Championships, grandmasters & family history
Family-supplied photographs and short video memories. The archive includes Nathan Hall, Dominic and Silvio, Grandmaster Herbie Thompson, world champion kickboxer Alen Watson, Grandmaster Joe Corley of PKA, and Grandmaster Emanuel Perez of Tsunami TenKai Bujutsu, as identified by the Hall family.
Competition achievements and identifications supplied by the Hall family. Photographs do not imply endorsement.
US Open World Championships · Orlando, Florida
Short video memories
Silvio’s championship photographs
Silvio Hall, son of Master Nathan Hall, earned a world No. 2 ranking in sport karate in 2013 and first place in his division at the 2014 US Open World Championships. In 2014, both brothers were world champions: Silvio in sport karate and Dominic in MMA.
Grandmasters & championship community
Family-supplied photographs and short video memories. The archive includes Nathan Hall, Dominic and Silvio, Grandmaster Herbie Thompson, world champion kickboxer Alen Watson, Grandmaster Joe Corley of PKA, and Grandmaster Emanuel Perez of Tsunami TenKai Bujutsu, as identified by the Hall family.
Seventh-Dan promotion
Nathan Hall’s promotion to 7th Dan by Grandmaster Herbie Thompson, as described by the Hall family.
Master Nathan Hall · Korea, lineage & military service
Korea · 1992–1993
During his Army service in Korea in 1992 and 1993, Master Nathan Hall competed in bare-knuckle martial arts and remained undefeated. He recounts earning a walk-on place on the all-U.S.-military team after defeating every member of the U.S. Army team, and serving as co-captain.
Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do lineage
Hall identifies his teacher, Master Son Hwan Kwon, as one of the original 43 masters under Hwang Kee, founder of Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do. His personal archive includes photographs with Grandmaster Hwang Kee and Master Son Hwan Kwon, along with images documenting his inclusion in a Korean martial arts history book. In 1994, Hall sponsored Master Son Hwan Kwon to come to the United States.
Service, instruction & prevention
A U.S. Army paratrooper and graduate of the U.S. Army Special Forces Operations Course, Hall taught hand-to-hand combat. He also recounts creating a rape-prevention program at the Alternate Joint Communications Center (AJCC), Site R, while serving in the Military District of Washington.
Korean martial arts history-book archive
Page photographs supplied by Master Nathan Hall from his Korean martial arts history-book archive. Open each image to inspect the complete page at full size.
Korea · Training & competition archive
Selected photographs from Nathan Hall’s personal archive relating to his training and competition in Korea during 1992–1993, together with a U.S. visit photograph. Captions follow the context supplied by Master Hall.
Dojo training · Master Son Hwan Kwon
Korea competition photographs
Personal & travel archive
Airborne School memorabilia
Photographs from Nathan Hall’s U.S. Army Airborne School album, including training photographs, album pages, and memorabilia.
