Tokey Hill Explained

Tokey Hill
Birth Name:Terrance Alan Hill[1]
Birth Place:Chillicothe, Ohio, United States[2]
Martial Art:Shotokan Karate[3]
Medaltemplates:[4]

Terrance Alan "Tokey" Hill is an American karateka most well known for being the first male American to ever win a WUKO/WKF World Karate Championship which he achieved at the 1980 World Karate Championships in the 80 kg Kumite category.[5] [6] He also won a bronze medal in Kumite at the World Games 1981 He would open up his own school in 1983.[7] He has also been a kickboxing coach for Michael McDonaldand later a karate coach for the USA National Karate-do Federation[8] Coach Hill traveled to Argentina as the Assistant Coach for the 1995 USA Karate Team during the debut of Karate at the Pan American Games.

Hill appeared in one film, the 1991 martial arts film American Shaolin. He appears in the film's opening as the coach of the film's villain, Trevor Gottitall, played by Trent Bushey.

Achievements

Notes and References

  1. News: LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Just in Case: a Karate Defense for a Hijacking . . 3 March 2002 . 2014-11-20 . Fischler . Marcelle S. .
  2. Book: Black Belt September 1978 . September 1978 . 3 November 2014.
  3. Book: Black Belt January 2003 . January 2003 . 3 November 2014.
  4. News: Home > The Games > Results history . . 2014-11-22.
  5. February 1974. Black Belt. Black Belt Magazine. Active Interest Media. 56. 21 December 2014. wuko championship.. Internet Archive.
  6. Book: Tokey Hill, Former World Karate Champion. Active Interest Media. January 1999. 3 November 2014.
  7. Web site: Interview With Tokey Hill. October 27, 2001. Edition.cnn.com. 2014-11-03.
  8. Web site: Welcome to the spectacular world of karate. 31 August 2017. Olympic.org. 19 January 2018.