Bob Pruitt
Bob Pruitt is a martial artist of 17 years who began his study of the arts with Wado-Ryu Karate Do. In his early years he obtained a third dan (black belt degree) in Japanese Karate and a third dan in Japanese Jujutsu. In the Kiyojute Ryu, Bob has achieved yodan shihan dai (4th degree black belt master assistant) in Kempo (the unified art), kyoshi (senior instructor) in bukiho kempo kobujutsu (weapons use), sandan kyoshi (third degree senior instructor) in juho kempo jujutsu (throwing, locking , choking), nidan renshi (2nd degree black belt instructor) in goho kempo karate, shodan sensei (1st degree black belt teacher) in aikiho kempo jujutsu, menkyo sensei in nimpo kempo kobujutsu, gokyu (yellow belt) in shuho kempo karatejutsu (the royal Okinawan art), and the rank of shang sifu ( advanced teacher) in Tsung Shi Tai Chi Chuan. He is the Dojocho (school president) of the Arawa Kage Kan (sun-and-shadow school), the only Kiyojute Ryu Dojo in Tennessee.