Marilyn Fierro
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Marilyn Fierro is an American eighth-degree black belt in karate.[1]
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Biography [edit]
Fierro is Jewish, grew up in The Bronx in the 1950s, and later lived in Kings Park, New York.[2][3][4]
She has studied under Nick Adler and Angi Uezu.[4] In 1996, she was promoted to seventh-degree black belt, making her the highest-ranked woman worldwide in Okinawan Isshinryu Karate.[5] She is now an is an eighth-degree black belt.[1]
Since 1978, she has taught martial arts attack-prevention programs.[6] She owns and operates the Smithtown Karate Club, in Smithtown, New York.[7]
She has also written for Black Belt magazine.[8][9]
Halls of Fame [edit]
In 1988, she became the first female inducted into the Isshinryu Hall of Fame, in Knoxville, Tennessee.[2] In 1997, she was inducted into the New York Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[7][10]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Motobu; Japanese Karate Master Shares Stories in Region". The Free Lance-Star. August 7, 2005. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ a b Bob Wechsler. Day by day in Jewish sports history. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ Marnie Winston-Macauley. Yiddishe Mamas: The Truth About the Jewish Mother. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ a b "Marilyn Fierro – Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Usadojo.com. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ Joe Krupinski (August 14, 1996). "Fierro Earns 7th-Degree Black Belt". Newsday. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ Debby Wong (December 20, 1994). "Defending Oneself Knows No Gender". Newsday. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ a b "Black Belt". December 1997. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ "Black Belt". July 1996. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ "Black Belt". March 1996. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ "Elkington Still Has Lead, But Hoch Isn't Far Behind". Newsday. March 30, 1997. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
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