kobayashi Ry\u016b) Dojo in Torrance, CA, and began … Continue reading “Sensei John Viall”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashvilledojo.com\/dojo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashvilledojo.com\/dojo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashvilledojo.com\/dojo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashvilledojo.com\/dojo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashvilledojo.com\/dojo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nashvilledojo.com\/dojo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1607,"href":"https:\/\/nashvilledojo.com\/dojo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479\/revisions\/1607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashvilledojo.com\/dojo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}