Monasingh promoted to 8th Dan
Stabroek News
January 10, 2004
Grandmaster, Dr Stephen Michael Monasingh, founder and technical director of the Kokoro Ki Karada International Organization of Martial Arts and Massotherapy Service, was recently promoted to the 8th Dan black belt level of the Shin Kai Do Personal Combat System by the Don-Koo Yudi Kwan of South Korea.
Monasingh is also founder/grandmaster of the Shin Kai Do Personal Combat System in Guyana This promotion was recommended by grandmaster Dr Jack Stern, 10th Dan and founder of the World Organization of (Mixed) Martial Artists of which Dr Monasingh is one of the board directors.
The Shin Kai Do Personal Combat System of the Kokoro Ki Karada International Organization of Martial Arts consists of the extraction of the best workable techniques from Japanese, Chinese and Brazilian martial arts studied by Monasingh over the past 40 years.