Instructors
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MARY CRAWFORD - Chief Instructor and Founder
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KENDRICK UEMURA
30 years w/Okaiga
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TODD FITCH
25 years w/Okaigan
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GREG GETZAN
21 years w/Okaigan
Okaigan Maui Location
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TOMASZ KALKOWSKI
18 years w/Okaigan
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KEITH WOODBURY
17 years w/Okaigan
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MIKE WILLIAMS
15 years w/Okaigan
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SRAVANI YAJAMANAM
12 years w/Okaigan
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MEGHA NATARAJAN
7 years w/Okaigan
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- Sensei Hideharu Igaki
- Sensei Javier Mantilla
- Sensei Rahul Varshneya
- Sensei Kendrick Uemura
- Sempai Melody Bake
- Sempai Thomas Allie
- Sempai Tanay Nandgaonkar
- Sempai Pranav Singh
Chief Instructor and Founder of Okaigan Dojo
Summary of Qualifications
- Godan (Fifth Degree Black Belt) Shotokan Karate with over thirty years of training
- BS Human Performance, San Jose State University, San Jose, California.
- USA-NKF Sandan (Third degree black belt)
- USA-NKF National Kata Referee A
- USA-NKF National Kumite Referee A
- PAN American Kumite Referee A
- PAN American Kata Referee A
- WKF Kata Judge A
- WKF Kumite Referee A
- Member of the USA-National Karate-Do Federation.
- Member of Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
Teaching Experience
- Over thirty years experience teaching karate, self-defense, and safety awareness classes.
- Fremont High School, Sports Medicine Instructor 2009-Present
- Owner of "Sports, Fitness & Karate Inc." Mary Crawford hired the majority of all of the physical education specialists, 4-5th grade, for the Cupertino Union School District Elementary Schools (2004-2008) and the Sunnyvale Elementary Schools, 4th to 5th grade (2001-2005).
- Chief Karate Instructor - Santa Clara Parks and Recreation Department, Santa Clara, California; 1996 to present.
- Chief Karate Instructor - Safari DeAnza Blvd. Cupertino; 2014 to present.
- Chief Karate Instructor - Yes Express; Sunnyvale School District, Sunnyvale, California; 1995 to 2014.
- Chief Karate Instructor - Cupertino After School Karate Program, Cupertino, California; 1992 to 2014.
- Instructor - Children's Safety Awareness, Cupertino Parks and Recreation, Cupertino, California; 1995 to 1996.
- Santa Clara Community Center, Santa Clara, California; 1995 to present
- Instructor - Women's Self-Defense and Children's Safety Awareness classes
- Chief Karate Instructor - Okaigan Dojo, Cupertino, California; 1994 to present.
- Anju Jain
- David Kau
- Stephanie Shi
- Jody Tai
- Sandra Tai
Rahul Varshneya
Black Belt Instructor
Summary of Qualifications
- Sandan (Third Degree Blackbelt)
Karate Biography Sensei Rahul Varshneya started karate at the age of 3 in the Netherlands. He moved to the United States when he was 7 and joined Sensei Mary Crawford’s dojo. Since then Rahul has been involved with various activities for the dojo.
Rahul has taught for the City of Sunnyvale Summer School karate Program. He has taught classes for the City of Cupertino Parks and Recreation after school karate program. He teaches karate classes as the main dojo and is one of the coaches of the competition team. Rahul offers privates lesson in kumite to many of the team members.
Rahul is a third degree black belt and has significant experience as both a competitor medaling in local,state and National level tournaments in both kata and kumite. Sensei Rahul is a certified USA-NKF coach with coaching experience at the local, state and national karate tournaments.