Grandmaster Frank Sanchez

Grandmaster Frank Sanchez was born in Tamuning, Guam. He is a 10th degree black belt and one of the true modern day Sokes of the martial arts. His system of San-Jitsu is Guam's first internationally recognized Ambassador-at-Large for Guam in 1976. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Great Plains Baptist College in South Dakota. A student of the martial arts since age 11, Grandmaster Sanchez holds black belts in Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Karate , and Red Sash in Jing Jow Pai Kung Fu. His most famous instructors includes Hawaiian born Grandmaster Siegfried Kufferat who was one of the legends of the popular worldwide Kodenkan Danzan Ryu Jiu-Jitsu System and Yoshitoshi "Moon" Watanabe, former all Hawaiian Islands Judo Champion. His system of San-Jitsu, which was formulated in the Village of Toto, Guam in 1971 has received worldwide attention in magazines and seminars as one of the more brutal and unique styles of Ju-Jitsu practiced today.

A Supreme Advisor to the Martial Arts Collective Society of California and a former A.A.U. Chairman for Jiu-Jitsu in Florida. Grandmaster Sanchez is also the Executive Director and Founder of the World Head of Family Sokeship Council, which is the largest, and most elite of the martial arts grandmasters councils now in existence today and the American Martial Arts Alliance International which has members of all styles and ranks with branches in Scotland, England, Germany and Ecuador. Aside from these organization, he is also an Honorary Member and Advisor to over 30 Martial Arts organizations worldwide and one of the few civilians certified by ASLET (American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers) as a police trainer.

Articles on Sanchez and his San-Jujitsu system have appeared in International publications such as Black Belt, Inside Karate, Karate Illustrated, Martial Arts Training, Karate/Kung Fu Illustrated and many more to mention herein. His book on the Subject of San-Jitsu written in 1976, can also be found in the Reference Section of Guam's Libraries, the Pacific Island Collection of the University of Guam, The Guam Museum and England's Cambridge University Micronesian Center. In constant demand for personal appearances and seminars all over the world, Grandmaster Sanchez has been inducted into martial arts Halls of Fame both nationally and abroad.