The Tang Soo Do / Soo Bahk Do community mourns the loss of Master Robert M. Shipley III, who passed away yesterday, October 19, 2016.

Master Shipley, 8th Dan (Dan # 4825) began his training under Grandmaster Song Ki Kim (Dan # 327) in 1960 at the Osan Air Base in Korea while serving in the U.S. Air Force. He was one of the original founding members of the U.S. Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Association in 1975. 

In 1990 he founded Camas Soo Bahk Do in Camas, WA. Additional biographical information can be found on the Camas Soo Bahk Do website. (Click here)