Elite Freestyle Hapkido Association Board of Directors.

Grand Master Derman Hodge 

A teacher , mentor , & friend 

10th Degree Black Belt Hapkido Grand Master 

Vice President of Elite FreeStyle Hapkido 

 Vice President / Grand Master Sam Albright 

9thDan Taekwondo / Hapkido / TangSooDo

President of All American Korean Martial Arts Association

Vice President of Elite FreeStyle Hapkido Association

Nidai Soke American Wado Association

Director of research & development for the World MooSul Kwan Federation

Inducted into United States  Martial Arts Hall of Fame Korean Arts Master of the year Silver Award for 30+ years

U.S. Marine Combat Veteran and Paratrooper.


8th Dan Hapkido ,Taekwondo ,Tangsoodo

6th Dan Ju Jitsu  & Wado Ryu Karate Do

2nd Dan NinJutsu

Black belt under Bill (Superfoot)Wallace

Expert Level 1 Instructor ofKrav Maga

President / Founder ,Kwan Jang Nim of EFHA , Est 2005 .

 HapKiDo Chill Dan 7th degree black belt est 2023 .

2008 Sold Hapkido dvd's for Elite FreeStyle Hapkido ,through Store of Martial Arts . 

2012 Founded black belt Hapkido & mixed martial arts camps and took it nation wide the very first year of that .

2017 Est Yarbrough Martial Arts Academy,after renting schools out since 2005 .

 Through the years , had many martial artist fly into my home nation wide to train with me .  I have established black belt students  in Oregon , Wisconsin , Texas, Masschusetts , Connecticut,Washington, Ohio,Kansas,Missouri,Masschusetts , North Carolina .


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Sabum Nim Horace sessoms 

BOO HOE JANG / 1stVICE PRESIDENT . 

5th Degree Black belt Hapkido 

Senior vice president / Co founder of EFHA

Oh Dan 5th degree black belt Hapkido MASTER 

Purple belt American ninjutsu

Both karate & jiu jitsu champion 

Expert in weapons 


Sabum Stephanie Yarbrough

HOE JANG / CHAIR OF BOARD .

Secretary  of Elite FreeStyle Hapkido Association 


Sabum  Stephanie Yarbrough 

Co founder of Elite FreeStyle Hapkido Association 

SAM DAN 3rd  Degree Black belt in Hapkido 

KBMA  Female Black belt hall of fame martial artist of the year 2013

National Karate Champion 

Head Ring Coordinator  for the KBMA

Karate Champion 

kickboxing black belt 


Grand Master Ernest Dukes

    Vice President of EFHA

Grand Master Ernest Dukes

10th degree black belt in Karate and black belts in six different styles of martial arts .

Many martial arts Hall of Honors

4x Karate World Champion

Middle weight Kick Boxing World Champion 34 wins 32 KO 4 losses

Black belts in 6 other styles of martial arts

President of The Kuro Bushi Martial Arts Organization WWW.THEBLACKWARRIOR.NET

In charge of Tournaments and adviser  . 





Sabum Nim Ray Chatman

West Coast Governor of EFHA

 Sabum  Ray Chatman  

School Elite FreeStyle Hapkido Association

Bandon Oregon

2012 EFHA Hall of Honors

4th degree black belt in Elite FreeStyle Hapkido .


Master  Richard Waldherr

 

Northern Governor  of EFHA 

Master  Richard Waldherr

School Elite FreeStyle Hapkido Association in Wisconsin

Retired law enforcement /Detactive and EFHA HoH martial artist 2013 .

2013 Black belt in Chinese Dragon Kempo under

Chief Instructor Robert Shook ,Soke Kirk Simmons , Chuck Harrison , and Sensei Ryan Yarbrough

Black belt in  Elite FreeStyle Hapkido under

Sabum Nim Ryan Yarbrough ,Horace Sessoms , and Chad Nealey

Promoted 2022 Master rank Kenpo Karate and Master rank Moo Sul Kwan Hapkido . Hands on in NC .  



 

Master Maxwell Waters 

Second Degree Black belt under Ms.Angelica Purcell Hapkido .

Former Dojang owner of a school in Greensboro , Eden ,and Winston Salem ,was ranked school of the year and did a lot of competing in Karate tournaments . Coached many champions.

Mr.Waters came to train under Grand Master Troy Trudeau Hapkido seminar at Master Ryan and became a student and a teacher helping Master Ryan teach classes , with a 45 min drive one way to train at YMA .Mr. Maxwell is dedicated and is a leader in our black belt meets , seminars , and programs .

Maxwell Waters earned his 3rd degree black belt under Master Ryan and Grand Master Derman Hodge .

2023 Earned the title Sabum Nim Master rank 4th degree black belt under Master Ryan .