Shihan Dr. Anthony Palminteri
Dr. Palminteri began his "hand to hand"
combat training in the U.S. Army in 1959 and developed
proficiency in Hatchet throwing. After his military discharge in
1962, he entered the jujitsu dojo of Michael DePasquale Sr.
where I studied hakko-ryu jujitsu 35 years. He attained the rank
of First degree black belt in 1972. He continued to study, train
and teach at DePasquale’s Dojo until 1997 when after many
degrees of black belt attained the rank of Shihan (8th degree
black) and received the high rank of purple belt. Shihan
is defined as "master teacher".
In 1986, Dr. Palminteri began training police
officers at the Bergen County
Police
Academy
in 1986 and has taught over 2000 police officers in basic
unarmed self defense and defensive tactics. He still conducts
the classes at the academy to this day.
Professional education consists of BS from
Queens College, NY and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University in 1957. Became board
certified in Veterinary surgery in 1968.
He is currently the CEO of the Oradell Animal
Hospital located in Paramus, NJ.
