My name is Rodney Guignet I am the co-owner of the LVIRK Training Center operated by Lehigh Valley Isshin Ryu Karate, Inc. WE are located in Catasauqua PA near Allentown PA. I received my Fifth Degree Black Belt in Isshin Ryu Karate in August 2004 I also wrestled in high school and college. I am a member of the Okinawan Isshin Ryu Karate and Kobudo Association (OIKKA), the International Association of Martial Artists (IAMA), and the National Association of Professional Martial Artists (NAPMA). I am a certified USA Boxing coach.
I currently teach Youth and Adult Isshin Ryu Karate, Karate Weapons, Xtreme Martial Arts (XMA), Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), and I teach private personal training classes at LVIRK Training Center. I have taught Isshin Ryu Karate for over 17 years. In 2002, I received the IAMA Instructor of the Year Award. I have also been a summer camp counselor for a year and have worked with children in after school programs for 3 years.
I have trained in various forms of martial arts and have a strong Greco-Roman wrestling background over all I have been training over 22 years. Over the years, I have studied with many noted martial artists, including Grand Master Angi Uezu, Shihan Gary Alexander, Hanshi N. Morgan Woods, Master Tsuyoshi Uechi, Master John Devine, Kyoshi Dayne Walz, Renshi Ray Salapka, and Sensei Anthony Fiorino. I have attended camps of some of the area's wrestling legends, such as Gene Mills and Bobby Weaver. I have also attended a Muay Thai seminar taught by 7 time Muay Thai World Champion "Cruncher" Coban Lookchaomaesaitong.
In a recent trip to Las Vegas I had the opportunity too participate in seminars with MMA greats such as Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell, John Hackleman, Matt Hughes, Robbie Lawler, Cung Le, American Top Team’s Ricardo Liborio, JZ Cavalcante, Cole Miller, Thiago Alves, and Jeff Monson. I was also very fortunate too be able to train at a seminar with two of the best brothers in BJJ Carlos Machado, and Rigan Machado. In another seminar I was able to get some of the best advice on stretching and kicking from one of the greatest full contact kickers of all time “Super Foot” Bill Wallace.
I have been featured on Workout Wednesdays with Meredith Allan on CNN Headline News Local Edition.
My background also includes a certificate in Ornamental Nursery Management from Pennsylvania State University. I specialized in Oriental gardens and ponds - Koi ponds, cobblestone and paver walks, stone and block walls, and Bonsia plants. Landscaping was how I made my living for over 20 years before I made Martial Arts my full time career.
My mission is to help all my students to find "Excellence In Themselves" through the study of the Martial Arts. One attains excellence in themselves by believing that they can achieve anything that they put their whole heart and soul into. They will find "The Way" to deal with home, school, work, or whatever life has in store for them. One finds excellence in oneself only once in life.
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