1953 – Personal uchi-deshi (apprentice) to Master Richard Kim in Yokohama

1954 – Full time student of Gogan Yamaguchi in Tokyo

1955 – Student of Master Masatatsu Oyama in Tokyo

1957 – Competes for Yamaguchi in all Japan Collegiate championships in Tokyo

1958 – Peter Urban marries his wife Meiko in Japan

1959 – Returns to America. Establishes first Goju-Ryu Dojo in Union City, N.J.

1961 – Propagates Yamaguchi, Oyama, and Kim names in the United States

1962 – Chief referee at Oyama’s tournament in what may have been the first major tournament in this country

1963 – Appears as Karate pioneer on the Tonight show, The Merv Griffen Show, and the Long John Nebel Show.

1964 – Returns to Japan for further study and research.

1965 – Incorporates the style legally in New York.

1966 – First book “The Karate Dojo” is published. It receives international acclaim and becomes and becomes a Martial Arts Classic.

1967 – Opens famous “Chinatown Dojo”. He leads the way for martial arts instructors to teach publicly in America.