Associate Professor Donnie Jeffcoat
CHIEF INSTRUCTOR/ OWNER
Specialized Training
Sensei Donnie Jeffcoat started in the Fredrick J. Villari Kempo system in 1985. To add to his martial arts repertoire, he transferred to Professor Charles Materra's United Studios of Self-Defense system two years later. Since then, he has studied Shaolin Kempo and various other forms of martial arts, including but not limited to fight choreography. Donnie has been teaching Kenpō since 2006 and opened the Shaolin American Self-Defense Academy in 2011. He currently trains in American Kenpo and is a fifth degree black belt.
Teaching Philosophy
At SASDA, Sensei Donnie merges street-fighting styles with traditional American Kenpō and classical Shaolin principles, to provide his students with a uniquely effective approach to martial arts that adapts to each student's body type and personality.