5th Degree Black Belt
Senior Master Chief Instructor
President of Pecoraro’s Academy of Martial Arts, Inc.

My introduction to the combative arts began when I was 9 years old when I enrolled in a boxing school at a community recreation center in New Jersey. I continued that training through High School. I attended college in Iowa, where I had the opportunity to intramural box the future celebrity, Tony Danza. I graduated with a BA in Psychology & a BA in Business Administration in 1970. In 1992 I founded Pecoraro’s Martial Arts in Cotati, California. In May of 2004 I received a 5th Degree black belt and I was nominated and inducted into the Martial Arts U.S.A. Hall of Fame in Centerville, Indiana. This distinction is in recognition of excellence in martial art instruction. Through the years I have seen what the martial art spirit can do to a persons’ self-esteem and confidence. In my opinion there is no better vehicle to self-discovery and personal improvement than the martial arts. I am certain that I will continue to be an active part of the martial art community ‘till my last breath.