Sensei Jiri “George” Cermak is a martial arts master with a 5th degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, a 2nd degree black belt in Jiu-Jitsu, and 1st degree black belts in Hanbo-Jutsu and Fudokan-Karate.
Cermak has operated martial arts schools and taught self-defense classes for security guard companies, the Czech border patrol, police in the Czech Republic, and Newmark J-School students, faculty, and staff.
He has taught in German, Polish, Russian, Czech, and English.
Cermak studied architecture and interior design at the Zvolen University in Czechoslovakia and received a Master’s Degree in Education at the Czech Technical University in Prague.