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In the domain of martial arts and combat sports, Andreas Georgiou is a long-time expert practitioner, teacher and author. After being involved for many years in other “heavy athletics”—Olympic-style weightlifting and track and field—he became a student of martial arts in the 1990s.

He studied Self-Defense and Jujutsu with Slovak national wrestling champion and security professional Peter Patek in the Slovak Republic while on multi-year posting in that country in the mid-1990s. Upon returning to the US, he trained with Master Shihan Julio Zarate in Maryland, from whom he received his Black Belt in Kindai Ryu Jiujitsu (Ryu Jiujitsu) in 2001.

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He subsequently also trained in Jigo Tenshin Ryu Jujutsu with GrandMaster Dong Jin Kim in the Washington DC area. Apart from Jujutsu he has trained in Western Boxing in Finley’s Gym in Washington DC with Coach Henry Thomas and has experience in various other martial arts, such as Iaido, Kali and Fencing.

Over two decades he has taught martial arts