Bill Text: IL HR0572 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the life of Grandmaster Stan McKinney.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0572 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0572-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to recognize the life of Grandmaster Stan | ||||||
4 | McKinney; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Grandmaster McKinney is a 9th degree black belt; | ||||||
6 | he began his studies of the martial arts in the 1960s in | ||||||
7 | Chicago; he obtained his 1st Dan black belt in Shorei Goju | ||||||
8 | Karate in 1970; later, he received his black belt in Kenpo | ||||||
9 | Karate; he has studied Hapkido Karate, Judo, Tae Kwon Do, Gung | ||||||
10 | Fu, Wing Chung, and Kung Fu; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Grandmaster McKinney has taught and lived in the | ||||||
12 | Uptown community for 10 years and worked as a community | ||||||
13 | activist since the 1970s; he has operated martial arts classes | ||||||
14 | for the Chicago Park District and schools around the city that | ||||||
15 | enable students to obtain credit for their studies; he has | ||||||
16 | opened 10 dojos, trained thousands of students, and promoted | ||||||
17 | six black belts; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Grandmaster McKinney is a Midwest heavyweight top | ||||||
19 | ten point fighter champion; he has received Midwest official | ||||||
20 | referee judge of the year from 1995 to 1998; he was appointed | ||||||
21 | regional director of the United Martial Arts Association and | ||||||
22 | inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame by the US Federation |
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1 | of Pankration Athlima (USAFPA); twice, he won the American | ||||||
2 | Karate Association nationals and has been a midwest circuit | ||||||
3 | seniors top ten fighter for five straight years; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Grandmaster McKinney continues to work in the | ||||||
5 | community, teaching martial arts for free to many youth across | ||||||
6 | the City of Chicago; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
8 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
9 | recognize the life of Grandmaster Stan McKinney and thank him | ||||||
10 | for his commitment to his community; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to Grandmaster McKinney as a symbol of our respect | ||||||
13 | and esteem.
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