Instructors
Sensei Laki
Latinka Laki Djokovic-Igrutinovic
Holds black belts in both Goju Ryu (4th dan) and Shotokan (1st dan) Karate. She is from former Yugoslavia, where she started practicing Shotokan at age 11. Sensei Laki came to the U.S. in 1997 and has been training in Goju Ryu from 2003 under Senseis Dave Anderson and Bonnie Baker. She has been teaching martial arts with a focus on effective and practical real-life self-defense, since 1995.
Past Instructors
Sensei Bonnie Baker
Has taught the club ever since its foundation in 1985. She was Dai Senpai under Master Ronald Taganashi for eleven years, and currently holds a Hachidan (8th degree) black belt in Goju Karate and a Yon Dan (4th degree) black belt in Ju-Jutsu. She has over forty years of experience in the martial arts and nearly thirty years of experience in teaching.
Sensei Tito Valentine
Has come to the club as a black belt in both Goju Karate and Aiki-Jitsu. He brings his unique blend of these and other martial arts styles into teaching of the class.
