George Dillman
| George Dillman | |
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| Residence |
 Reading, Pennsylvania
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| Style | Ryukyu Kempo Karate |
| Teacher(s) | Seiyu Oyata |
| Rank | 10th Degree Black Belt |
| Website | http://www.dillman.com/ |
George Dillman is a martial arts instructor and member of Black Belt magazine's Hall of Fame (1997) as Instructor of the Year. He refers to the art of using pressure points as Kyusho jitsu. He calls his style Ryukyu kempo karate. His art has generated a considerable amount of controversy, due in large part to Dillman's reluctance to scientifically prove the validity of his claims. The most contentious claims have been his promotion of alleged no-touch knock-outs, kiai knock-outs, and increasing technique effectiveness based on sound and color.
Dillman began serious martial arts training in 1961 with Harry G. Smith. He went on to study with Daniel K. Pai, Robert Trias, Seiyu Oyata, Hohan Soken, Wally Jay, Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali. Official Karate magazine (Nov. 1982) described Dillman as "one of the winningest competitors karate has ever known." Dillman was four-times National Karate Champion (1969–1972) and during this period was consistently ranked among the top ten competitors in the nation by major karate magazines. During his nine-year competitive career, Dillman claimed a total of 327 trophies in fighting, forms, breaking and weapons. In 1997, George Dillman was named Black Belt Magazine's Instructor of the Year. In May 1998, Dillman became the first martial artist inducted into the Berks County Sports Hall of Fame. George Dillman is the author of many books with Chris Thomas including Kyusho-Jitsu: The Dillman Method of Pressure Point Fighting; Advanced Pressure Point fighting of Ryukyu Kempo; Advanced Pressure Point Grappling: Tuite; and Pressure Point Karate Made Easy. He has also produced a DVD instructional series on pressure point technique. George Dillman continues to hold training camps in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, at the former Muhammad Ali training Camp; study under 10th degree black belts from Okinawa; give training seminars all over the world; and oversee Dillman Karate International, consisting of over 150 schools worldwide.
Dillman's version of the art, which he calls Ryūkyū kempo tomari-te, has a large international following, due in part to aggressive marketing of his books and seminars. The art is known for its emphasis on light-touch pressure-point knock-out.
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