KYOSHI BRENT J. CRISCI

KYOSHI BRENT J. CRISCI is a New England based martial arts instructor and competitor is a 40 year veteran of the Kempo/Kenpo & Jiu Jitsu Arts. He has a lineage that is totally unique, in that, he shares multiple training and ranks lineages. His first Kosho Ryu Kempo Karate instructors was a man named Robert Hoe. Hoe, Sensei, a Hawaiian native, was a direct student of Simon Eli (one of Mitoses original students and Blackbelts. Crisci received his 6th Degree Blackbelt from Hoe in 1999 after 16 years of study with him and his 8th Dan in 2014. Crisci also trained with Fred Villari directly in the mid-eighties and from there when on to seek Villari's instructor Grandmaster Nick Cerio. Cerio appointed Crisci to the Board of Directors for Nick Cerios International Martial Arts Association and awarded him a 5th degree blackbelt in American Kenpo. Crisci was then recognized by Thomas Barro Mitose, the son the late Grandmaster James Mitose, as a Kosho Ryu Black Belt. Crisci then sought out the last student of the late grandmaster, Bruce Juchnik. Juchnik, Sensei appointed Crisci as a Regional Director of the Sei Kosho Shorie Kai International Society and awarded Crisci his Yudansha in the direct line of Kosho Shorie Ryu under the Mitose lineage. This gives Kyoshi Crisci one of the most all around , authentic, and diverse Kempo/kenpo lineage of any living master.

       Kyoshi Crisci has also been a lifetime practioner of the Jiu Jitsu Arts, having been fortunate enough to be mentored by the pioneers of Jiu Jitsu in America. He began training with the legendary DePasquale Jiu Jitsu family as a teenager and has spent decades learning the Yoshitsune System. He also worked as a Professor with the AJJF & Dan Zan Ryu Jui Jitsu System founded by Professor Henry Okazaki. Master Crisci also has had the opportunity to work with the late Professor Wally Jay of Small Circle Jiu Jitsu. He incorpoarates all these Jui Jitsu waza into his teaching system at the United Martial Arts Academies.