Instructors

Jackie Pinson Sensei began her training in 1990 with Lyn Hunt Sensei in Shotokan.  In 1992 she began training in Shorin Ryu with Bill Carroll Sensei in Grand Prairie at the O.S.A.K.I dojo.  She was awarded the rank of shodan from Eizo Shimabukuro in 1997 and the rank of Nidan in 2002.  She continues her training under Carroll Sensei’s Shorin Ryu teacher, Ilene J. Smoger Sensei, at the Okinawan Karate Club of Dallas where she was awarded the rank of Nidan in Shudokan Karatedo in February 2006.   Jackie spearheaded the martial arts outreach program at Trailwood United Methodist Church in Grand Prairie.