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HERE IS A FAMILY TREE OF OUR DOJOS LINEAGE.

OUR FOUNDER- SIJO ADRIANO D. EMPERADO IS THE CREATOR OF THE KAJUKENBO SYSTEM

GRAND MASTER LARRY GUMATAOTAO-G.M. GUMATAOTAO WAS SIJO'S RIGHT HAND MAN AND BODYGUARD FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY IN 1994.  HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES AND HIS HARD CORE KAJUKENBO TRAINING.  G.M. GUMATAOTAO WAS THE LAST PERSON TO PERSONALLY TRAIN WITH SIJO.  G.M. GUMATAOTAO WAS PROMOTED TO GRAND MASTER IN 2005 AT SIJOS ANNUAL SEMINAR THAT WAS HELD IN VALLEJO,CA. G.M. GUMATAOTAO ALWAYS STRESSED TO HIS STUDENTS TO TAKE CARE OF "THE MAN"(SIJO). G.M. GUMATAOTAO HAS HIS OWN BRANCH OF KAJUKENBO THAT IS KNOWN AS EMPERADO'S "TRUE" METHOD.

AHGUNG TONY RAMOS- AHGUNG TRAINED UNDER SIJO AND HIS BROTHER JOE EMPERADO IN HAWAII.   AHGUNG TONY WAS ONE OF THE FIVE PIONEERS THAT BROUGHT KAJUKENBO TO THE MAINLAND.   AHGUNG IS FOUNDER THE KAJUKENBO NATIONAL FEDERATION (KNF) AND HAS HIS OWN BRANCH OF KAJUKENBO THAT IS KNOWN AS THE RAMOS METHOD.

GRAND MASTER EMIL BAUTISTA- IN 1967, AHGUNG RAMOS PROMOTED G.M. BAUTISTA TO BLACK BELT.   IN 1968 G.M. BAUTISTA OPENED HIS DOJO IN VALLEJO,CA.  WHERE HE STILL TEACHES TODAY.   HIS DOJO HAS THE HONOR OF BEING THE DESIGNATED K.S.D.I HEADQUARTERS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY OUR FOUNDER, SIJO ADRIANO EMPERADO.   G.M. IS ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLE AND RESPECTED MEN IN KAJUKENBO.

PROFESSOR GREG HARPER- PROF. HAS THE HONOR OF BEING G.M. LARRY GUMATAOTAO'S HIGHEST RANKING BLACK BELT.   PROF. HARPER IS KNOWN THROUGH OUT KAJUKENBO FOR HIS POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES.   SINCE G.M. GUMATAOTAO PASSING PROF. HARPER HAS TAKEN OVER AS SIJO'S BODYGUARD.

PROF. JESSE CORPUS- PROF. JESSE WAS PROMOTED TO 8TH DEGREE BLACK BELT BY G.M. BAUTISTA.   PROF. JESSE HAS OVER 30 YEARS OF MARTIAL ARTS EXPERIENCE AND ALSO HOLDS A 2ND DEGREE BLACK BELT IN SHOTOKAN KARATE.   PROF. JESSE SERVES AS A MENTOR AND ADVISOR FOR OUR DOJO.

SIFU BILL GUMATAOTAO- SIFU BILL BEGAN HIS TRAINING IN THE 60'S UNDER MASTER ROBERT GAYLORD.   IN 2005 SIFU WAS PROMOTED BY GRAND MASTER EMIL BAUTISTA. SIFU ALSO SERVES AS A MENTOR AND ADVISOR TO OUR DOJO.