Vee-Jitsu Te, Modern Ju Jitsu, Sanuces Ryu Jujutsu
Teacher(s)
Florendo M. Visitacion and Ron Duncan[4]
Rank
10th degree black belt[1]
Years active
1954– early 2000s
Notable students
Ron van Clief
Last updated on: October 2013
Moses Powell (1941–2005), also known as Master Musa Muhammad,[5] was an American pioneer of martial arts in the United States.[6][7] He was born in Norfolk Virginia.[1] He held the rank of 10th degree black belt, and was famous for his one finger forward roll.[3] Moses Powell was the first martial artist invited to perform a demonstration in front of the United Nations.[1] One of the first African Americans to instruct the DEA, FBI, and the Secret Service in martial arts.[3] He was also a featured demonstrator New York's World Fair in 1965.[1] Notable for being a black martial artist (of minority ethnicity in the United States), he served as an instructor to movie star Wesley Snipes.[3] He appeared in the documentary, the Warrior Within.,[8] along with Kevin Leon Evans Chuck Norris.[3] He was also the founder of the Sanuces Ryu Jujutsu system.[9]
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^Wayne Wayland and HP Henry. "Isshinryu Karate: Donald Bohan's Memorial Website: Ronald Duncan". Bohans-family.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
^"The Freeport News". freeport.nassauguardian.net. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^"Tribute". gotsanuces.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^Sampson, Anthony (28 November 2008). "Grandmaster Anthony Sampson: Dr. Moses Powell (Supreme Grandmaster)". Grandmasteranthonysampson.blogspot.com.
^"Continuing The Legacy of Master Teachers: United Schools of Survival holds 16th Annual Martial Arts Seminar". Finalcall.com. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
MosesPowell (1941–2005), also known as Master Musa Muhammad, was an American pioneer of martial arts in the United States. He was born in Norfolk Virginia...
Clief was a student of Gōjū-ryū masters Peter Urban, Frank Ruiz and MosesPowell, as well as Wing Chun Grandmaster Leung Ting, Modern Arnis (Remy Presas)...
Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during...
were held by champions using a ring name while others use their real name. Moses is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title in a six-man...
bassist John Ore and drummer J. C. Moses. Author and pianist Francis Paudras highlighted disagreements between Powell and Moses prior to the session, with the...
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a 1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro. The book focuses on the creation and use of...
Four other miners were drowned. The remaining five, Dafydd Jenkins, MosesPowell, George Jenkins, John Thomas and the boy David Hughes, were located behind...
engagement passed. Powell recorded, albeit hesitantly, with Ore and drummer J. C. Moses in September 1964 for his album The Return of Bud Powell (1964), but...
last minute replacement for Cozy Powell, who had died in a car accident earlier that year. In 2005, both Jamie Moses and Spike Edney joined the Queen...
Edwin Corley Moses (born August 31, 1955) is an American former hurdler who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between...
to gun maker John Browning up for sale". July 23, 2011. "John Moses Browning Home". Powell, Kent (December 1972). "National Register of Historic Places...
dollars a year and laying off 17% of its staff. In the autumn of 1857, Moses Dresser Phillips, a publisher from Boston, created The Atlantic Monthly...
family name, Mosey. Many biographers and other references give the name as "Moses". Although the 1860 U.S. Census shows the family name as "Mauzy", this is...
Moses Quinby (April 15 or 16, 1810 – May 26, 1875) was an American beekeeper from the State of New York. He is remembered as the father of practical beekeeping...
Moses Benson (1738 – 6 June 1806) was a British West Indies merchant, who became heavily engaged in the Liverpool slave trade. Benson was the son of John...
composer Mel Powell from 1946 until his death in 1998. She had one child with Alsop, son Carleton Scott Alsop, and two daughters—Mary Powell Harpel and...
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