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Our Instructors WILLIAM ODOM - Master Instructor
LARRY YAP -
Senior Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Instructor
AUBREY ANDERSON - Assistant Instructor
Aubrey Anderson is a 2nd degree black belt in Tang Soo Do and a "street" blue belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu having been one of the first six students in the world to have completed the Gracie Combatives® course outside of the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Torrance, California. She is an Assistant Instructor with the children's classes and is Program Director for the annual NKA Children's Summer Camp. Aubrey has a Masters Degree in Special Education and works in the Norfolk Public School System.
KERRY KILBURN - Assistant Instructor
Dr. Kerry Kilburn is a 2nd degree black belt in Tang Soo Do and a blue belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. She also holds a 4th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do from the Martial Arts Education Center, where she instructed for ten years, and a 1st degree black belt in TAOS Cielo y Tierra Arnis from TAOS Martial Arts. She is now serving at NKA as an Assistant Instructor for the children’s classes and is Program Director for Women’s Self Defense. A lifetime member of both the National Women's Martial Arts Federation (NWMAF) and the Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors (AWMAI), she served on the NWMAF Board of Directors for two years and currently serves as Administrative Director of AWMAI. She is committed to providing for others, especially women, the transformative experience training in the martial arts has been for her. When she’s not training, you can find Kerry working at her “day job” as a Biology professor at Old Dominion University or riding her Thoroughbred mare, Jordan.
SHAWN PEREZ - Assistant Instructor
Shawn is a 1st degree black belt with over three years experience training in karate and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu at Norfolk Karate Academy. He competes in local grappling tournaments and coaches/leads our unofficial grappling team. Shawn was one of the first students at NKA to earn his blue belt in Grace Jiu-Jitsu and was among the first certified Gracie Combatives instructor. Shawn’s three children also train at NKA.
BRAD TAYLOR - Assistant Instructor
Brad is a 1st degree black belt with over three years experience training in karate and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu at Norfolk Karate Academy. He was one of NKA’s first students to compete in full-contact mixed martial arts. Brad was one of the first students at NKA to earn his blue belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and was among the first certified Gracie Combatives instructors. Brad’s wife, two kids, and mother-in-law also train at NKA
Certified Gracie Combatives® Instructors
Bill Odom Shawn Perez Kerry Kilburn Brad Taylor Troy Ingram (probational) Billy Gomez (probational) Rebecca Sizemore (probational) Brad Smith (probational)
Click here to read more about Norfolk Karate Academy in the 2006 Portfolio Weekly article titled "Warrior Within" by Tom Robotham (editor-in-chief at Portfolio Weekly and avid NKA student).
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You Can Do It!
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