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   Bob with "The Bone Crusher" a famous wrestler from the past.  Grandmaster Bob Edwards is pictured to the far right, in this picture of select members of the World Head of Family Sokeship Council.  Picture to the far left Grandmaster Bob Edwards. This picture was taken at the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame in May 1996.  This picture of Bob was taken at the 2002 World Head of Family Sokeship Council Hall of Fame event.  This picture of Bob was taken at the 2003 World Head of Family Sokeship Council Hall of Fame event, Sadly, at the time we didn't realize that this would be his last. The 2004 Hall of Fame was not the same without him.  In the picture above is Lee at his happiest. Lee was always happy to train with his daughter Kira. Lee and Kira had one of the closest parent and child relationships I've ever seen. Lee Brothers Jr. started with Southern School of Martial Arts and Rives Edge Buninkan Dojo In late 2004 shortly after his daughter Kira started in the Kobushi-Do class. Lee was very devoted to the school and to his co-students and Sensei. Lee many times went above and beyond normal to assist and help the school. Lee was a very devoted husband and father and always put his family first. There were so many occassions that Lee would come in early to class or drop by the house just to discuss how we could better the school and help it grow. Lee was a student to be proud of. A very hard worker. Lee was a 3rd Degree Brown Belt in Manabi-Masho Jujitsu and a 1st Degree in Ninjutsu (Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu). In January Lee had joined former SSMA/REBD assistant instructor Melissa Hale and formed the Bujinkan Buki training group in Smithfield, NC. and then started to help in the instruction for their newly formed training grouup. In June 07 Lee's focus had taken a turn torward all Bujinkan and he had just dropped from our class to help Melissa full time, however Lee was still considered a student and a member of our SSMA/REBD martial arts family. This will be a huge loss for SSMA/REBD, Melissa's Bujinkan Buki training group and for the martial arts community in general. I awarded Lee a Shodan in Manabi-Masho Jujitsu "post houmus" as a token of my apprieciation for all he has done for our school in the past. His certificate was awarded to his wife Angela and his daughter Kira Saturday, August 4, 2007. Lee is now recognized as a Shodan in both Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, Ninjutsu and in Manabi-Masho Jujitsu. Good bye and God speed Lee, on your journey to Gods dojo. We'll always miss you in our class. Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock.  Lee with his Bujinkan friend Shidoshi Chris Carbonero. Lee organized this seminar for REBD.  Lee, with his friend Jon and daughter Kira after receiving their Shodans in Ninjutsu in 2006 at REBD.  We're all going to miss the Lee face. Lee always made such strange faces when he had a technique demonstrated on him. This was a going phraze in our dojo when Lee trained on a regular basis in Manabi-Masho Jujitsu.  Lee was always very supportive of his daughter Kira. This picture was taken duing the last part of her Kobushi-Do Shodan test earlier this spring "2007".  Lee with his friend Jon as white belts during the early part of their training at SSMA and REBD  Lee at Soke Casarez's SSMA Seminar in 2004  Lee with his daughter Kira, Melissa and Jon and Tri-City School of Martial Art's Brian McComas while at the WHOFSC Hall of Fame Awards Banquet in May 2005.  Lee had so many friends and family, both in the military and in the martial arts. There were so many people at his funeral that it was standing room only. The poem "Fierce Warrior" is one that was written by our friend and student Tim Bullock. Shihan Mark Murdock | Return Home | Southern School of Martial Arts - Angier, NC. | Tri-City School of Martial Arts - Chesapeake, OH. | Rivers Edge Bujinkan Dojo - Angier, NC. | S.S.M.A. and R.E.B.D. News and Monthly Schedule | Children's Self Defense, SSMA's Kobushi-Do | Manabi-Masho Jujitsu Instructors | Manabi-Masho Memorial Page | Links Page | School Contact Page | |
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