These determined students have earned the rank of Small Circle Jujitsu black belt in the years since Sensei Ed Melaugh opened the N.E.S.C.J.A. in 1990. They followed the teaching of Sensei Melaugh and Prof. Wally Jay, founder of Small Circle Jujitsu.
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Boeri Giacoppo Skiffington Plunkett Ruisi Sullivan Carlson Urquhart Zuccola

Tony Abreu of Andover. 7/14/1996, computer technology, inactive. Rick Alford of North Reading. 3/2001, now third-degree black belt. Owner of Eastern Small Circle Jujitsu in Wakefield. Chuck Boeri of Burlington. 7/14/1996, now sixth-degree black belt. Sales executive. Jeanne Camarda of Bedford. 11/20/1999, stained glass artisan. John Paul Carlson of Burlington. 3/2001, now third-degree black belt. Corrections officer. Peter Clopper of Reading. Aug, 1999, children's social worker James DeLuca of Lawrence, 9/12/1998, teacher, inactive. Dan DesRuisseux of Atkinson, NH. 3/23/02, marketing manager for Quantum Bridge telecommunictions, Andover. Mike Giacoppo of Burlington. 3/2001, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Cambridge. Devin Kinneen of Salem, NH. 11/20/1999, Salem police officer and former martial-arts school owner. Twomey and Tammaro Carl Lando of Acton. 7/14/1996, restaurant owner, inactive. Sandy Lasa of Billerica. 11/20/1999. Second degree, 12/2001. Lieutenant, Boston Fire Department. Steve Malisos of Salem, NH. 2/12/2000. Salem police officer. Diane Maskewich of Bradford. May, 1998, postal supervisor, inactive. Michael Mazzio of Danvers, 2/12/2000, Suffolk County deputy sheriff. Wayne McAllister of Woburn. 3/2001, Nstar Corporation. Lauren Nelson of Woburn. Student. Earning a black belt is a beginning, not an end. Bruce Pekkala of Maynard. 3/2001, history teacher at Maynard High School. Brian Plunkett of Marblehead. 12/13/1997, second degree, June, 2000, attorney. Steve Rita of Seabrook, NH. 9/12/1998, now third-degree black belt. Martial-arts referee. Lorenzo Ruisi of Stoneham. 3/23/02, now third-degree black belt. Manager with Stop & Shop supermarkets. Paul Skiffington of Tewksbury. 3/2001, now third-degree black belt. Malden police officer. Jay Smith of Salem. 2/12/2000, physical-fitness trainer. Clare Sullivan of Readville. 5/10/1997, second degree 5/25/1998, RCN office manager, inactive. Tanya Tammaro of Billerica. 2/12/2000, physical therapist. Dave Towle of Framingham. 3/2001, construction estimator. Mark Tuthill of Sag Harbor. N.Y. Oct, 1999, now fourth-degree black belt. Owner of Long Island Small Circle Jujitsu in East Hampton, N.Y. Charlie Twomey of Reading. 2/12/2000. Second degree 12/2001. Computer technology, pilot. Brian Urquhart of Burlington. 3/2001, student. Joe Zuccola of Methuen. 3/27/1999. Now third-degree black belt. Gillette sales executive. Tom Zulon of Brighton. 3/2001, master electrician. He is also a black belt with Jujitsu America . To return to New England Small Circle Jujitsu Academy main page, click here.

Alford Kinneen Nelson Tuthill Pekkala Rita and Zulon