Instructors

Our instructors have devoted many years to training in their art and have attained a certain level of expertise to qualify them as teachers and also mentors. Through extensive testing, certification and tournament level competition, our staff has attained mastery in their martial art and discipline and now enjoy sharing their skill and passing it on to their students. They will be with you every step of the way to help you reach your individual goals (and maybe even reach some new goals you never before thought possible).

Sensei Alex Cordoba-Lee
Chief Instructor
Lead Youth Bujutsu Instructor
Self-Defense Instructor

  • 4th Dan black belt – Bujutsu
  • 1st Dan black belt – Tae Kwon Do – 1990
  • Licensed Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist

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Sifu Jason Brigham
Tai Chi Instructor
Lead Weapons Instructor

  • 2021 Head of the Defensor Method System of Filipino/Indonesian Martial Arts
  • 2008 Mataas Na Guro – Defensor System (Filipino Martial Arts)
  • 2010 Full Tai Chi Instructor
  • Multi-discipline competition experience
  • 2012 9th Degree Black Sash – Chinese Internal Martial Arts

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Sensei Mike de la Torriente
Judo Instructor

  • 4th Dan Black Belt Judo

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Coach Enrique Rocha
Boxing Instructor
Muay Thai / Kickboxing Instructor

Sensei Ryan Shin
Bujutsu Instructor
Self Defense Instructor

  • 1st Dan black belt – Bujutsu
  • 1st Dan black belt – Kimudo

Sensei Karen Rodriguez
Bujutsu Instructor

  • 1st Dan black belt – Bujutsu

Sensei Aisha Kareemullah
Bujutsu Instructor

  • 1st Dan black belt – Bujutsu

Miss Gaby Maldonado
Judo Instructor

  • Brown Belt – Judo

Sensei Henry Sepeda
Bujutsu Instructor

  • 1st Dan black belt – Bujutsu

Mr. Jake Saviano
Bujutsu Instructor
Self-Defense Instructor

  • Brown Belt – Tae Kwon Do
  • Brown Belt – American Kenpo Karate

Thomas M. O’Shaughnessy
Co-Founder

  • 8th Dan black belt – Judo
  • Multiple black belts in various martial arts
  • 60+ years of training

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Sifu Joseph Prignano
Co-Founder

  • 7th Dan black belt (Hanshi) – Bujutsu
  • 50+ years training
  • Instructor since 1994

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Liz Prignano
Business Manager

  • 1st Dan black belt – Bujutsu
  • Orange Sash – Tai Chi

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