Keichu-Do Founder Karl Marx

 Photo on the left: 3 generations of Marx's, Victor Marx, heir to Keichu-Do, his son Shiloh, and Soke Karl W. Marx Sr!

Soké (or founder) Karl Marx has been involved with self-defense for over 60 years. His fascination with self-defense began at age 9.

Soké Marx has personally trained only 50 Black Belts but is already in the 4th generation genealogy. In fact, Keichu-Do students have won over 100 world Championship titles including 2 gold and 3 silver medals in the Junior Olympics held in Chicago in 1985. Soké Marx has said an American system needed to be designed for American people.

The Keichu-Do system was un-officially started in 1945 and began being taught to the public in 1960. In about 1974 after 5 years of scrutinizing, Soké Marx's original Keichu-Do was accepted into the United States Karate Association by the late Grandmaster Robert Trias as an legitimate fighting system and recognized Soké Marx as a 6th Dan. In 1982

Soké Marx was recognized as an 8th Dan in Karate by the U.S.K.A. Also in 1982 Soké Marx was rated #1 in Fighting, Kata, and Weapons by a World Karate Organization. He won the State Championship's in Louisiana, and Texas, and the National Weapons Championship in the Masters Division.

In 1997 Soké Marx was inducted into the U.S.K.A. Hall of Fame. In 1974 Soké Marx was the first American to be recognized as a 10th Dan by the International Black Belt Association. Keichu-Do is the 1st purely American Martial Art created totally from scratch. Soké Marx is considered to be the "True Father of American Karate" since he never studied Karate from anyone, or earned a Black Belt in a Karate style with an oriental background. It is without a doubt that Keichu is the 1st Cajun Karate and Ju-Jitsu style from Louisiana.

SOKE KARL MARX'S TESTIMONY