	Stephen Robinson is a 6th degree black belt in shotokan karate with more than 21 years of training. He was nicknamed Deshi, (disciple), by his instructor, Shihan John McClary of Philadelphia, for his passion and long hours of training. Sensei Robinson is renown in the traditional karate community as a fierce fighter and elegant kata competitor. In 1993, he won world championship titles in Individual Kata and Team Kumite at the Traditional Karate International Confederation in Panama. In 1997, he and two other Americans won gold in Team Kata at the World Karate Confederation in Italy. In recent years, he has served as an Amateur Athletic Union official at the national level and has officiated as a U.S. delegate at the international level (the World Karate Confederation championship in October 2006). Sensei Robinson has a degree in kinesiology from Long Island University, spent a decade in corporate America and 6 years in the personal training industry, and now teaches karate full-time.

	Cyndy Yu Robinson is a 5th degree black belt in shotokan karate and a 1st degree black belt in shito-ryu. She tested for ShoDan and NiDan before Sensei Kenishi Haramoto and Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama in California. Subsequently, she tested for higher ranks before distinguished panels of Hirokazu Kanazawa, Kenzo Mabuni, and Osamu Ozawa. She was 5-time AAU women's national champion (1993-1997) in Individual Kata. She has competed as an individual and Team Kata member in many international tournaments. Sensei Yu is an articulate and fun instructor who has been invited to teach karate and women's self defense seminars in New York, Philadelphia, Denver, and San Diego. She has a bachelor's degree in human biology from Stanford University and a master's in Pacific International Affairs from the University of California, San Diego. Sensei Yu also worked in Federal governement for more than 15 years and now works for a global IT company. Cyndy has been teaching kickboxing for 4 years and karate for 20 years. She has instructed beginners, top athletes, women only, and kids only.

Both Sensei Robinson and Yu have trained with foremost Japanese masters in karate and kobudo (weapons).


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