GRANDMASTER
CARL BEAMAN
07/14/1939

    Grandmaster Carl Beaman was a professional boxer in the early 1960's.  He trained and was very respected as a professional boxer for many years.   In 1968, he wanted to extend his fighting ability, and he started a self-defense class at a Islamic Masjied.  Shortly he started training with Grandmaster Earley Kelley in the art of Shotokan and Grandmaster Ameer (Alfred Dennis) in the art of Kyokushinkai.  He trained very hard and was dedicated to both Japanese arts.  He earned and received his black Belt in Shotokan and Kyokushinkai from both Grandmasters in 1971.

    In 1976 he started training in the art called Bando headed and founded by Doctor, Professor, Grandmaster Dr. Maung Gyi.  Dr. Gyi was instrumental in establishing the Martial Arts (Bando) in Washington D.C., and in 1960 Dr. Gyi formed the American Bando Association.  Grandmaster Carl Beaman became one of Dr. Gyi's top ranked Kick-Boxing Champions in America.  He is became head of the Bando Association in Southern New Jersey.

    Grandmaster Beaman hold four Black Belts in four different styles.  He holds a first-degree Black Belt in Shotokan, third-degree Black Belt in Kyokushinkai, second class black sash in Gung-Fu, and a Master's degree in Bando.  He fought from the age of 35 to 42 in Full Contact Karate / Kick-Boxing and was one of the oldest champions in the United States of America.   Grandmaster Beaman was a four time national champ in the middle weight division in Bando, East-Coast Full Contact Karate Champion, ranked number two in the world by the PKA and WKA and a Pennsylvania and New Jersey State Light Heavy-Weight Kick Boxing Champ.

    All of Grandmaster Beaman sons, (Carl, Robert and Rahman) are all expert Black Belt practitioners.   Grandmaster Carl Beaman's contributions to the Martial Arts has earned him many awards and he was inducted into two pretigious World Martial Arts Halls of Fame.

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