Butch Marino

Our Director - Butch Marino is a certified International Instructor, co-founder of the Karate Referee Association of New England (KRANE), President of the Traditional Okinawan Karate Association (TOKA), a World Hall of Fame Inductee, and a former National Director of the United States Police Defensive Tactics Association. Teaching since 1967, his years of experience have brought together a mixture of traditional and modern training techniques that enable persons of limited or no martial arts knowledge to learn without difficulty.

Tammy Marino

Our Chief Instructor - Tammy Marino has trained since 1973. She retired from competition after capturing the women's New England Champion title and holding on to the Number One rated slot for over 2 years. In 1985 she won three of four gold medals at the National "Women of Excellence" Karate Championships and ended her competition career with a twenty-five tournament winning streak. Today she is thought of as one of the all-time top women fighters of New England. Tammy was the first woman certified as an instructor under the Grand Master in Okinawa. Voted "Woman of the Year" (1995) by the World Hall of Fame, she specializes in the training of children as young as four years old.

Our Staff - Since 1972, Butch Marino's Shorin-Ryu Karate Institutes have trained individuals in all aspects of the art. Our staff includes men and women who have devoted countless years to their training and the training of others under the direct guidance of Shihan Butch Marino. Each instructor has served years of internship under a certified International instructor before being certified to teach. All instructors are required to continue their training even after certification. This requirement maintains our staff at peak efficiency with all of the most current training methods.