I would highly recommend Cesar Olavarria as an excellent Martial
Arts instructor. Cesar has trained with me for several years,
and became a certified instructor under me after passing a rigorous
testing and performance process. Cesar has always shown great
enthusiasm, dedication, and desire for learning new arts and then
passing his knowledge on to others. Cesar is very skilled and
knowledgeable in several arts including but not limited to, Jeet
Kune Do, Kali Eskrima, and Maphilindo Silat. If you want to learn
from an excellent instructor who has dedicated his life to Martial
Arts and who truly cares about the development of his students,
I would recommend Cesar Olavarria.
Rick Tucci
Princeton Academy of Martial Arts
The following is an unsolicited endorsement
My name is Tony Massengill. I am certified as a 3rd generation
master of the Ip Man Family Wing Chun Kung Fu lineage. I am a
Senior U.S. disciple of Grandmaster Samuel Kwok, and the United
States director of the Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun Association.
I have been active in the Martial Arts for over 42 years, and
have earned instructor certifications in many martial disciplines.
I have traveled and trained in Hong Kong and mainland China, as
well as throughout the United States. In my travels I have encountered
many very knowledgeable and talented martial artist.
I have written this unsolicited endorsement for Master Cesar
Olavarria. Cesar, in my opinion, is one of the most talented and
well-rounded martial artist I have ever had the opportunity of
meeting. His skills are surpassed only by his great attitude and
personality. Cesar Olavarria is a genuine master and all around
class act.
In addition to Master Olavarria’s martial skill and ability,
is his unique experience from his career as a police officer in
Hoboken, New Jersey. This experience makes him a uniquely valuable
instructor for anyone wanting training in “Real World” methods
of self-protection. It is this experience along with the fact
that he is very gifted in his martial skills that has inspired
me to write this endorsement.
It is my belief that anyone who can possibly get to Master Olavarria’s
class, and decides to train with anyone else, is making a very
grave mistake. I have seen and trained with world class instructors
all over the world, and it is my opinion that Cesar Olavarria
has earned a place among this class of masters.
Tony Massengill
3rd Generation Master, Ip Family Wing Chun
Co-Author: “Mastering Wing Chun – The key’s to Ip Man’s Kung Fu”
On behalf of the Pan American Taekwondo Union, it is my pleasure
to congratulate you on grand opening of your new martial arts
center in Hoboken, New Jersey!
As your formal instructor, it is with great honor to recognize
my students to succeed as excellent Martial Artists and later
to become a great master instructor like yourself.
You walked into my Taekwondo School in West New York, NJ in early
1980s as a grade school student, and spent your entire middle
to high school years in my school in training Taekwondo. You were
one of the best, yet few students who respected and observed the
Five Tenets of Taekwondo in your everyday life; Courtesy, Integrity,
Perseverance, Self-Control, and Indomitable Spirit.
Among your extensive achievement in Taekwondo, you also had a
great success as a competitor in many of the local and national
level competitions, such as NJ State Championships and the U.S.
National Taekwondo Championships. As a part of your Black Belt
qualification training, you had traveled to Korea to experience
the origin of Taekwondo in summer of 1986. During your visit in
Korea, you had a great privilege of meeting and training with
many of great legends and grand masters of Taekwondo which positively
steered you to pursue perfection in your training.
You then moved on to Rutgers University where you had formed
Rutgers University Taekwondo Club. I believe that this was a great
beginning for you to develop your excellent leadership qualities
among your peers. The Rutgers Taekwondo Club under your leadership,
demonstrated their strong prowess among the likes of Ivy League
universities and the others in collegiate circuit.
Upon Graduating Rutgers University, you joined local police force
in town of Hoboken. Among your busy schedule as an officer of
the law enforcement, you taught young children the fine art of
Taekwondo and other related Martial Arts in Union City, NJ.
During this important period as an instructor, you have earned
5th Dan Black Belt from Kukkiwon, and gained honorable status
as a Master Instructor. You are also a certified referee from
US Taekwondo Union among many of your achievements. You are currently
serving as the vice president of the NJ USA-Taekwondo Association
among other recognitions. Such incomparable achievements reflect
on your comprehensive, extensive experiences in your martial arts
training and your leadership as a master instructor.
As you begin your instructions in “Institute of Defensive Methods”
in Hoboken, NJ, I am confident that you will again succeed in
your journey of becoming an enlightened martial artist by helping
students of Hoboken to reach their own total mind and body control
through training. Your students, without a doubt, should be honored
and privileged to learn from such a highly educated and qualified
master instructor.
Again, my best wishes to you and your family for all of your
current and future endeavors in Martial Art.
Sincerely,
Grand Master Ji Ho Choi
President
Pan American Taekwondo Union
Executive Council Member, WTF
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