Mark Staniszewski (Mark Stan)

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Mark is a former Team USA top 10 ranked judo athlete and former #1 ranked veterans athlete in the US; and formally NAGA's #1 ranked Gi fighter in America.  He was the first athlete in history to win Pan Am Masters Championships in both judo and BJJ, and is a Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee. He currently holds a 5th degree black belt in judo under the USJF and USA Judo (the governing body for Olympic judo); and a 4th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under 9th degree Grandmasters Joe Moreira and Francisco Mansor  (GM Mansor was a direct student of Helio Gracie). Mark is also a certified coach in Catch-As-Catch-Can (Catch Wrestling)...but Mark's greatest accomplishment is being a husband and a dad.

• Judo - 5th Degree Black Belt (Godan) 
• Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - 4th Degree Black Belt
• Catch Wrestling - Head Coach (Advanced Black Belt Level)

Career Highlights:

Police & Fire World Games:

• Submission Grappling World Champion
• 2 x Judo Silver Medalist
• Greco Roman Wrestling Bronze Medalist

World Masters Judo Championships:

• 2 x Bronze Medalist

NAGA World Championships:

• 5 x Champion

Grapplers Quest World Championships:

• Silver Medalist

Pan American Judo Masters Championships:

• Champion (MVP awarded for most ippons in largest division)

IBJJF Pan Jiu-Jitsu Masters Championship:

• 5 x Champion
• 1 x Sliver Medalist

North American Grappling Championship:

• Champion

USA Judo Senior Nationals & World Team Trials:

• Bronze Medalist

USA Judo Masters National Championships:

• 7 x Champion
• 4 x Silver Medalist
• 2 x Bronze Medalist

Grapplers Quest US National Championship:

• Champion

East Coast Judo Championships:

• 2 x Champion
• 3 x Silver Medalist
• 2 x Bronze Medalist

Hudson Judo Cup:

• Champion

Western BJJ Championships:

• Champion
• 1 x Bronze Medalist

Empire State Games Judo Championships:

• 2 x Champion
• 3 x Silver Medalist
• 3 x Bronze Medalist

New York State BJJ Championship:

• Champion

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Most notable technique: sode guruma jime (Ezekiel choke)