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| Our Staff |
Master Paul Maglionico has been studying karate since he was five years old. He earned his black belt in Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan under the instruction of Rich Gross when he was 14 years old. He has continued to learn and earned his 4th degree, Sa Dan Black Belt, which is a Master rank, in the summer of 2008. He was recently honored by the Eastern USA International Martial Arts Association, being nominated and inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame. He also earned the Instructor of the Year award. Paul continues to learn and advance in rank under the instruction of Rich Gross and Master Fagliarone and the guidance of Grandmaster John Kanzler of the EUSAIMAA This year, Master Paul was awarded the Pinnacle Award of Success by Grandmaster Kanzler. |
| Master Paul Maglionico |
| Master Rich Gross |
| Master Rich earned his black belt in 1994, having trained at Mountain Karate in Mount Pocono and other area schools. He moved to the Lehighton area in 2004 and started training with Rich and Paul Maglionico, whom he had trained with in years past. In 2006 he passed the torch of Mountain Karate to Paul Maglionico, but continues to train Paul so he may further his degrees of black belt. Rich was inducted into the EUSAIMAA Black Belt Hall of Fame in 1999, and also received the Instructor of the Year at that time. He has taught many young adult and kids groups, in addition to scouts and mall security organizations. He continues to study and train in the art of Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan. |
| Rich Maglionico |
| Rich Maglionico originally began training in the Martial Arts in 1966 in N.J., learning Japanese style karate. He relocated to the Pocono Mountains in 1986 and shortly after that, he began training in Tang Soo Do. He earned his black belt in 1997. Rich also trained in Judo while stationed at Kunson Air Force Base in Korea under Master Ho in 1969. He was president of the Judo club at Langley Air Force Base in VIrginia, competing in tournaments with other bases until he was honorably discharged in 1971. Instructor Rich has been inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame and received "Instructor of the Year" for 2009 Rich was also just promoted to Ee Dan Black Belt |
| Master John Fagliarone |
| Master John started training in the traditional Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do in 1985 in a small school in Tannersville at the age of 32. In 1986, John took first place in the men's forms division at a World Tang Soo Do Association world championship tournament in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1988 John earned his first degree black belt, and opened his first karate school at AT&T the following year. John taught traditional Tang Soo Do at this school as well as numerous self-defense courses for AT&T employees. John successfully tested for second-degree black belt in 1990. In 1994 John opened Moo Shim Martial Arts Academy in Washington, New Jersey where he trained and prepared many students that went on to become black belts with the organization. Also that same year, John attained his third-degree black belt. John was nominated and inducted into the International Eastern Alliance Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 1998, as Martial Artist Man of the Year for his dedication and martial arts instruction of today's youth. He has received numerous awards and commendations for outstanding dedication and support of the World Tang Soo Do Association. Today he holds a fourth degree black belt, promoted through the Eastern U.S.A. International Martial Arts Association, under the guidance of Grandmaster John Kanzler. John is also marketing and manufacturing his custom acrylic weapons for which he has patent pending status on his designs. |
| Sharyl Maglionico |
| Sharyl is the administrator, secretary, receptionist, and the person to go to with questions about Mountain Karate Academy. With many years experience as a karate wife and mom, she is the one who can address all concerns that are important to parents whose children are just beginning their martial arts journey. |
| Dane O'Brien |
| Dane currently holds the rank of 2nd degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, Taekwondo, and Hapkido. He is a certified instructor and competitor for the United National Martial Arts Federation. He began training at the age of four years old. Dane says " People start taking Martial Arts for a wide variety of reasons; whether it be physical fitness, a hobby, a sport, or self-defense. I started because I lacked confidence in myself. Through training, I met a lot of people and made many friends. I found that being a Martial Artist meant being a good person, not necessarily a good fighter. Through training, I learned to believe in myself more because the people around me believed in me. This is the reason I decided to teach Martial Arts." When Dane was ten he started competing. He competed in many Local, National qualifier and Internatiojnal tournaments. He got interested in competing from some of the students he trained with, such as Tom Verastro, Manny Duran, and especially Jeremy Hrabovecky. He competed in Olympic style Taikwondo and Full contact Hapkido tournaments. In 2006 he won the Gold medal for fighting in the National Karate Championships in Troy, NY. In 2007, he won the Gold Medal for fighting in the A.A.U. National Championships. In 2008 he was ranked seventh in the world for fighting in the International Olympic Taekwondo Championship tournament sponsored by the A.A. U. and invited to the U.S. Open. He is coached by Jeremy Hrabovecky who was ranked fifth in the world at age 19 for fighting in the U.S. Open. He was coached by Jean Lopez, who also coached his brother Steven Lopez to two Olympic Gold Medals (2000 and 2004) |
| Grandmaster John Kanzler |
| Grandmaster John C. Kanzler/Soke is the Executive Director of the Eastern U.S.A. International Martial Arts Association. He is the Founder/Headmaster of the American Training System of Self Defense International, Inc. and the Chancellor of Martial Arts for the EUSAIMAA College of Martial Arts and Advanced Education. Mountain Karate Academy is proud to be affiliated with the EUSAIMAA and Grandmaster Kanzler. |
Gail has been enthusiastic about exercise
her entire life, and has recently joined
Mountain Karate Academy as our Aerobic
Kickboxing Instructor. She is professionally
trained and certified with the AFPA. Her class
is a high energy, aerobic workout.
her entire life, and has recently joined
Mountain Karate Academy as our Aerobic
Kickboxing Instructor. She is professionally
trained and certified with the AFPA. Her class
is a high energy, aerobic workout.
| Gail Bauer |
Shannon Smith
Instructor
Cho Dan Black Belt
Tae Kwon Do
Tang Soo Do
Instructor
Cho Dan Black Belt
Tae Kwon Do
Tang Soo Do
| John Collins Instructor Cho Dan Black Belt Tae Kwon Do Tang Soo Do |
| Tim Hauck Assistant Instructor Tae Kwon Do Tang Soo Do |
| David Scott Former USMarine Close Combat Instructor Assistant Instructor Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do Assistant Instructor Hapkido |
Stevi Brianna Brittni Alyssa
| Cho Dan Black Belt Assistant Instructors |