Shihan Allan Acosta started his martial arts training at the age of 5 under Grandmaster Lou Ferrer in the art of Aiki Jitsu-te and had been studying martial arts over 28 years. Over the years all the way into adulthood Shihan Allan has competed in many tournaments all over the country. Shihan Allan has joined CARE LLC in 2013 and started
Shihan Allan Acosta started his martial arts training at the age of 5 under Grandmaster Lou Ferrer in the art of Aiki Jitsu-te and had been studying martial arts over 28 years. Over the years all the way into adulthood Shihan Allan has competed in many tournaments all over the country. Shihan Allan has joined CARE LLC in 2013 and started teaching in the school system . He had taught in many schools throughout NYC such as Brooklyn schools: PS 156, IS 392,PS 213, JHS 218, Eagle Academy ,PS 284, Brownsville Collaborative Middle School (BCMS), PS 124. He had expanded his teaching skills to Queen schools: MS 8, MS 53 and Bronx schools: PS 18x, PS 47 ,PS 195 ,PS 6 and PS 209. Shihan Allan's goal with S.A.F.E LLC is to give back to his community a skillset that students can take and use for their rest of their lives.
Sensei Woods is a career martial artist with over 18 years of training in traditional Shotokan karate-do, which he started training at age 10 under Shihan Jacqueline Drayton - Rogers. He now holds ranking of 3rd dan since 2007. After earning his black belt at age 18, he decided he wanted to follow in his instructor's footsteps and become
Sensei Woods is a career martial artist with over 18 years of training in traditional Shotokan karate-do, which he started training at age 10 under Shihan Jacqueline Drayton - Rogers. He now holds ranking of 3rd dan since 2007. After earning his black belt at age 18, he decided he wanted to follow in his instructor's footsteps and become a full-time instructor to help others and spread karate-do. He later became her ichi-ban, where she passed on her curriculum to him. Since he began, Sensei Woods has built a teaching resume with a great deal of success having taught both independently and while he was senior instructor for his Martial Art Organization.
To date, he has successfully influenced and taught in over 23 public school ranging from Pre-K through high school; located throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan & Queens. Motivated and with a goal in mind, his teaching within the school system provided an alternative to physical education, behavior modification, performing arts, as well as providing after school classes. Something else of interest to note would be his experience and success teaching children with Special needs for 2 years.
Sensei combines all his experience both in and out the dojo, from competing to coaching in traditional karate-do and in open Martial arts. Tournaments ranging from locally through internationally. After years of teaching sensei woods still trains, competes and coaches. He also continues to teach in order to help others spread, preserve and advance in karate-do.
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