RANK
Danzan Ryu Jujitsu
Sandan – Jujitsu America (Life Member)
Sandan - American Jujitsu Institute  (Life Member)
Sandan– Shoshin Ryu Yudanshakai (Life Member)
Shodan – American Judo & Jujitsu Federation (Life Member)

Menkyo Kaiden title of Renshi – Prof. Anthony Janovich

Taekwondo – Shodan

 DOJO
KaishinKai Dojo,  6424 210th Ave SW, Centralia, WA 98531
 (360) 273-6064,  e-mail: SueJennings@cco.net 

 MARTIAL ARTS HISTORY
Sue Jennings began training in martial arts in 1984 studying Taekwondo and earned her Shodan from both Grandmaster Young Hak Lee and then the World Taekwondo Federation in 1987.  In 1989 she began studying Danzan Ryu Jujitsu from Ron Jennings and received her Shodan in 1995.  She is currently ranked as a Sandan.  Sue has studied massage therapy from Prof. Sig Kufferath, Prof. Lamar Fisher and Leif Grunseth, an Olympic massage therapist.  Sue is a life member of several Danzan Ryu organizations and is a member of the Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors (AWMAI).  She also received the Menkyo Kaiden tilte of Renshi after intensive Okugi training from Professor Anthony Janovich in 2003. 

Sue is in her fourth year teaching Danzan Ryu Jujitsu at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington,  and is assistant instructor at KaishinKai Dojo near Centralia.  She also teaches women’s self-defense classes.  She has taught at national conventions for Jujitsu America, Shoshin Ryu, and taught at Ohana 2001 in Hawaii and at Ohana 2003 for the American Jujitsu Institute.  She is co-director of Kamp KaishinKai, an annual summer camp held in Washington state. 

Sue has been recognized with the following awards: an Ohana award from Jujitsu America, Presidential Awards for Distinguished Service by JA in 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2001, and was co-recipient of the Wally Jay Award.  At Ohana 2001 in Hawaii she received the Samuel S. Luke Distinguished Service Award from the AJI. 

Sue is a graphic artist, and former editor of the Jujitsu America national newsletter..  She was also named to be the Custodian of Records for the new Danzan Ryu Jujitsu Kodenkan Alliance that encompasses all jujitsu organizations practicing the arts of Danzan Ryu worldwide, along with Olympic Judo Coach Willy Cahill.