Best Kept Secret

Gregory was born February 9, 1959, Columbus, Ohio, having two loving parents, raising five children, three boys and two girls. They spent the early part of our childhood growing up in the inner-city urban projects. Their parents were very support of Gregory and his sibling's activities. At a young age Gregory had challenges of dealing with bullies, racism and rejection of what people thought of hm. He wanted to make a change in his life; he got interested in self-defense and started to research martial arts and the different disciplines. He then asked his my mother to sign him up for martial arts lessons, which she did. Gregory learned how to defend and went on to be a World Martial Arts Champion. He retired from competition and joined the Columbus, Ohio Police Department, receiving a created job in the community relations bureau (PAL). Gregory was well liked and very ambitious, he had an out of the box attitude, that created some friction between the police department and the Korean Masters Martial Arts Association. Years later both the police department and Korean Masters Association acknowledge his efforts and showed their gratitude by awarding him with honorable Awards.