Richard Monroe Sensei

Richard began training judo in May, 2014. Started helping with the kids judo program just a couple months after he started. He received his Shodan in judo in June of 2017, Nidan in 2018, and Sandan in 2021. Richard has also taken over running our kids judo program, added another kids class to the weekly schedule, and runs a regular grappling class during the week. Richard has also been doing Nihon Jujutsu for years and has received the rank of ikkyu. He has trained with Suino sensei in Karate and Iaido in varies seminars in the US and Canada.  
Richard regularly helps with tasks and day to day activities in the dojo.