Spotlight: Jerry Figgiani, Sensei, 7th dan, Founder of the Shorin Ryu Karatedo International

Seventh degree black belt, Sensei Jerry Figgiani, has been training in the martial arts since 1977. He is the co-owner of East Coast Black Belt Academy which has been established in the Middle Island community of New York for the past 19 years and was voted the No. 1 Dojo by the Long Island Press. In November of 2009, Sensei Figgiani founded the Shorin Ryu Karatedo International which promotes the study of Okinawan karate.