Sensei Maria DiDio has been training since 1984 in both Karate & Jujitsu and Teaching Women and Children Martial Arts and Self Defense for over 25 years. She started her training in Judo briefly in the 1990's and then steadily in 2003. She then started her training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2007. She Holds black belt rankings in: 

• Kokushi Karate-do (3rd Degree)  
• Seido Karate (2nd Degree), 
• Nisei Ryu Goshinho Jujitsu for Women (3rd degree), 
• Chinese Goju Karate (3rd Degree), 
• USJA and USJF (Kodokan) Judo (2nd Degree) 
• Team Coach & Judo Instructor - Team Believe - Medford  http://www.teambelievemma.com/ 

• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Team Believe/Mark Stan) Purple Belt, 
• Muay Thai Practitioner under Tony Garcia. 

She is the founder of Maria DiDio’s “Rose & Thorn" Self Defense Fighting System for Women in 2004.

Sensei DiDio is a Certified ISSA Personal Trainer.

She is also as Nationally Certified Women's Self Defense Instructor through the National Women's Martial Arts Federation and she is also a Certified Rape Prevention Instructor through the American Women's Self Defense Association.

Sensei DiDio is also an avid competitor who has championed and placed in many Martial Arts tournaments. Please see current information below.

Please see the following links on Sensei DiDio's Martial Arts and Self Defense Background:

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