Karate Junction

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Jay Stohl is certified in the United States Moo Duk Kwan Federation as a Certified Instructor. He currently holds the rank of 4th Dan and has accumulated over 16 years of martial arts training and teaching experience. Jay is national ranked fighter and has won numerous championships in tournament sparring. In 2004 to 2006 he lead Minnesota's Region 7 sparring team to a record of 3 national championships in a row. Now as the head coach and trainer of the sparring team, they have won 5 times in a row. Along with a full compliment of his certified and assistant instructors, Karate Junction shines through as an exceptional martial arts school.

Karate Junction has a long history in the St Paul community. Lawrence Seiberlich (A Master Instructor in Soo Bahk Do) began teaching in 1975 in the Roseville/St Paul area. One of his students, Tom Lux opened a studio above Shakey's Pizza in Falcon Heights in the early 1980's as MN Tang Soo Do Association. Karl Bradford took over & renamed it as Karate Junction in 1987. Bradford then partnered with Deb Hall in the spring of 1999. She took over a few months later & decided diversification was necessary to appeal to a wider market. Thereby coming to it's current name of Karate Junction Training Center, Inc. where it is the central school for training senior advanced students & Master Instructors under the guidance of Seiberlich Sa Bom Nim.