Sensei Oddy at Jundokan, Okinawa
David T. Oddy
David Oddy has been practicing karate for over 28 years
including 3 years in Okinawa, Japan where he trained directly with Miyazato Eiichi Sensei and
other senior students at The Jundokan, Okinawa Goju-ryu’s main dojo. He has
also had the opportunity to train with many senior teachers and coaches over
the years, both in the United States and in Japan. David remains a member of
The Okinawa Goju-ryu Karate-do Kenkyukai under Taira Masaji Sensei and continues to visit on an annual basis for
personal instruction in Okinawa, Japan.
Prior to shifting his focus to a purely traditional practice, David had a successful
competitive career. In addition to many local and regional tournament wins, David
has won five US National Championships from the USA-NKF and its predecessors as
the US Olympic Committee’s recognized governing bodies for the sport of karate.
Two of these were during a brief return to competition in 2006, exactly 20
years after his first national championship victory. He also represented
the United States at the 1989 Goodwill Games against the Japanese Junior Team
and on the 1994 US National Karate Team at the WKF World Championships in Malaysia.
David has also coached six other athletes to national championship victories and coached
one athlete to a WKC Junior World Championship gold medal.
Okinawan karate instructors are encouraged not to "eat from karate" by earning
their livelihood through other professions. This removes business distractions
and profit influence from the training experience of their students. David is
a software developer and business consultant.
E-Mail: David@SyracuseJundokan.com
Sensei Kushnir at Jundokan, Okinawa
Sergey Kushnir
Sergey Kushnir has been practicing karate and other martial arts for
over 33 years in Russia and
the United States. His experience is diverse including considerable expertise
in Aikido and Judo. Sergey joined Syracuse Martial Arts Kenkyukai in 2005 and made his first trip
to Okinawa in February of 2007 to train at The Jundokan.
Sergey also has a passion for Olympic-style sport karate and has
worked with karate athletes and coaches to improve their competitive skills. He holds technical
coaching credentials in both the AAU and USANKF karate programs and deserves
a great amount of credit for the recent successes of the Syracuse Martial Arts Kenkyukai Competition Team. In
2010, Sergey served as part of the US National Coaching group for the Junior Pan American Championships
in Montreal, Canada where the US Team took third place in the medal count and Syracuse Martial Arts Kenkyukai
member, Bryan Randazzo, earned a bronze medal.
E-Mail: Sergey@SyracuseJundokan.com
Sensei Randazzo with World Champion, Rafael Aghayev of Azerbaijan
Bryan Randazzo
Bryan Randazzo has been practicing karate for over 16 years, since age
six. He teaches our PeeWee and Junior programs and assists in our regular
adult training program. In addition to possessing excellent traditional karate
skills, Bryan is also an accomplished competitor, having earned top placings
in all levels of local, regional, national and international competition. He
is a current member of the US National Team and earned a bronze medal at the
2010 Junior Pan American Championships.
E-Mail: Bryan@SyracuseJundokan.com