.. Claudio & Roxanne have a unique partnership. Co-authors of The Secret Art of Health & Fitness (Weatherhill '99) Martial Arts Mind & Body (Human Kinetics '00), and The Peaceful Way (Inner Traditions '01) they have been working together as teachers and writers for ten years. Although much of that time was spent establishing the Gorindo School of Martial Art in the urban center of Toronto, they now live in the woods in Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. Here they have plans for an arts and conservation center at their retreat property near Algonquin Wilderness Park. Secluded in a hardwood forest with a spring-fed lake and granite ridges, Claudio & Roxanne conduct camps & seminars, write, work, and play with their canine Sempai, in their Zen Conservation Garden. Their latest projects include: establishing the martial arts website askSensei.com, online courses for martial artists, teacher's professional development programs, and laying the groundwork for future CD-ROM, video and television productions. Their goal is "To Put the Art back in Martial Arts and Martial Art back in Nature."

Claudio Iedwab
... • 6th dan Black Belt in Gorindo, 5th dan Taekwondo, 5th dan Jujutsu, 3rd dan Karate-do, Savate Certified Teacher and Yoga Instructor
... • Bronze Medal 6th Open Taekwondo World Championship, 2002
... • South American Taekwondo Champion, 1982
... • Author, illustrator, graphic designer, photographer
... Claudio founded Gorindo "The Friendly Martial Art" in 1990, integrating his studies into a non-competitive program that concentrates on health & fitness, mind & body, and the art & nature of the martial arts disciplines.
...In his native Argentina, Claudio was the publisher and editor of Revista Sensei, a Spanish language martial arts magazine.
... With his successful competitive and teaching career, Claudio brings deep knowledge of and years of experience in the martial arts, as well as graphic design and illustration talents to many projects, including: The Secret Art of Health & Fitness, Martial Arts Mind & Body, and the forthcoming; The Peaceful Way - A Young Persons Guide to the Traditions of the Martial Arts, also by Claudio & Roxanne.
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Roxanne Standefer
... • 3rd dan Black Belt in Gorindo
... • Red Cross Water Safety & Small Craft Instructor
... • Royal Life Saving Society Instructor
... • Author, photographer, musician, wilderness canoe guide
... Before beginning her intensive studies in the martial arts, Roxanne was a teacher, manager, and public relations consultant in outdoor recreation and the music business. Roxanne brings her writing and photographic skills to the work that Claudio & Roxanne undertake. As a wilderness guide and martial arts instructor, she enjoys introducing newcomers to the arts and nature she has come to love.
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... Claudio & Roxanne have written, and published: "The Secret Art of Health & Fitness" - Uncovered from the Martial Arts Masters, for Weatherhill of New York/Tokyo, Mind & Body Martial Arts for Human Kinetics, The Peaceful Way - A Young Persons Guide to the Traditions of the Martial Arts (Inner Traditions), Canada Latina, a bilingual (Spanish & English) cultural magazine; The Silk Thread of Gorindo, an ongoing technical Martial Art newsletter, and Gorindo - The Student Manual, a handbook in several volumes that contains the techniques, philosophies and learning methodologies of Gorindo "the Friendly Martial Art". Along with the Gorindo Teacher's Manual and the Instructor Training Seminars, they provide the first standardized program for the learning and teaching of Martial Art in an intelligent non-competitive, healthy way. Their goal is to put the Art back in Martial Arts and Martial Art back in Nature. The web site askSensei.com is an extension of this work and Claudio's earlier magazine Revista Sensei.
... Claudio & Roxanne have collected an impressive library of books on health and fitness spanning the past century. As avid bookstore browsers (both new and used), they are very familiar with the publications in their areas of interest. With over 1,000 books on martial art and another 1,500 volumes on health, physiology, nutrition, teaching and philosophy, they are well prepared to back up their own ideas and methods with solid research and cross-references.