Mr. Mills is graded 5th Dan in Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate-Do, and has been training and teaching Goju Ryu karate for over 45 years.He is the Owner of 'PD Mills Contracting' of Denville, NJ and is a father of four.
Mr. Gallagher is graded 6th Dan in Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate-Do, and has been training and teaching Goju Ryu karate for almost 50 years. Mr. Gallagher is employed by Becton Dickinson, a major medical products company in northern NJ, and is married and the father of one.
Mr. Van Tassel is graded 6th Dan in Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate-Do, and has been training and teaching Goju Ryu karate for almost 50 years. He is the Owner of a funeral home in Northern NJ and is married and the father of two.
Mr. Alessio is graded 5th Dan in Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate-Do, and has been training and teaching Goju Ryu karate for almost 50 years. He recently retired from Zoom Video Communications and is married and the father of one.
Mr. Steele is graded 5th Dan in Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate-Do, and has been training and teaching Goju Ryu karate for over 45 years. He recently retired from LexisNexis and is married and the father of three.
Mrs. Harris is graded 3rd Dan in Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate-Do, and has been training and teaching both Goju Ryu karate and Aikido for many years. She is married and the mother of one.
Tom Van Tassel is a Senior Advisor to OGKI of NJ. He is graded 8th Dan in Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate Do. Mr. Van Tassel is a retired Captain of the NJ State Police. He resides in Northwestern NJ, where he serves as a security officer in a Regional School District. He enjoys Karate and firearms training. He is married and the father of two.
Armando Martinez is the Chief Instructor of OGKI. Mr. Martinez is graded 7th Dan in Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate-Do and 2nd Dan in Judo. He is a retired Psychologist and with the Miami-Dade County Public School System. He is married and is the father of two and grandfather of two.
Ron Gaeta is a Senior Advisor to OGKI. He is graded 8th Dan in Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate-Do. Mr Gaeta is a retired Police and Swat Officer from Northen New Jersey and was also Senior Instructor of Physical Fitness and Defensive Tactics for the Passaic County Police Academy. He resides in Northen Arizona, where he enjoys Karate training and riding his horses, and is the father of three.
