Sensei Coffman was approached, along with Glenn Premru, to form now debunked OKF (as to Okinawa). In 1975 Sensei Coffman was again called upon by both Sensei Soken and Sensei Kise to form an association, this time to be known as SMOKA (Shorin-Ryu Matsumura Orthodox Karate Association). The association was formed and Sensei Coffman took his rightful place as the highest ranking student, (6th degree black belt). This confirmed him as the senior student in the United States.

In 1977, Sensei Coffman was promoted to the rank of 7th degree black belt, by the same two instuctors he had began training with in the 1960's. Today he is the highest ranked non-Okinawan black belt in their system of Matsumura Seito karate, never leaving his original roots, training, kata or fighting techniques within the system of "Matsumura Seito".

Sensei Coffman, has devoted his entire effort over the past forty years staying focused and continuing to improve his own skills, and those of his many students. He has continued to train in the ONLY system / style he knows. Those taught him by both Master Soken and Kise. Sensei Coffman seeks no easy solutions or rank to a fighting art that demands continuous practice and dedication. He has never asked a student to do something without himself doing more. Always eager to show and share a Kata, or fighting sequence with any interested students / teachers. He is equally driven for realism, being that if you don't try to hit (punch or kick) your opponent when working out / training then this fighting art has lost it's ability to continue.

Sensei Coffman is tough, but fair, he has no room for students who do not work to improve themselves or the art. A student once changed a kata at tournament just to win a trophy, when sensei saw him, he told him not to come back to class. If he was not satisfied with the kata in his system, or he could not perform them that good enough to win, then go some where else to train. When you begin to change things just to suit your needs, you begin to tear down the system. When you allow yourself to obtain a rank you don't deserve then you water down the entire system, not just yourself. This statement is not to say one person is better than another but think twice about this... there are several other students of Master Soken who claim to be something they are not or (claiming to be his equak rank --Du-Ju-Dan, SOKEN).

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