Its rare for anyone to be recognized for being at the top of their field and unheard of for a person to be the top of two fields, yet one man in Gilbert Arizona has been recognzied for being at the top of several professions.Grandmaster Dan Hausel of Gilbert Arizona loves to teach martial arts. He also likes to break rocks (either with his hand while practicing karate, or with a rock pick when practicing geology). In the past, many national and international organizations recognized his teaching abilities. He was awarded the North American Black Belt Hall of Fame’s International Instructor of the Year (2001), the American Karate Association’s Instructor of the Year (2004), and presented the 2001 Education Award by the National Rock Hound and Lapidary Hall of Fame. In 2001, he became the only known person in North America be inducted into two Halls of Fame for two different professions in the same year. The grandmaster is known as a world-class workaholic, and has been inducted into 15 halls of fame for karate and geology.
Few people receive international recognition for being at the top. Yet grandmaster (or Soke in Japanese) Hausel has made a living being at the top in martial arts as well as geology, public speaking, art and writing and has received regional, national and international awards (>100) for all of these fields, something that possibly no other person has ever done.
After teaching martial arts at the Universities of Utah, New Mexico, Arizona State and Wyoming over the past 40 years, Soke Hausel opened a martial arts training center in Mesa-Gilbert Arizona, known at the Hombu (at Baseline and MacDonald) to continue teaching martial arts to the general public and to members of his international martial arts association. Hausel is a 10th degree black belt (red belt) in Shorin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo, one of the oldest forms of karate developed in Okinawa, and is also considered to be one of the top specialists in the world in diamond exploration geology.
For his contributions, in 2008, he was inducted into a 15th Hall of Fame and highlighted in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World. He was also nominated for the International Einstein Award for Scientific Achievement and for membership in the Hall of Fame for Distinguished Accomplishments.
Last week, he was contacted by Dr. J.M. Evans, Director of the Board of International Research who wrote, “It is my great pleasure to invite you to be the 2008 recipient of the American Biographical Institute’s Man of the Year Medal…I commend you for your level of accomplishment . I personally selected you for Man of the Year...”.LINKS OF INTEREST
webs
http://www.hombu.webs.com/
http://arizonakarate.webs.com/
http://seiyo.sports.officelive.com/default.aspx
http://Seiyo-ShorinRyu.webs.com/
Blogs
http://seiyokai.blogspot.com/
http://sokeshodai.blogspot.com/
http://azhombu.blogspot.com/
http://manofyear.blogspot.com/
http://kidskarate.blogspot.com/
Wiki
http://grandmaster.pbworks.com/
Map to the Dojo
