Our Instructors

Shihan William Wood began his Martial Arts training in Judo at his middle school, the United Nations International School (UNIS) in New York City under French Sensei Fleutaeu.  After winning a Judo competition in his youth weight division, Shihan Wood was awarded the rank of Yonkyu (4th Kyu or Green Belt) in Kodokan Judo in the early 1970’s.

Throughout the 1980’s and early 1990’s, Shihan Wood trained in various martial arts, including Shotokan Karate, and at the Ken Zen Institute in NYC. He studied Judo under Japanese Osensei Eguchi and Sensei Ray Dunmeyer, and studied a form of military Ju Jitsu under Sensei Bill Black. After moving to Florida in 1993, Shihan Wood began his training in Miyama Ryu Ju Jutsu, and continued his training in Judo, under Shihan Louis Medina. Throughout the 1990’s, Shihan Wood returned to NYC periodically to continue his training in Judo at the Ken Zen Institute and at the Oishi Judo Club (downtown NYC), and his Ju Jutsu training at Miyama Ryu under Shinan Antonio Pereira in Tremont, Bronx, where he received his Mokuroku rank before his passing in 1999. Shihan Wood obtained his Menkyo rank in 2006 from Shihan Omar Echavarria of the Miami Miyama Ryu dojo.