Our head instructors are Michael, Chris and André.

Michael Harrison began practicing judo in 2002 with the Phan University of Martial Arts

in Burke, VA.  Before moving to Williamsburg to  attend William and Mary, he trained regularly

at Sport Judo in Northern Virginia (a club he still frequents). He has aspirations to become an

Olympian one day. Click here for highlights of his competition career.

Brian Lipp started training no-gi Brazillian JuJutsu (BJJ) with Carmine Zocchi at New

York Sanda, in NYC.  After one year of training under Carmine, he recieved his blue belt

in BJJ.  At this time, Brian moved back to Va, and started training under Gustavo

Machado.  Brian decided to wear a white belt again, train with the GI exclusively and

work on mastering the basics.  Under Gustavo Machado, Brian was taught the basics of

Judo and BJJ.  Brian has competed in many in-house and large BJJ tournaments.  After

training under Gustavo for over a year, Brian was again awarded with a blue belt.

Chris Mariles began practicing judo in 2000 with the West Palm Beach Judo Academy

in South Florida graduating to Shodan in 2008. He has competed at both the state and

national levels, and has now turned his attention towards raising a competitive judo

team at William and Mary. He aspires to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games.

 Willie Abney