Sen­sei & 1st Degree Black Belt in tang soo do

Sen­sei Jor­dan Gia­r­ratano began study­ing the Korean mar­tial art tang soo do at age 13 under Mas­ter Leonard Galli of the Fight­ing Chance Self Defense Asso­ci­a­tion (Exeter, PA). Under the tute­lage of Mas­ter Galli he was exposed to Amer­i­can kick­box­ing, Aikido, Sambo and law enforce­ment self-defense tac­tics; devel­op­ing a well-rounded skill-set years before the mixed mar­tial arts boom.

At age 16 Sen­sei Gia­r­ratano earned the rank of 1st degree black belt and began teach­ing at the Fight­ing Chance School of Self Defense. Using the teach­ing meth­ods and phi­los­o­phy of Mas­ter Galli, Sen­sei Gia­r­ratano helped his stu­dents to exceed their lim­i­ta­tions and reach their ever-growing poten­tial in the mar­tial arts. Upon leav­ing Penn­syl­va­nia, Sen­sei Gia­r­ratano stud­ied Muay Thai kick­box­ing, Brazil­ian jiu­jitsu, sub­mis­sion wrestling, Krav Maga and box­ing with many dif­fer­ent instruc­tors. He main­tains close ties with Mas­ter Galli, train­ing with him at least once or twice per year.

By 2011, after 17 years of train­ing, Sen­sei Gia­r­ratano felt he was ready to take on his own stu­dents. He’s orga­nized a Fight­ing Chance Seat­tle school to teach Karate/Kickboxing Fusion classes within Out­ra­geously Fit.