Ralph Sanchez began his martial arts training unofficially while still in junior high school. He began his official martial arts training while in the military in 1981 by studying Tae Kwon Do in the Republic of Korea. Upon his Honorable Discharge from the United States Army Military Police, Sanchez continued his martial arts training back in the United States by studying American Kempo and Isshin Ryu Karate. In 1995, he began his study of Matsubayashi Ryu, the style in which he continues today. In 2003 he founded Liberty Karate Club in East Orlando. Sanchez holds the rank of Nanadan (7th degree black belt), and trains under Joche Zapata Shihan (8th degree black belt). He was also a Certified Coach for the AAU National Karate Program.
Sanchez Kyoshi remains first a student and second a teacher.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt