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Karen Sheperd (born November 12, 1961) is an American actress, martial artist and keynote speaker with an extensive career in film, theatre and television.. In 1979, Sheperd was the first woman to hold the title of #1 Women's Black Belt Forms Champion for the "Karate Illustrated" ratings, [1] a title she retained again in 1980.
Named as the “most outstanding woman in the history of martial arts” by Black Belt Magazine in 1978, she was the first woman to take a double victory in both fighting and form in the International Women’s Karate Championship, a feat she accomplished in 1976.
Murphy was born and raised in LaGrange, New York.The second oldest of nine children, she started her martial arts training as a teenager in 1991. She earned her first black belt (Shodan) in USA Gōjū-ryū karate in 1996 (two weeks after her 17th birthday) under Sensei Thomas Maloney and Sensei Joseph Rinaldi.
Rothrock made history by becoming the inaugural woman to grace the cover of Karate Illustrated (August 1981) [20] and holds the distinction of being the first woman featured on the cover three times in the magazine's history. [21] In March 2024, Black Belt Magazine named Rothrock in its list of "The Most Influential Women Martial Artists on the ...
[5] [6] [7] She is the first Indian to win the US Open Karate Championship in the elite division in 2019. [8] Supriya Jatav won the national championship since 2010 till 2020. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] She has won the highest state awards for sports from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh .
Shamima Akhtar Tulee, after winning her medal at the Ozawa Cup, Las Vegas, USA. 16 Apr 2022 [1] [2]. Shamima Akhtar Tulee is a Bangladeshi martial artist [3] [4] who is the first woman in Bangladesh to hold a Shotokan Karate Black Belt, from the Bangladesh Karate Federation, in 1989.