Raoul Kent was an exceptional martial artist who Achieved so much in his 50 year journey in martial arts. His achievements included multiple black belt Dan grades in all of the following:
> Asahi International Karate-Do
> Ashihara Kai-Kan
> Australian Combat Karate
> Australian Kodokan Judo Assoc.
> Budokan Kaikan
> Defensive Tactics Academy
> Judo Federation of Australia
> Kyokushin Karate
> Talon Enterprises – Firearm Retention Instructor
> Wormald Security – Crowd Control Instructor
In addition, Raoul was:
Founder – Kentokan Karate
Founder – Kazimi Ryu Ju Jitsu
He also developed the Self Defence for Women programme with the Victorian Police Force.
From Amazon:
“Raoul Kent – A Life of Mastery – Tales and teachings from the extraordinary life of martial artist and healer” (paperback – April 2011)
“Raoul Kent was the son of a domineering Eastern European father who used to hose him down with water during winter in an effort to toughen him.
After suffering a savage beating at the hands of a gang of youths when he was sixteen, Raoul began to study martial arts. Over the next twenty years he became a judo and karate champion and Ju Jitsu master along with mastering firearms, conventional weaponry and unconventional weapon combat.
As a bodyguard, he worked for the rich and famous as well as the criminal underworld. Not only could Raoul’s hands kill, they could heal. As well as a master of the martial arts, he became a master of the healing arts.
From healing with his hands when patients were told they needed surgery, to being shot at and attacked by a gang wielding machetes, Raoul has lived a life on the edge, never conforming to the mediocrity of society.
Overlooked by mainstream martial art Halls of Fame for his lack of conformity and disinterest in politics, Raoul is the toughest martial artist mainstream Australia has never heard of.”
PHOTO 1: Biography of Raoul Kent by his student Haydn Ellis.
PHOTO 2: Raoul Kent, Hanshi (9 August, 1946 – 30 August, 2013).
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Video: Raoul Kent teaching students how to punch and then demonstrating on a makiwara.
PHOTO 3: Raoul Kent centre, with certificate and Hanshi red belt. Bruce Haynes, Hanshi, 10th Dan on the right.
SOMA is proud to be able to present this memorial page to keep the memory of Raoul Kent, Hanshi, 10th Dan alive. Vale Raoul Kent. RIP.