Instructors
Sensei Ismael Saturno
Sensei Ismael Saturno was born and raised in Venezuela and moved to the USA in 2001. He was a member of Venezuela’s ITF Taekwon Do National Team in the 90s. He has been involved with martial arts for over 42 years and teaching for the last 32. Sensei Ismael has coached many national and world elite martial arts athletes and he was himself a world top ranked number 2 in the lightweight sparring division for the NASKA World Sport Karate Association in years 2001 to 2004.He holds a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Taekwon Do, 2nd Degree Black Belt in American Kenpo, 3rd Degree in the RDCA system and a 1st Degree Black Belt in Gracie Jiu Jitsu under Professor Pedro Sauer.
Senpai Kai Saturno
Senpai Kai started his martial arts journey when he was still in diapers. On his early days he trained Karate and Gracie Jiu Jitsu and the last couple of years started to do more wrestling at North Forsyth High School. Now he is full time training Jiu Jitsu and becoming a very important part of the Budo Tatami family. You will always see him on the mats working with our little ones and training on the adult class.
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