SENSEI'S

Sensei Tony Tartaglia SENSEI STARTED HIS JOURNEY IN TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA WITH WALKER SENSEI AND BRUCE PETERS SEMPAI UNDER GEORGE WILSON SENSEI. THEN AFTER SERVING THREE TOURS IN VIETNAM AS A CORPSMAN WITH THE MARINES RETURNED HOME TO TRAIN WITH WALKER SENSEI TILL HE WENT TO JAPAN WITH KANAI SENSEIIN 1974 TO TRAIN AT THE HOMBU. TRAINING UNDER SEVERAL OF THE SHIHANS THERE. FOR MANY YEARS.

IN THOSE DAYS HE AND LIVED DIRECTLY BEHIND HOMBU DOJO... THREE OF HIS CLOSE FRIENDS IN THE DOJO WERE CHRIS SMART (SAS) AND RON BALSOM AND MEIK SKOSS... HIS NEIGHBOR WHO WAS HIS UKE ON HIS FIRST TEST IN HOMBU, MIKE BELZER (SMALL CIRCLE JUJITSU) SHARED MANY ADVENTURES IN THOSE DAYS OF LIFE IN 'NUKE BENTEN' THE AREA AROUND THE HOMBU. FROM TIME TO TIME THEY MET WITH THE LEGEND DON DRAEGER SENSEI IN THE TOKYO AREA MANY TIMES. IN 1975...HE BEGAN TRAINING WITH NISHIO SENSEI OUTSIDE OF HOMBU. DURING THOSE YEARS HE TRAINED UNDER THE EYES OF HIS TWO MENTORS.. LEIF NEILSEN AND KEN COTTIER. A LIST OF ALL THE SENSEI'S THAT HE TRAINED UNDER IN THE HOMBU ARE? LISTED BELOW... THE MUSHIN RONIN DOJO BEGAN IN SEOUL, KOREA IN 1986. THEN MOVED TO BANGKOK BEHIND THE U.S. EMBASSY IN 1989. IN THE EARLY 90'S HE OPENED A DOJOIN SAIGON, VIETNAM. THEN FINALLY RETURNING IN 2000 TO REOPEN THE RONIN DOJO NEAR THE U.S. EMBASSY. SENSEI TONY HAS DAN RANK FROM SENSEI RAMASAMY IN PENANG, MALAYSIA WITH THE YOSHINKAN AND GODAN FROM DR. TOM WALKER SENSEI OF THE AIKIDO ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. NOW TRAINING EXTENSIVELY UNDER THE WING OF ARISUE SENSEI OF NISHIO-RYU AIKIDO..IN FLORIDA HE AND STEVE HOUSE SENSEI BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS AND SOME OF HIS STUDENTS NOW HAVE DOJO'S OF THEIR OWN. TWO OF THEM ARE 'PENNY' SENSEI OF FLORIDA AIKIKAI AND 'GRADY' SENSEI MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, AIKIKAI. BOTH ROKUDANS NOW. CURRENTLY SENSEI TONY IS THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR FOR THE D.E.A. AGENTS IN BANGKOK AND THE THAI NARCOTICS DIVISION, ALONG WITH THE IMMIGRATION POLICE... ACROSS THE BORDER IN CAMBODIA HE TRAINS THE NARCOTICS POLICE THERE TOO. IN ADDITION HE IS THE MAIN INSTRUCTOR FOR I.L.E.A. THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY OF THAILAND. IN ADDITION FROM TIME TO TIME TEACHES THE SPECIAL FORCES DEFENSE COURSES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BODYGUARD ASSOCIATION. SINCE THE IRAQ WAR HAS STARTED HE HAS TAUGHT IRAQI POLICE SEMINARS AN TAKES GROUPS IN BANGKOK FOR SPECIAL CLASSES IN CONTROL AND RESTRAINT.

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