Kapel Sensei is the owner and teacher of Mountain Martial Arts, established in 1998. He began training in Goju Ryu in 1981 on Staten Island and later shifted his focus to traditional Okinawa Goju Ryu, traveling to Okinawa in 1998 to train at the Jundokan dojo under Eiichi Miyazato Sensei, the same year Mountain Martial Arts opened in Monroe Township New Jersey. Today, we are an official Shibu Dojo of the Okinawa Goju Ryu Kenkyu Kai under Masaji Taira Hanshi, Kapel Sensei continues to teach daily, host seminars and tournaments, and share his expertise in kata and bunkai both at his dojo and abroad.