Learn from Experience:
Our martial arts chief instructors and our Yoga guiding practitioner all have 25 to over 50 years of experience working with people of all ages.
Our staff and instructors at Main Street Martial Arts work on a year-round basis to make sure that your experience at Main Street Martial Arts is the best that it can be. All staff members and instructors are approachable at any time, to guide you on your personal journey, to answer your questions about the school, to address any concerns that you may have, and to support you in every way possible. If you have any questions, or if you need anything at any time, then text message to Michael L. Werth Sensei at 401-345-9202.
Michael L. Werth Sensei (Co-Chief Instructor):
Traditional Aikikai Aikido – Japanese Martial Arts
Co-Dojo Cho (Head of School) of Rhode Island Aikikai – Eastside
Technical Director: Philip Traunstein Shihan, 6th Dan
Associate Member: Long Mountain Aikido under Philip Traunstein Shihan
Parent Organization and Member Dojo: Birankai North America
Affiliated with Hombu Dojo, Tokyo, Japan
Rank: Shidoin (Senior Instructor), Yondan (4th Degree Black Belt) Aikikai Aikido
30+ years experience in martial arts
Volunteer Co-Owner/Manager of Main Street Martial Arts
Text Michael L. Werth Sensei for Free-Trial Class Appointment: 401-345-9202
Sherry Lee Waldman Sensei (Co-Chief Instructor):
Traditional Aikikai Aikido – Japanese Martial Arts
Co-Dojo Cho (Head of School) of Rhode Island Aikikai – Eastside
Rank: Fukushidoin, Nidan (2nd Degree Black Belt) Aikikai Aikido
30+ years experience in martial arts
Volunteer Co-Owner/Manager of Main Street Martial Arts
Sabumnim Abtin Timothy (Chief Instructor):
Hwa-Rang Taekwon-Do: Original ITF Olympic Taekwon-Do
Rank: Sabumnim (Master Teacher), Rokudan (6th Degree Black Belt) ITF Taekwon-Do
International Certified Referee
Member School of the International Taekwon-Do Federation
30+ years experience in martial arts.
Rani MacNeal (Guiding Practitioner):
Unravel Yoga
Rank: Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hour Course (YTT200), Yoga of Energy Flow
25+ years experience in Yoga healing arts
Matthew MacManus Sensei (Chief Instructor):
Ocean State Okinawa-Te: Original Okinawan Karate-Do Self Defense
Rank: Sandan (3rd Degree Black Belt) Shotokan Karate-Do,
30+ years experience in martial arts.
John Philip Dumon Sensei (Associate Instructor):
Ocean State Okinawa-Te: Original Okinawan Karate-Do Self Defense
Rank: Sandan (3rd Degree Black Belt) Shotokan Karate-Do
30+ years experience in martial arts.
Dumon Sensei started Shotokan Karate in 1986 in Paris, France with Jean-Pierre Vignau Sensei. Vignau was one of Taiji Kase Sensei’s students. Gichin Funakoshi, the Shotokan founder, sent Taiji Kase Sensei to Europe in order to spread his karate style around the World.
JP Dumon Sensei has a Track and Field, Rugby, and Triathlon background that helps inform and teach karate. He also shares his experiences using Shin Gi Tai concept (Mind,Technique, Body).
Al Souza Shihan:
Ocean State Okinawa-Te: Original Okinawan Karate-Do Self Defense
Rank: Yondan (4th Degree Black Belt) Shotokan Karate-Do
Rokudan (6th Degree Black Belt), Shihan, Aiki Jujutsu
50+ years experience in martial arts