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ABOUT OUR INSTRUCTORS: |
Unlike some martial arts instructors, teaching judo
is our secondary job. Our instructors are not
paid, they choose to teach for the love of Judo.
It is the spirit of Judo that drives us to share our
knowledge and experience with others.
For some of us it is also a family destiny,
something that we learned as children from our
parents and we can't image raising our children and
Judo not being part of their lives.
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HEAD INSTRUCTOR: CHUCK WALL JR.
(2nd Degree Black Belt) |
Sensei Chuck is a 2nd Degree Black Belt (Nidan) and began Judo at a very young age.
It was a family affair, his father is a 4th Degree Black Belt, his
mother a Brown Belt; they have opened
and instructed at more than 8 dojo's across
Massachusetts, New York and now New Jersey.
During high school Chuck was part of his school's
wrestling team. During his senior year he was
ranked 2nd in Western New York and had only one loss
the entire season during the state championships. As team
Captain during his senior year his team continued
it's 6th year of being undefeated in dual meets.
During high school he also traveled to Japan as an
exchange student and trained for several months at
the local high school he attended in the city of
Iwata.
After high school he continued his wrestling career
at SUNY Brockport under the leadership of
Don Murray
the greatest coach in Division III wrestling.
But the competition of Judo was drawing him back, he
started training with
Sensei Ashida, after winning that East
Coast Collegiate Championships as a Brown Belt he
was awarded his Black Belt in 1989 after defeating four other
Black Belts during the competition.
During college Chuck also enlisted in the United
States Marine Corps Reserve. After 16 years he
is currently a Gunnery Sergeant (E7) working at
Marine Corps Base Quantico, a veteran of the Iraq
War; serving in Fallujah from 2005 - 2006 and recent
recipient of the Bronze Star.
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TECHNICAL ADVISOR:
CHARLIE WALL SR. (4th Degree Black Belt) |
Charlie Wall is currently an
active member in the Hudson Yudanshakai of the
USJF, acting as our Technical Advisor and father
of Head Instructor Chuck Wall. A Life Time
Member of USJF, Sensei Wall holds the rank of
Yodan (4th degree black) and is a National Level
Referee. He is now an assistant instructor at
the
Kokushi Dojo (at the Wykoff YMCA)
in New Jersey under
Sensei Ogasawara (8th Dan).
Charlie Wall Sr. began his
Judo career some time in the 1960's but won't
say exactly when. His first instructors
were Sensei's Charlie Chaves and Mas Yanagi at
the Tohoku Judo Club in the Boston area. He
has held Yudanshakai level offices as past
President and member of the Board of Examiner of
Empire Judo Yudanshakai, past Board of Examiner
member of Hudson Yudanshakai, and ran his own
judo programs in Norwich and Hamburg, New York
and the Old Colony Judo Club in Plymouth, MA.
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