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Trent Perri who owns and is the chief instructor to this day established American Olympic
Karate of Yonkers in 1976. He received his 1st and 2nd Degree Kenpo Black Belt from David
(Friberg) Bradford who had a Karate school in Yonkers New York for over 10 years. He
continued in Kenpo and received a 7th Degree from Grand Master Al Tracy. Mr. Perri also has
a 5th Degree Black Belt from Karate legend Joe Lewis. Mr. Perri holds 2 Black Belts, one in
Kenpo Karate under Dave Bradford and Al Tracy and one in the American Karate System
under Joe Lewis. Besides teaching at American Olympic Karate, he also trains students for the
Yonkers Parks and Recreation Karate program spanning the last ten years. Mr. Perri has
promoted 22 of his students to the rank of Black Belt and 5 of those students now own and
operate their own Karate studios.