The International San Ten Karate Association was founded in 1979 by Hanshi Vincent A. Cruz, now a tenth dan in Traditional Shotokan Karate.

Current News: On November 7, 2009, Master Vincent Cruz was elevated to the rank of 10th dan by the ISKA Black Belt Quorum, at a dinner in his honor in Martinez, California. Signatories to the 10th-dan certificate included Ricardo Llewelyn, Robert Stevenson, Bruce Clayton, Armando Jemmott, Ashton Jardine, Richard Rodriguez, Randhir Bains, and Ricardo Johns.

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Left: Master Cruz as a Shodan in 1959 in Atwater, CA.

Center: Master Cruz and admirers on the occasion of his 10th dan promotion, November 7, 2009.

Right: Master Cruz at the Air Force Combative Measures Judo class, the Kodokan Judo Institute, 1963.

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