Yonkers, N.Y.10704
RANK: | 10th Degree Black Belt, Chinese Kenpo Kung-Fu |
EXPERIENCE: | 51 years in Chinese Kenpo Kung-Fu |
HONORS: | Outstanding Achievement Award from Y.M.C.A.,1978 |
Awarded Associate Member in the Northern Silum Temple of the I Cheng Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung-Fu system, 1992 | |
Promoted to 6th Degree Black Belt in the Chinese Kenpo Association by Grand Master John McSweeny, January 2002 | Promoted to 5th Degree Black Belt in the American Kenpo Karate Association by Grand Master John McSweeny, 2002 |
Promoted to 5th Degree Black Belt in the Chinese Kenpo Association by Grand Master John McSweeny, 2000 | |
Promoted to 4th Degree Black Belt in the American Kenpo Karate Association by Grand Master John McSweeny, 2000 | |
Promoted to 4th Degree Black Belt in the Chinese Kenpo Association by Grand Master John McSweeny, 1997 | |
Promoted to 3rd Degree Black Belt in the American Kenpo Karate Association by Grand Master John McSweeny, 1997 | |
ELECTED: | Elected President of the Chinese Kenpo Association of America in 2002 | Vice President of the Chinese Kenpo Association of America, 1985 |
Senior Director of the Chinese Kenpo Association of America by the Honorable Grandmaster John McSweeny, Chairman of the Board, 1997 | |
EXPERTISE: | Weapons...........Knife, Shortstick, and Yawara |
In the field of....Meditation | |
HEAD INSTRUCTOR At: | Jewish Community Center-Yonkers, NY 1981 to 1984 |
Yonkers Physical Fitness Club-Yonkers, NY 1984 to 1985 | |
Our Lady of the Rosary School-Yonkers, NY 1985 to 1992 | |
Chinese Kenpo Kung-Fu School-Valhalla, NY 1995 to December 1997 | |
Chinese Kenpo Kung-Fu School-Yonkers, NY 1998 to present | STUDIED UNDER: |
Grand Master Joseph Macetta; 6th Degree Black Belt Chinese Kenpo, and Professional Boxer; American Boxing | |
Master John De Palo; 5th Degree Black Belt Chinese Kenpo, | |
Sifu Eric Paseltiner; Deceased, 1984, 4th Degree Black Belt Chinese Kenpo, Praying Mantis System; Wing Chung System | |
Master Stuart Barksdale; 9th Degree Black Belt Chinese Kenpo; Black Belt in Judo Y.M.C.A. | |
OTHER STYLES STUDIED: | |
Northern Seven Star Praying Mantis System | |
PATENT & TRADEMARK: | Hand-tensioner hand-grip exerciser, 1991 |