Henry Slomanski
Henry "Hammering Hank" Slomanski (June 18, 1928 – April 23, 2000) was a karate champion and later the International Commissioner of Karate in the United States. Slomanski began his karate training in Japan while a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army. The type of karate practiced by Slomanski was Chitō-ryū. After retiring from the Army, Slomanski became an ordained minister in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the East.