10th Dan Grandmaster - Kenpo Karate
Grandmaster DiRico have been studying karate for over fifty years. His primary teachers were GM Nick Cerio and O’Sensei Brian Ricci.
Mr. DiRico has promoted over 30 tournaments including the Karate Illustrated A-Rated, Boston Nationals (1986~1988), and has personally competed in over 700 tournaments since 1973 and won over 700 first place awards and a hundred Grand-Championships.
Mr. DiRico has been inducted into more than a dozen Halls of Fame. He has participated on Team Paul Mitchell since 1990. He had the honor to represent the United States in Italy for the Pasqua del Budo tour where they performed eleven shows in ten different cities in ten days.
Mr. DiRico opened his dojo in February of 1978 and has since promoted over six hundred black belts.
Mr. DiRico and his wife Wendy (7th Dan) have been married since 1978, they have four sons and one grandchil.
Seminar details: Traditional bo kata plus general kata strategies and practical self defense.