Glenn Finke, Chief Instructor/Owner, Go-Dan (Fifth Degree Black Belt) Mr. Finke has been training in the martial arts since 1979. He established the Traditional Karate-Do Center in 1996 in Warwick, New York. Before that Mr. Finke taught at dojos (training halls) in both Vernon, New Jersey and Middletown, New York. He is the executive council president and chairman of the board of directors of the Traditional Karate Alliance USA, member of the board of directors for USA Kobudo, and is a member as an athlete, coach or professional of the USA National Karate-Do Federation (USA-NKF), the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and the U.S. Martial Arts Association. Mr. Finke has been a student of the world renowned Goju-Ryu Karate Sensei (Teacher) Mr. Teruo Chinen, Kyoshi (Master Teacher), Mr. John A. Stellingwerf, Hanshi (Grandmaster Teacher), of the Goshin-Ryu Karate Association. He is a kobudo student of Mr. Robert B. Herten, Kyoshi, of the United Shorinryu Association and USA Kobudo. He has also taken the opportunity to train under several other high level martial arts instructors. Mr. Finke is experienced in sport karate competition, having won awards at the association, regional, national and international levels, as well as being a member of several U.S. National Karate Teams. He is certified as a judge and as a referee by both the USA-NKF and the AAU, and has served as captain of the New Jersey USA-NKF and AAU State Karate Teams. Mr. Finke has received national recognition from the U.S. Martial Arts Association (an organization that has more than 1,200 martial arts schools as members which promotes excellence in teaching the martial arts), being cited for growth of his dojo, leadership and excellence in training. His dojo was also recognized with the Top 200 Schools Award in 2001 by the Martial Arts Business Association, being cited for excellent instruction, leadership, student progress and curriculum development. He has a B.S. Degree in Business Administration/Marketing from William Paterson College and is an avid weight lifter. Glenn Finke A.A.U. Grand Champion Black Belt April, 2000 Roger Garrison, Instructor After training briefly in karate from 1973 to 1974, Mr. Garrison began training in the martial arts again in 1994. He was recognized as a shodan (first degree black belt) in 2000 and as a nidan (second degree black belt) in 2003 by Mr. Glenn Finke. He has participated in many tournaments and has won many awards. Mr. Garrison was recognized as Adult Student of the Year (1999), Legion of Honor (2000) and Instructor of the Year (2001) by the Traditional Karate-Do Center. He has been instructing classes at the Traditional Karate-Do Center since 1997. Mr. Garrison served in the United States Navy from 1977-1982 and is certified in First Aid and CPR. Joseph Petrosi, T'ai Chi Ch'uan Instructor Mr. Petrosi, who trained in Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan Karate under Kyoshi Robert B. Herten from 1974-1977, began training in T'ai Chi Ch'uan in 1990 after a back injury. His first instructor was Mr. Jim Marx. After training with Mr. Marx, Mr. Petrosi began teaching at the Traditional Karate-Do Center in 1997. He has also studied T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong under Masters Yang-Jwing Ming, Tsung H. Jou and Erle Montaigue. Mr. Petrosi is certified as an instructor of Qigong from the Human Life Research Foundation and is a member of both the International Yang Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association and the World Taji Boxing Association. In addition to his teaching Mr. Petrosi continues to train on a regular basis with several of the most highly regarded T'ai Chi Ch'uan instructors in the world. He was recognized as Instructor of the Year (2001) by the Traditional Karate-Do Center.