Professor DiRico

With over 700 first place finishes and 100 grand championship wins, Rocky DiRico is the most successful senior professional competitor in the history of sport karate. He has achieved the NASKA, N.B.L. and P.K.L #1 world or national ranking over fifty times between 1990 and 2007. In addition, DiRico was KRANE champion from 1988 through 1997 - ten years in a row! All of these achievements were accomplished after the age of 35.

Professor DiRico is the kind of professional educator that makes children and adults feel excellent about themselves and about learning Karate. According to one parent, “He’s the teacher you would have taken any subject throughout your school years.”

Professor DiRico is joined by a team of other instructors:

• Wendy DiRico, Shihan, 6th Degree
• Don Petrin, Shihan, 6th Degree
• Colleen LeMay, Shihan, 6th Degree
• Brian Sweetser, Sensei, 4th Degree
• Eric Hung, Shihan, 5th Degree
• Michael Woods, Shihan, 5th Degree
• Peter Horan; 6th Degree
• Kevin Bryant; 5th Degree
• Pat Matthews; 5th Degree
• Ninja Nguyen; 5 Degree
• Chris DiRico; 4th Degree
• Pete Withers; 4th Degree
• Lisa Marquis; 3rd Degree
• Garrett Marquis; 3rd Degree
• Nic Shepard; 3rd Degree
• Franz Hackbarth; 3rd Degree