1964, back, Allen Steen, George Mattson, Ed Parker, Tsutomu Ohshima, Robert Trias, front, Pat Burleson, Bruce Lee, Anthony Mirakian, Jhoon Rhee.
Jhoon Rhee breaks a brick in the early 1960s.
1969, Skipper Mullins kicks Ron Marchini in the head at the US National Team Championships.
1966, Keith Yates as a blue belt. Note the half dyed belt required of juniors in those days.
James Toney (as ist dan) and Keith Yates (as first brown) in 1968.
Harold Gross and Fred Wren demonstrate at the Texas Karate Institute. In the back are James Toney and Keith Yates.
Yates charges an opponent in a 1970 tournament match.
Sparring Demtrius (the Golden Greek) Havanas at a black belt class in 1970.
1970 Winning Texas Competition Team, Candy Simpson, Demetrius (Greek) Havanas, Skipper Mullins (coach), Keith Yates.
Bryan Robbins eyes a kick from Keith Yates at the Hillcrest Avenue Texas Karate Institute.
Yates as a second black in 1972.
Yates jumps at Royce Young at the Texas Karate Institute school on Webb Royal in Dallas in 1972.
Allen Steen from a Offical Karate Magazine spread in the mid 1970s.
1974, Larry Wheeler, Bob Woerner, Paul Hinkley with Keith Yates behind, at the JoAnn's School of Dance in North Dallas.
Tony Tempesta and Tony Kaufman observe Keith Yates's instruction in 1974.
Yates with Chia Sirisute and Dan Inosanto in 1981.
Yates instructs NFL offensive lineman Brian Baldinger at a Dallas Cowboys mini camp in 1981.
1987, Keith Yates, Joe Lewis and Jon Alster.
Richard Shoffit, Eric Lee and Keith Yates.
A 1987 story on Keith Yates in the Dallas Morning News.
Caroline Goodspeed was the 1993 AKATO Instructor of the Year.
Mike Proctor and Jon Baughman helped to start the AKATO kobudo classes in 1993.
1995, Keith Yates, coach of the American team and Chung Park, coach of the Korean team pose at the dedication of the Korean War Memorial in Washington D.C.
The demo team in D.C. in 1995.
1995, Jhoon Rhee and Keith Yates after a 6 AM workout.
Randy Miller, Caroline Goodspeed, Keith Yates and Kelly Cox after a 1996 exam.
1997 Texas Martial Arts Hall of Fame, Kim Soo, Keith Yates, Troy Dorsey.
1999, Tom Thompson, Keith Yates, film star Clarence Gilyard and Howard Jackson at the AKATO banquet.
Marian and Jack Erickson started the Dragon School of Taekwondo.
Royce Young, Bob Woerner, Duane Ethington, Keith Yates, Alan Schrieber, Dick Strom, Jon Alster at the '98 banquet.
Keith Yates, Ed Daniel and Dennis Cox.
Howard Jackson, Tom Thompson, Bill Wallace, Jhoon Rhee and Keith Yates in 2000.
John Corcoran, Keith Yates and Joe Lewis at the first ever Nationally Certified Instructor Training at the Cooper Institute in 1999.
Jack Hwang, Mrs. Rhee, Keith Yates, Jhoon Rhee and David Moon at Allen Steen's 60th birthday celebration in 2000.
Keith Yates, Allen Steen, Jim Harrison.
Roy Kurban, Chuck Norris, and Keith Yates at a KickStart fundraiser in Houston in 2002.
2004, Chuck Norris thanks Keith Yates for being the chairman of a Kick-Start event at Dallas Fair Park.
2004, Keith Yates with Bong Soo Han at the Martial Arts History Museum dedication in Los Angeles.
2006, Allen Steen, Keith Yates, Skipper Mullins and Pat Burleson at the AKATO's 30th Anniversary banquet.
Yates with the Honorable Ambassador of South Korea.
Old School Black Belts at Jhoon Rhee's 80th birthday party in D.C. in 2010.
Mike Proctor and Kelly Cox demo at the 2011 AKATO banquet.
Pioneers of Taekwondo at the TKD Grandmasters Society banquet in 2012.
Mike Proctor, Allen Steen and Keith Yates inducted into the Masters Hall of Fame in 2014.
Art Camacho, Don Wilson, Keith Yates and Cynthia Rothrock.