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Grand Master
Kalaii Griffin

State Director of Massachusetts


Grand Master Kalaii Griffin has been studying various martial arts since he was 8 years old. He has studied Kajukenbo Karate, JuJitsu, Vee Arnis Jitsu, Goju Ryu, Aikijitsu, Kung Fu, Judo, Isshin Ryu, and Tai Chi. He has been featured in many prominent publications and has worked with several martial arts celebrities such as Bruce Lee and Ernie Reyes Senior. In recent years he has been dedicating his life to the spread of Kajukenbo Karate in the Eastern United States as a direct disciple of Sijo Adriano Emperado. Today he leads a program, which mainly consists of a chain of successful New England Karate Studios with other schools connected to him in Canada and Puerto Rico. He also makes regular trips to various law enforcement functions around the world as a well-known self-defense instructor. He currently teaches at his main dojo, Griffin’s Judo & Karate, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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