Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan Master Passes Away
Contributed
by Grandmaster Charles Ferraro
Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan Association, West Haven,
CT
It is with a
very heavy heart
that I send out
this notice. It
has been
reported to me
that Sa Bom Nim
Peter Krause has
passed away
after a long
fight with brain
cancer. Peter
passed away
March 9, 2016 at
1:30 pm.
Peter began his
training with me
when he was 12
years old in our
Clinton Branch.
He became one of
Tang Soo Do's
most prolific
competitors
competing
locally,
regionally and
nationally.
Peter was a
member of gold /
silver medal
national
sparring teams.
He taught in
both the Madison
and Guilford
branches of the
West Haven
Academy of
Karate before
eventually
taking over the
ownership of the
Guilford Branch
when it was
located in the
historic
Griswold
Building at
downtown
Guilford. Master
Krause taught
many students
bringing many of
them to Dan
level and some
to Master Level.
I believe his
first master
level student
was Sa Bom Nim
Jonah Barasz. He
has worked with
Sa Bom Nim Jeff
Talavera, Sa Bom
Nim Bill
Conforte, Sa Bom
Nim James
Davidson, Sa Bom
Nim Gail
Davidson, Sa Bom
Nim Mike (Doc)
Murphy, Sa Bom
Nim Noelle
Talmon, Sa Bom
Nim Sid Werthin,
Sa Bom Nim Dylan
Lee and Sa Bom
Nim Denise Lee,.
Master Krause
has left in
indelible mark
on all that he
touched.
Master Krause
always felt a
calling to serve
and while it was
a difficult
decision to give
up the Tang Soo
Do school where
he taught he
decided to
become a police
officer and he
joined the New
Haven Police
Department where
he worked until
he became too
sick to walk the
beat at Wooster
Square in New
Haven where he
was
affectionately
referred to as
the "Karate
Cop". Determined
to continue to
contribute to
his beloved
police
department he
took an inside
desk job until
he couldn't do
it any longer.
Master Krause
had a determined
spirit and he
fought the good
fight for many
years before the
good Lord saw
fit to call him
home. Many of us
will never
forget Master
Krause's famous
self-defense and
board breaking
demonstrations.
He also had a
tremendous sense
of humor that he
always had on
display.
Sa Bom Nim
Krause lived
with his wife
Sherry. He had
one daughter
Shanaya. He
leaves behind
his Mother and
his brother
Michael.
In loving
memory,
Kwan Jhang Nim
Charles Ferraro
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