BUDO ACADEMY
ABOUT US
Sensei Jose Guerrero - Head Karate Instructor
- 25 years of Martial Arts experience
- 3rd Degree Black Belt in Karate
- 4th Degree Black Belt in Jujutsu
- Trained in Karate under the late Shihan William Oliver at the original Upper West-Side Seido Dojo
- Competed as a member of the 1994 World Seido Team.
- Trained in Jujutsu under Shihan Hector Negron of the San Yama Bushi Dojo in New Rochelle, NY.
- Was a Martial Arts/Boxing Instructor at New York Sports Club ("NYSC") and the New York Athletic Club.
- Currently, a Sergeant in the NYPD
OUR INSTRUCTORS
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Sensei Manny Cofresí
- Co-founder of BUDO Academy
- Over 20 years of Martial Arts experience
- 5th Degree Black Belt in Jujutsu under the tutelage of Shinan Hector Negron, founder of San Yama Bushi Jujutsu.
- Studied first in the practice of Shorinji Kempo Karate.
- Currently Vice President, Corporate Development for Automatic Data Processing Inc.
- Prior to ADP, a VP at Merrill Lynch & Citigroup, also worked at Apple and Motorola Inc.
- MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering/Device Physics from Cornell University's College of Engineering.
Shihan Mark Sternefeld
- Co-founder of BUDO Academy
- Over 35 years of Martial Arts experience
- Black Belt in Kenpo Karate
- 8th Degree Black Belt in Jujutsu under the tutelage of Shinan Hector Negron, founder of San Yama
Bushi Jujutsu.
- Successful entrepreneur involved in various ventures and a decorated Retired Police Officer in the NYPD
- Graduate of Manhattan College and attended Graduate School at Long Island University.Click here to add text.
