Terrance Alan "Tokey" Hill is an American karateka most well known for being the first male American to ever win a WUKO/WKF World Karate Championship which he achieved at the

1980 World Karate Championships The 1980 World Karate Championships was the fifth edition of the World Karate Championships, and was held in Madrid, Spain in October 1980. It was the first tournament where women could participate but only in kata. Medalists Men Women Medal ...

in the 80 kg Kumite category. He also won a bronze medal in Kumite at the

World Games 1981 The 1981 World Games were the first World Games, an international multi-sport event, and were held in Santa Clara, California, United States. The games featured sports that were not included in the Olympics, including tug-of-war, racquetball ...

He would open up his own school in 1983. He has also been a kickboxing coach for Michael McDonald and later a karate coach for the

USA National Karate-do Federation USA National Karate-do Federation is the national governing body (NGB) of karate for the United States Olympic Committee and as such is the official Member National Association (MNA) of the World Karate Federation (WKF) in the United States. ...

Coach Hill traveled to Agentina as the Assistant Coach for the 1995 USA Karate Team during the debut of Karate at the Pan American Games. Hill appeared in one film, the 1991 martial arts film ''

American Shaolin ''American Shaolin'' is a 1992 American martial arts film directed by Lucas Lowe and starring (among others) Reese Madigan, Kim Chan and Daniel Dae Kim. Plot During a martial arts tournament, the American finalist Drew Carson (Reese Madigan) is ...

''. He appears in the film's opening as the coach of the film's villain, Trevor Gottitall, played by Trent Bushey.

Achievements

* First American to win a WKF World Karate Championship * Six times AAU/United States National Karate Championships *

bronze medal

References

Living people 1958 births Sportspeople from Chillicothe, Ohio American male karateka Karate coaches Shotokan practitioners Kickboxing trainers World Games bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1981 World Games {{US-karate-bio-stub