Peter Ciecwierz Polander
Head Instructor
9th Dan Black Belt, Dojo Owner, Shin Shu Ho member Hanshi Polander began his martial arts career as a student of Judo, Shotokan and Kyokushin Karate in his hometown Warsaw, Poland ...
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Niamh Cawley
Instructor
7th Degree Black Belt Shin Shu Ho member Niamh has studied, practiced and taught martial arts for close to 30 years. Niamh grew up in Ireland and while attending college, trained ...
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Helen Cawley
Instructor
6th Degree Black Belt Shin Shu Ho member Helen has studied, practiced and taught martial arts for close to 30 years. She started her training in 1990 by studying Shotokan Karate, ...
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John Gannon
Instructor
7th Degree Black Belt Shin Shu Ho member The martial arts became a part of my life in the late summer or early fall of 1992 when I walked into Kyoshi (then sensei) Polander's dojo ...
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Magdalena Zubek Ciecwierz
Instructor
4th Degree Black Belt Magda started her training in 1994 by studying Shotokan Karate in her hometown of Warsaw, Poland. She emigrated to the U.S. in 2002 and continued her martial ...
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Pat Sprehe
Instructor
3rd Degree Black Belt Patrick has studied Karate at Polander Academy for over 10 years. Patrick believes that proper application of Karate relies on mastery of the fundamentals ...
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Matthew Cowie
Assistant Instructor
1st Degree Black Belt Matthew started martial arts at the Edinburgh University Shukokai Karate Club, the UK’s most successful university martial arts club. While at the ...
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Mohammed Ali Alkazemi
Instructor
Mohammad Ali has started his martial arts training at the age of 7 in Shotokan Karate. At the age of 12, he started his training in Zha Quan Kung Fu style, as well as Kung Fu ...
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