SYSTEMA NEW YORK CITY INSTRUCTORS
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Edgars Cakuls
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Edgars Cakuls (Head Instructor) is certified by Vladimir Vasiliev and Mikhail Ryabko, has over 37 years of martial arts experience and has been teaching Systema since 2003. He seeks insight of the true nature behind Systema, which leads him to travel extensively (in U.S., Canada, Japan, Europe and Russia) to train with Vladimir Vasiliev, Mikhail Ryabko, Martin Wheeler, Danill Ryabko, as well as other top senior Systema instructors. Edgars was a decorated martial artist in both Sambo in his teen years and Karate in his early twenties, and he has 10 years experience in Ng Mui Kung Fu. |
Pasquale Antonio
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Pasquale Antonio (Assistant Instructor) is certified as a Systema Instructor by Vladimir Vasiliev. He has over 12 years experience training in various martial arts and began his studies in Systema with Edgars Cakuls in 2010. Pasquale founded Systema Jersey City in 2014 and teaches Martial Arts and Movement Fitness to both kids and adults in New York City and New Jersey. A dedicated explorer of human movement, Pasquale also collaborates and trains with artists in dance, yoga, and gymnastics. |
Kenneth Shor
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Kenny Shor (Assistant instructor) is certified as an Systema Instructor by Vladimir Vasiliev. He began his Systema training with Edgars Cakuls in 2006. In his effort to constantly improve and build a deeper understanding of Systema he takes frequent trips around the US and Canada to train with direct Systema sources such as Vladimir Vasiliev, Mikhail Ryabko, and Martin Wheeler. He started his first Systema school in Oakland California in 2013 and now teaches in his home city New York. |
Greg Drozdek
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Greg Drozdek Ed.D. (Assistant Instructor) has been a student of Edgars Cakuls and a classroom teacher for the past twenty two years. Greg has thirty years of martial arts experience. He currently teaches children Martial Arts-Fitness at PS 20 on The Lower East Side. A dedicated teacher and administrator, Greg founded The Stanton Street Settlement in 1998, a free after-school program for immigrant children on The Lower East Side. He now runs New York Cares' Martial Arts Fitness Program at PS 20 and PS 2 in Chinatown. |
