Rod Sacharnoski

A longtime martial arts master with decades of experience in traditional Okinawan Shorin-ryu Karate, Rod Sacharnoski currently works as the President and Founder of Juko-Kai International. In this role, he oversees all administrative duties at the martial arts organization and ensures that all members receive the highest standard of martial arts training. Founded in 1961 by Rod Sacharnoski, Juko-Kai currently stands as one of the oldest continually operating martial arts organizations in the United States and one of the most respected martial arts federations in the Western world.

Throughout his 53-year career, Rod Sacharnoski has become one of the highest-graded non-Asian martial arts masters in the West. He earned his 9th dan Shorin-ryu Karate, Kobudo and Toide on Okinawa, becoming one of very few non-Asian martial arts masters to accomplish this task. In addition to training law enforcement personnel in areas such as Police Impact Weaponry and Police Defensive Tactics, Sacharnoski frequently travels around the globe to appear at major exhibitions.