Kokua Jujitsu Kai Instructors

Sensei Kevin began training in October, 1994 with Sensei Jay Kalisek. Training diligently, Kevin earned his Shodan in June 1998. Sensei Kevin took over Kokua Jujitsu Kai in June of 1999 and has continued teaching Danzan Ryu Jujitsu.  Sensei Kevin received his Nidan in July of 2004 under the infamous Wandering Uke, Sensei Frank Ferris.

Sensei John began training in July 1995, also with Sensei Jay Kalisek. Continuing to train with Sensei Kevin, John received his Shodan in September, 2001. Beginning Wado Ryu Karate in 1998 with Sensei Robb Blackaby and Toyama Ryu Iaido in 2000 under Sensei Keith Nelson, John received his Shodan in Wado Ryu in July 2004 under Sensei Bill Bruschke. 

Sensei John Yochum I was born the son of a rich medieval robber-baron on a gravy boat in the middle of the Arctic Ocean in the late 1880's. After receiving a distress call off the coast of the Himalayas, I hiked to Fort Collins to train under Grand Master Brazear, who suddenly died of a massive case of lock jaw doing the deadly front hook underwire sutemi. At that point lost and wondering aimlessly bar to bar I fell into the gutter and found myself face to face with Kevin Ott, who gave me coffee, red bull, purpose and life's direction .... He insisted that I could become God's gift to the world through self determination, jujitsu and a lot of Rum and coke. The rest as they say is hic-historwy.