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HEAD SENSEI
Dan Van Hemm
Sandan (Third Degree Black Belt)
Dan Van Hemm
Sandan (Third Degree Black Belt)
INSTRUCTORS:
John Berra
Sandan (Third Degree Black Belt)
Gary Wood
Sandan (Third Degree Black Belt)
Louise Ullman
Nidan (Second Degree Black Belt)
John Berra
Sandan (Third Degree Black Belt)
Gary Wood
Sandan (Third Degree Black Belt)
Louise Ullman
Nidan (Second Degree Black Belt)
Gary Wood is a 3rd degree black belt and has been practicing Judo since 1989 and currently instructs the
advanced youth class for Troy Judo and assists training adult students.
Sensei Wood has been an active competitor. He is a multiple time Michigan State Judo Champion, holds
10 National Masters Championship medals including the National Masters Gold Medal from 2003 in Las
Vegas and Gold Medals from the USJA Championships in both Senior and Masters categories. Gary has
been named Michigan's Masters Judo Competitor of the Year on two occasions, and has been named the
USJA Competitor of the year once.
advanced youth class for Troy Judo and assists training adult students.
Sensei Wood has been an active competitor. He is a multiple time Michigan State Judo Champion, holds
10 National Masters Championship medals including the National Masters Gold Medal from 2003 in Las
Vegas and Gold Medals from the USJA Championships in both Senior and Masters categories. Gary has
been named Michigan's Masters Judo Competitor of the Year on two occasions, and has been named the
USJA Competitor of the year once.
Louise Ullman is a 2nd degree black belt and has been practicing Judo since 1987 and has been helping
instruct both juniors and adults almost from the beginning. She is the first female Troy Judo student to be
promoted to the black belt ranks.
Sensei Ullmann has learned five different Kata disciplines including; nage-no-kata, ju-no, Kata,
katame-no-kata, itsutsu-no-kata, and goshin-jitsu. She also instructs these Kata to interested students.
She is active in the Judo community and assists at many of the local tournaments. She competed in the
7th World Masters Shiai and took third place. Louise also assists with instruction at the Farmington Judo
Club and a monthly women's Judo clinic in Kalamazoo.
instruct both juniors and adults almost from the beginning. She is the first female Troy Judo student to be
promoted to the black belt ranks.
Sensei Ullmann has learned five different Kata disciplines including; nage-no-kata, ju-no, Kata,
katame-no-kata, itsutsu-no-kata, and goshin-jitsu. She also instructs these Kata to interested students.
She is active in the Judo community and assists at many of the local tournaments. She competed in the
7th World Masters Shiai and took third place. Louise also assists with instruction at the Farmington Judo
Club and a monthly women's Judo clinic in Kalamazoo.
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