United States Karate-Do Kai - USKK

09/18/2026

Mr. Clarke Wade, Mr. Steve VanCamp, Mr. Terry Maccarrone, Mr. Parker Shelton, Mr. Robert Yarnell, Mr. Eddie Bethea, Mr. Doug Perry, Sensei Phillip Koeppel, Mr. James McLain, Mr. John Hutchcroft, Mr. Mark Shear, Mr. Don Sonney, Mr. David Schielein, and Mr. James Webster.

09/17/2026

2006 - L to R: Darrin McGowan, Thomasina McGowan and Sensei Koeppel. Sensei Koeppel’s “50 Years in the Martial Arts” celebration.

09/16/2026

2006 - Sensei Koeppel, Holt, MI

09/15/2026

Mr. John Manley and Sensei Koeppel

09/14/2026

1998 - Sensei teaching a seminar at the Peoria Pere Marquette Hotel.

09/12/2026

09/11/2026

09/11/2026

Sensei Koeppel, Hombu Dojo, Peoria, IL.

09/10/2026

Mr. Lucky Phillips and Sensei Koeppel from Sensei Koeppel’s induction into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame. From the website:

PHIL KOEPPEL
An eighth-degree black belt, Koeppel is founder and director of U.S. Karate Do-Kai, an international organization dedicated to the preservation of traditional Okinawan karate. After learning the discipline while stationed with the U.S. Navy in Japan, Koeppel opened the first karate school in Illinois in 1959.

Now considered a national leader in the sport, he has officiated karate tournaments around the world. Koeppel has trained or trained with 16 karate world champions around the world. In 1963, he competed in his first karate world championships in Chicago. Last year he competed in the USKA Master's Division in New Orleans.