Master David M Lentz

• 32 years in the arts
• 1978 East Coast Karate Champion Grand Championship
• 1981 established Professional Karate Academy • 1982 taught hand to hand combat course to the U.S.M.C.
• 1982 martial arts national championship winner M.A.R.S. "Martial Arts Rating System"
• 1982 NJ AAU state karate champion free fighting
• 1986 rated number one free fighter in the region - NJ, NY, PA, DE
• 1986 started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• 1989 established first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school on the east coast
• 1991 to 1993 trained at the Gracie Academy in CA.
• 1992 promoted to blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• 1993 first place winner in NY no rules fight
• 1972-1996 over 350 championships and 50 grand championships
• 1994 head instructor of the Combat Training System in the USA
• 1995 promoted to the rank of 7th degree black belt in Karate
• 1996 promoted to rank of purple in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• 1997 elected head of the United Martial Arts Association
• 1997 silver lifetime achievement from the Martial Arts Hall of Fame
• 1997 inducted into the hall of fame as a master instructor
• 1997 received Sr. rank in Jiu-Jitsu
• 1998 elected New Jersey coach for American Submission Grappling Assoc.
• 1998 New Jersey representitive for RCJ Machado Jiu-Jitsu
• 1999 inducted into the World Karate Union's hall of fame as master of the year "Jiu-Jitsu"
• 2002 Promoted to the rank of Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Roger
• Machado and Marcos Santos, One of 2 Black belts currently teaching in NJ
Associated with eleven schools in the area
• Professional Karate Academy is one of the oldest and best known academies on the East Coast.
• Has taught or is currently teaching most of the owners or head instructors in area