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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.
Career Highlights:
Police & Fire World Games:
World Masters Judo Championships:
NAGA World Championships:
Grapplers Quest World Championships:
Pan American Judo Masters Championships:
IBJJF Pan Jiu-Jitsu Masters Championship:
North American Grappling Championship:
USA Judo Senior Nationals & World Team Trials:
USA Judo Masters National Championships:
Grapplers Quest US National Championship:
East Coast Judo Championships:
Hudson Judo Cup:
Western BJJ Championships:
Empire State Games Judo Championships:
New York State BJJ Championship:
Mentioned in:
The MMA Guru / "The Ezekiel Choke"
Most notable technique: sode guruma jime (Ezekiel choke)
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