I began serious martial arts training in 1961 with Harry G. Smith. He went on to study with Daniel K. Pai, Robert Trias and Seiyu Oyata. I have always considered myself a student, never a master of the martial arts. To this end I and my students have traveled throughout the United States to meet and train with various martial arts experts.

George A. Dillman I came to the attention of the martial arts press when I began competing in the early 1960's. By the middle of that decade, I had started running my own tournament, called the Northeast Open Karate Championships. This competition was held annually -- the first kicking off in Palmer Park, Maryland in 1966. The site was moved to Suitland, Maryland in 1967, and moved again to Reading, Pennsylvania in 1968 where it was held until 1996.
Currently, I travel the world teaching seminars on pressure points and tuite (grappling) hidden within the traditional movements of the old martial arts forms. It is my research and scientific dissection of the old forms that is earning me my most notoriety. Never one to shy away from controversy, I have rediscovered a formerly secret level of meaning for kata movements, and has made that interpretation understandable to all.

9th Degree Black Belt in Ryukyu Kempo Tomari-te,

I am chief instructor for Dillman Karate International, an organization of over 85 schools worldwide, with an enrollment of nearly 15,000 students. I have studied under five 10th degree black belts from Okinawa and is currently furthering his personal study through research, practice, and the sharing of techniques with Professor Wally Jay (Small Circle Jujitsu)

Tuite, Ryukyu-Kempo, Karate, Pressure Points, Kyusho-Jitsu, Small-Circle Jujitsu, Grappling, Knock out techniques and more
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I have produced a DVD instructional series on the pressure points, and has written six books with Chris Thomas. Kyusho-Jitsu: The Dillman Method of Pressure Point Fighting; Advanced Pressure Point fighting of Ryukyu Kempo; Advanced Pressure Point Grappling: Tuite; Pressure Point Karate Made Easy; Little Jay Learns Karate; and Humane Pressure Point Self-Defense. The books have been said to be, "the definitive martial arts books of the century," and "unparalleled among current martial arts literature."



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Because of my perseverance, My martial arts talents have earned me widespread U.S. media coverage. I have appeared on 35 national TV shows, including: Real People, Mike Douglas, PM Magazine, Evening Magazine, and NBC's Sports Machine. I have also been featured five times in Ripley's Believe It or Not, and has been the subject of over 300 newspaper and magazine articles. I was a professional boxer for three and one half years, is the only person known to have trained with both Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali.


I was four-times National Karate Champion (1969-1972) and during this period was consistently ranked among the top ten competitors in the nation by major karate magazines.

Official Karate magazine (Nov. 1982) described Dillman as "one of the winningest competitors karate has ever known. During his nine-year competitive career, Dillman claimed a total of 327 trophies in fighting, forms, breaking and weapons.

In May of 1988, I was inducted into the Berks County Sports Hall of Fame. He was the first martial artist to be included.

Honored by Black Belt Magazine as "1997 -- Instructor of the Year" is one of the USA's best-known and well-established martial arts personalities