About

From the first time that Sensei Co met Hanshi Murray, he has always been inspired by him. After his first class with Hanshi Murray, he came home and, being in awe of Hanshi Murray’s techniques, said to his brothers, “Wow, he moves as fast as lightning! I didn’t know that was possible”.

Through Hanshi Murray, Sensei Co has also trained under Hanshi Ali Shabazz (Aikijujitsu), Kyoshi (Master) Rik Lostritto (Uechi-Ryu), and Hanshi Doug Perry (Shorin Ryu). Through these different instructors, Sensei Co has been able to supplement his karate and kobudo to the point of developing new techniques in both karate and kobudo.

Outside of karate, Sensei Co has earned an AS in Chemistry from Montgomery College, a BS in Chemistry from University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), and is currently pursuing a Ph. D. at UMD in Photochemistry. At UMD, he has served as a TA in Organic Chemistry where he has taught over 1,000 students by the same principles and passion with which Hanshi Murray taught him. It is Sensei Co’s dream to continually improve his karate and his ability to teach karate to his own students, so that future students can achieve what he has achieved in the Martial Arts world faster and better than him.