Shihan (Master Instructor) Ken Morgan is a Go Dan (5th degree Black Belt) in the Yamashita International Karate System. He has been in the Martial Arts since 1967 and his current rank of Go Dan is certified directy by the internationally respected karate master and 9th Degree Black Belt, Tadashi Yamashita.

In addition to his initial Isshin Ryu training, he holds Dan ranks in Okinawan Kobudo, Goshin Jitsu and Kobayashi Shorin Ryu. He was awarded the Black Belt of the Year 1999 and 2000 and was presented with the prestigious "Martial Achievement" award  during induction into the World Karate Union Hall of Fame in 2001.

He is the creator and Webmaster for the Kaiyou Shin Kai Karate School website (web page: www.bushidospirit.com) which provides training and study materials for all students, memorializes school activities and promotes the Martial Arts to website visitors. He was awarded Volunteer of the Year by the City of Virginia Beach for co-development and organization of the Volunteer Martial Arts Program for At-Risk Children in Virginia Beach. He also served the community as coordinator of the Annual Naihanchi Cup Karate Tournament for the benefit of these children. He is acknowledged nationally for his commitment to the need for recognition of the problem of missing and exploited children and for developing the only Martial Arts internet site directly linked to the National Center for Missing and Exploited children. His Martial Arts performances have garnered awards in kumite and kata in tournaments throughout the Eastern Seaboard. He has been an annual attendee of the Shenandoah Mountain Invitational Bushdo Retreat and recipient of the Bushido Spirit Award.

Sensei Morgan was born in 1953 in Bath, New York. The son of a United States Marine, he moved from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to the Quantico Marine Base area in 1960 and graduated from Woodbridge Senior High School, Woodbridge, Virginia, in 1971. He began formal karate training in Isshin Ryu Karate in 1969 under Gunnery Sergeant Donald F. Bohan at HQ Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. He distinguished himself early as a student and promoter of the Martial Arts by developing and teaching a Womens and Dependents Self-Defense Course at HQMC Quantico in 1971. Before beginning Shorin Ryu studies in 1995, he studied Isshin-Ryu Karate Do under Sensei Donald Bohan, Kyoshi Karl K. Hovey and Sensei Lee Paul. While in high school he served as President of Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) and was awarded local, regional and state honors as DECA Student of the Year in 1971. He has attended Old Dominion College, Northern Virginia Community College and Germanna Community College and is nationally recognized in the fields of sales and marketing for both product development and the design of specialized training programs. He is also an NAUI Certified SCUBA Instructor and shares his interests in diving and Martial Arts with his two sons Matthew, who has achieved a Brown Belt in Okinawan Shorin Ryu, and Ryan, who recieved the rank of Sho Dan (1st Degree Black Belt) in 2004.