Our Instructors & Staff Members

Our Instructors have spent many years devoted to training in the art of Karate and other martial arts and have attained a certain level of expertise to qualify them as teachers and also mentors.

Through extensive testing, certification and tournament level competition, our staff has attained mastery in this martial art and now enjoy sharing their skill and passing it on to their students. Here are a few of AQUINO GARDEN STATE SHITO RYU KARATE DO ACADEMY's instructors and other staff members, starting with Milagros Aquino:

Milagros Aquino  (Soke)  MILAGORS AQUINO HAD BEEN STUDYING MARTIAL ARTS FOR MANY YEARS, HER LONG HISTORY OF TRAINING AND TEACHING . BEGAN BACK IN THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO AND IN THE YEAR OF 1998 SHE MOVED TO THE CITY OF NEWARK IN THE GREAT STATE OF NEW JERSEY ,SHE IS THE HEAD INSTRUCTOR AND OWNER OF AQUINO GARDEN STATE SHITO RYU KARATE DO ACADEMY, HER PASSION FOR THE MARTIAL ART HAS DRIVEN HER TO CREATE AND DEVELOP THE AQUINO SHITORYU KARATE SYSTEM, AQUINO BU KU RYU KARATE & AQUINO HISPANIC JAPANESE ASSOCIATION. SHE IS MEMBER OF NUMEROUS WORLD RECOGNIZED ASSOCIATIONS AND FEDERATIONS. Some of them are; USA NATIONAL KARATE FEDERATION NEPAL KARATE FEDRATION WORLD ORGANIZATION OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS THE U.S.SOKESHIP UNION OF INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS WORLD ELITE BLACK BELT SOCIETY GOSHIN-JUTSU TAIKEI MARTIAL-ARTS CONNECTION UNIKE SHOTOKAN KARATE DO ASSOCIATION "Ranks; Soke-Aquino/Rodriguez ShitoRyu karate System. Soke-aquino Bu Ku Ryu karate. Yondan-Shito ryu karate do. Nidan-Shindo ryu Karate do." - Milagros Aquino

Jose A. Rodriguez  (Soke)  JOSE A.RODRIGUEZ (Sandan Shito Ryu KARATE DO) HE IS THE MANAGER AND #1 KEEPER OF THE LIGHT (GUARDIAN OF THE TEACHINGS) AT AQUINO GARDEN STATE SHITO RYU KARATE DO ACADEMY, HE ALSO HANDLES COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND OTHER DUTIES, SECOND IN COMMAND ONLY TO SOKE AQUINO. HE IS MEMBER OF NUMEROUS WORLD RECOGNIZED ASSOCIATIONS AND FEDERATIONS. Some of them are; USA NATIONAL KARATE FEDERATION NEPAL KARATE FEDRATION WORLD ORGANIZATION OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS THE U.S.SOKESHIP UNION OF INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS WORLD ELITE BLACK BELT SOCIETY GOSHIN-JUTSU TAIKEI MARTIAL-ARTS CONNECTION UNIKE SHOTOKAN KARATE DO ASSOCIATION "Ranks; Soke-Aquino/Rodriguez ShitoRyu karate System. Soke-Rodriguez Bu Ku Ryu self defense. Sandan-Shito ryu karate do. Shodan-Shindo ryu Karate do." - Jose A. Rodriguez

For more information about the AQUINO GARDEN STATE SHITO RYU KARATE DO ACADEMY staff or training programs, please contact us at 973-497-2027 or by clicking here.