Sensei Tom O’Brien has over 36 yrs. Experience in the Martial Arts.  Rated 4^th in the country by the National AAU Karate Organization in 1981.  Maintaining a small, humble, garage dojo called the Ronin martial Arts Club for over 30 yrs.  We teach Vee-Jitsu as was founded by Prof. Florendo Visitation (Prof. Vee) and as was taught by Prof. James Powers of the Samurai Vee-Jitsu Club in Richmond Hill, Queens, NY.  We teach Ju-Jitsu, Judo, Karate, self defense, Tae Kwon Do, Arnis, boxing & kick boxing.  We create AAU Karate champions.  Sensei Tom is an ‘R’ rated AAU official.  Sensei recently won gold medals in kata & kobudo at the AAU tournament at Hawthorne HS, Hawthorne, NJ on 9/10/06.  It was a small but well run tournament.  The AAU has local, State, Regional & National tournaments & the competitors must qualify to move up.  The officials are tested & ranked to insure the best quality judging.  The tournaments are run with respect worthy of the ‘old tradition’ martial arts.

Don't say woulda, coulda, shoulda.

Welcome to MartialWeb!  Did you mean to post the info twice?  lol

Impressive credentials

Thanks for the compliment about my credentials but it's mostly through longevity & just being old.

Thanks Again,

Sensei Tom

Don't say woulda, coulda, shoulda.

You placed your history in the signature section.  You should move it to the "Personal Details" which will show in your profile for the public to see.

hope that helps!  Happy chatting!