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Lori Lantrip Stanley is the President for WKU World USA. Lori is also the President

of Forms and Weapons Competition for WKU World International. Lori is a 7th degree

Black Belt and has been on the International stage since 1987 and has 10 World Titles

with WKA and WAKO under her belt. Lori has also won various Karate Illustrated and

NASKA Grand Championships and Ratings titles.  She has been featured on ESPN. Lori has

performed and been interviewed on the NBC’s Today Show. She was a member of

Team United Professionals and was also on the WAKO and WKA USA Teams. Lori has

been featured in Martial Arts publications including Official Karate and Fighter

Magazine.  She was 1 of 5 women to be on the cover of the prestigious Karate Illustrated

which voted her fighter of the decade for the 80’s. Since 2002 Lori has been working

diligently behind the scenes, hosting WKU World Championships in Orlando Florida in

2008, 2012, and 2016.