Cliff Penick

Cliff began Judo in 1970 at the Hollywood YMCA under Bob Ota. Cliff earned his 1st Degree black belt in Judo in 1986. Since then, Cliff has earned his 4th Degree black belt and has been fortunate to train in Judo under many great Sensi such as: Hayward Nishioka, Ken Osugi, Steve Seck, Jason Morris, Eddie Liddie, Micky Matsimoto, Christine Lincoln Penick, Joey Nawa, Tony Mojica, and Goker Chivichyan. Cliff has also trained in Brazilian Jui-Jitsu under Mike Ortiz. Cliff has competed Nationally and Internationally for over 25 years, before retiring from competition in 2004.