Cuong Nhu offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to develop the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—while helping individuals make the most of their unique strengths.
Cuong Nhu draws techniques and principles from several Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and other arts. It has its roots in Shotokan Karate, and blends aspects of Aikido, Judo, Wing Chun, Tai Chi, Vovinam, and Boxing, along with training in traditional martial arts weapons. It is this blending of hard and soft styles from which Cuong Nhu (pronounced "kung new") derives its name, which is Vietnamese for Hard (Cuong) Soft (Nhu).
After attaining the prestigious rank of two green stripes in 1973 while training under O’Sensei Ngo Dong at the University of Florida, Sensei Joe Shacter took a 30-year hiatus to obtain a law degree, become an attorney, get married and