Trento's Martial Arts and Fitness Center
150 North Midland Ave, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 * 201-203-0773

Master Andrew Trento began training in the martial arts at the age of nine years old at a local studio in his hometown of Saddle Brook, NJ. He trained for ten years under Master Frederico Bargiaccchi where he gained well rounded roots in traditional, sport, fitness, self-defense, and mental conditioning training. He also had an intensive apprenticeship in becoming an instructor. During those ten years Master Trento learned to construct curriculum structures, develop his teaching style, learn self-reliant training, and also competed at a state, regional, and national level.

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Master Trento trained with several mentors after leaving his first instructor who helped him develop his training until he met his three current claimed instructors. Master Trento trains under Sifu Pedro Cepero Yee in Hung Ga Kung Fu, which he is a Jow Gow Black Belt. He also studies Qigong with Sifu Yee. Master Trento is also a student of Israeli Commando Mike Lee Kanarek, founder of  the HagAnaH system and is an Instructor FIGHT Black Belt. Master Trento is also the HaganaH New Jersey State Representative.  And Master Trento studies Taekwondo and Goju Shorei Weapons with Grandmaster Katherine Wieczerza of Black Belts Unlimited. In 2018, Master Trento was appointed the first ever Assistant Director to the Goju Shorei Weapons System worldwide upon earning his Black Belt in the system.

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For the last ten years, Master Trento has heavily been involved in the AAU Taekwondo Program. His school is a registered club as well as all of his students. His Black Belts are all nationally certified with the AAU as well as internationally certified with the Kukkiwon in Korea, just as he is. Master Trento travels all over the country as a Class A Official helping work tournaments and also travels the country teaching seminars on a number of asked topics. He is also the founder of the Combat Taekwondo Curriculum and the POINT Self-Defense System.

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Master Trento has studied cognitive behavioral psychology and has entered many of the healing arts over the years. He is a trained hypnotist, a Certified Medical Qigong Therapist, a Certified Integrated Therapies Specialist with a specialty in Raindrop Technique, and a Life Coach which he teaches life mapping skills. Master Trento’s healing practice is a part of his martial arts center.

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Master Trento currently is a 6th Degree Black Belt, the New Jersey Clinic Administrator for AAU Taekwondo, one of 25 Certified Striking Militia Instructors in the USA, a representative of the America Strong Classroom Shootings Solutions Program, a part of the HagAnaH WOLF Brigade, and is a fifth generation disciple from the legendary Wong Fei Hung. He is a world class seminar instructor and heads Trento’s Martial Arts and Fitness Center in his hometown of Saddle Brook, NJ.

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CREDENTIALS:
• 6th Degree Black Belt, Nationally and Internationally certified Black Belt
• Certified AAU Taekwondo Official, Class A
• AAU Taekwondo NJ Clinic Administrator
• AAU and USAT State Gold Medalist
• USAT National Bronze Medalist
• Certified Assault Fitness Instructor
• Young Living Essential Oils Distributor

• Trained hypnotist

• Raindrop Technique Practitioner

• Certified Integrated Therapies Specialist

• Certified Qigong Therapist

• Certified Haganah F.I.G.H.T Instructor, 13B

• Certified Battle Ready Kickboxing Instructor

• Certified Blade Warrior Instructor, 13B

• Certified Striking Militia Instructor, Levels 1 and 2

• Certified Tactical Offensive Warfare Instructor

• Certified Ground Survival Instructor​

• Certified American Strong Classroom School Shootings Solutions Instructor

• Certified DX-CQC Knife Fighting Instructor

• 1st Degree Haganah Black Belt

• 2nd Degree Blade Artist Israeli Knife Fighting Black Belt

• 2nd Degree Black Belt Goju Shorei Weapons

• 1st Black Belt Hung Ga Kung Fu

• Brown Belt Goju-Shorei Karate

• Advance Brown Belt Blade Artist Knife Fighting

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TRAINING HISTORY
• Trained ten years (1998-2008) under Master Frederico Bargiacchi in traditional Taekwondo, Olympic Taekwondo, Self-Defense, Fitness Instruction, and Mental Conditioning.
• Earned Deputy Black Belt October 12, 2002
• Earned 1st Degree Black Belt April 11, 2003
• Earned 2nd Degree Black Belt September 17, 2005
• Trained three years solo (2009-2012) under five mentors:
  - Traditional Taekwondo mentor –Master Kevin Balon, 8th Dan Black Belt
  - Sport Taekwondo mentor- Master Peter Bardatsos, 6th Dan Black Belt

   - Self-Defense mentor- Master Samuel DeJesus, 5th Dan Black Belt TKD, 4th Haganah

   - Fitness mentor—Charlene Gallitano, personal trainer, group fitness instructor

   - Psychology mentor—Profesor Lisa Sargese, professor of religion and psychology 
• Earned 3rd Degree Black Belt June 27, 2009 under Master Balon
• Earned 4th Degree Black Belt June 23, 2012 under Master Balon
• Began training in Sangahm Taekwondo mentored by Ms Pamela Gedman, 5th Dan
• Currently training under Master Pedro Cepero Yee (9th Dan Black Belt) in Hung Ga

   Kung Fu

• Earned 5th Degree Black Belt July 16, 2016 under Master Balon

• Joined Black Belts Unlimited in 2017, becoming a student of Master Katherine Wieczerza.

• Earned HaganaH FIGHT Instructor Black Belt October 20, 2017 

• Entered the HaganaH WOLF Brigade in 2018

• 2nd Degree Black Belt in Goju Shorei Weapons

• 1st Degree Black Belt Hunga Ga Kung Fu

• Earned 6th Degree Black Belt August 21, 2021 under Master Kathy Weiczerza

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