Team Members
Manoi Richard Baciarini - Executive Chief Instructor Richard Baciarini
Manoi Richard is a second degree black belt in kempo and a third degree black belt in filipino martial arts. He oversees the daily operation of the karate school and teaches most of the black belt classes. He has been training for over a decade and has been running the karate school for a majority of that time.

Simu Marie Baciarini - Executive Program Director Marie Baciarini
Simu Marie handles the finances of the karate school and helps coordinate special events. She got involved with the karate school after getting engaged to Manoi Richard and has been training for 7 years. She is a first degree black belt and a senior instructor She loves to see the growth that each student makes in their path to becoming a black belt. Her favorite class is one with a great workout and positive energy because by the end of class you know that you have accomplished something, which is why she loves teaching conditioning classes.

Ms. Yanice Paniagua - Program Director Yanice Paniagua
Ms. Yanice is one of the most talented program directors we have ever had. She is responsible for a variety of tasks such as managing billing, scheduling karate birthday parties, and introducing prospective students to the school and instructors. She is also training in our program and currently holds the rank of student black belt.

Sifu Matthew Favetti - Assistant Chief Instructor Matthew Favetti
Sifu Matthew is a second degree black belt in kempo. He has been training for five years and is also a member of the demo team. He found that he enjoys teaching and recently received the rank of Assistant Chief Instructor. He teaches all ranks at the karate school and loves to see his students succeed and grow through their training.

Sifu Jared Lindsay - Senior Instructor Jared Lindsay
Sifu Jared is a second degree black belt in kempo and has been training for ten years. He has been performing on demo team since the rank of blue belt and is a well-respected senior member of the team. He started on the Baciarini's Martial Arts team as a program director, but after a year switched to teaching, and now teaches everyone from beginners to black belts.

Sifu David Anderson - Senior Instructor David Anderson
Biography coming soon...