Instructors

DC Judo is lead by two Terence McPartland.

Terence McPartland is a Yondan (fourth degree black belt). He started Judo in 1970 and studied with Noburu Saito as a junior competitor in Michigan.  As a senior competitor, he studied under John Anderson at Baltimore Judo Club. Terence is currently a kata competitor and a national silver medalist.

Terence is a certified coach and teacher with USA Judo and is certified to teach Blind and Low-Vision judoka. He is a regional level technical tournament official and a regional referee. He is Guild Certified Practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education(TM).  He also is a certified Martial Arts Strength and Conditioning Coach and holds First Aid and CPR certificates.

Sensei Terence (center) with his teachers
Noboru Saito and John Anderson

Jimmy Takemori, 9th dan, (right) with Faye Allen Memorial Clinician Edwin Takemori (center) and event host Terence McPartland

Assistant Instructors:

Chuck Medani (Shichidan)
Karen Whilden (Godan)
Nick Madary (Nidan)
Mark Raby (Nidan)
Ryan Suto (Nidan)
Thiago Romariz (Shodan)
Devin Bartolomeo (Shodan)
Geof Meixner (Shodan)

Special Visiting Instructors
From time to time, we have had the great opportunity to share the mat with special visiting instructors who bring their advanced technical and instructional skills to DC Judo. Some of these guests have been:

Edwin Takemori, Hachidan 8th (Naval Academy Judo Club)
Fran Vall, Rokudan 6th (Washington Judo Club)
Roy Englert Jr, Rokudan 6th (Washington Judo Club)
Diane Jackson Godan 5th (Huio Judo Club)