Sa Bom Nim Anna Oulashin
O Dan(5th level)    Dan Bon #31097
Master Instructor

Master Anna Oulashin began her Soo Bahk Do training in 1982 in Honolulu, Hawaii under Master Robert M. Shipley III. In 1985 she left Hawaii for Seattle, Washington. There she trained with a  non-federated Tang Soo Do school for three years attaining the 'black belt rank'. In 1988 she found a U.S. Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation studio in Mt. Vernon, Washington. She relinquished her black belt rank from the previous school and  began her training again, as a red belt, 1st gup, a few steps back. Her job required her to move to Portland, Oregon in 1990. It was there that she reunited with her original instructor, Master Shipley, and resumed her training in Camas, Washington. She lives in Beaverton, OR.

In June 2000, she traveled to Carbondale, Colorado for 2000 Ko Dan Ja Shim Sa.  She successfully passed the 4th Dan evaluation.  In January 2005, she successfully passed her 5th Dan evaluation at the 2005 Ko Dan Ja Shim Sa in Ramona, California. Ms. Oulashin is a Sa Bom (certified master instructor by the U.S. Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation).

She has also participated in several high-profile martial arts  competition.  Most recently, Master Oulashin placed 2nd Place in hyung in the O Dan Ko Dan Ja Division at the 27th USSBDMDK Nationals held in Orlando, Florida - July 2005.

As a volunteer Chief Instructor for Camas Karate she helps put together fund-raisers, tests, newsletter and website.   Master Oulashin is the past secretary and treasurer of the Region 10 Dan Association.  In her role as the Region 10 Administrator, she coordinates the region's Dan Shim Sa events and clinics as well as assisting the Regional Examiner in various administrative tasks.

Life outside of Soo Bahk Do consists keeping balance in family and working full-time as a senior technical engineer for GE Healthcare Information Technologies. On her own time she successfully became a Microsoft Certified System Engineer/Administrator and is actively pursuing completing her BS degree.  When she is not at work or teaching Soo Bahk Do she enjoys spending time with her family - riding bikes, walking on the beach, reading, listening to Hawaiian music, cooking and making valiant attempts at gardening or just relaxing.

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