Our instructors

Ted started training in Uechi Ryu as a young man at the San Jose dojo in 1982. After extensive training and tournament wins, he was promoted to Shodan in 1985. Following his promotion to Nidan in 1986, he took a break in official training in 1990. 

Ted returned to San Jose and was promoted to Sandan in 2009, Yondan in 2012 and recently Godan in 2017.  Ted has had many

years of teaching experience, and was certified by Okikukai, Okinawa as Shihan (master instructor) in 2018.