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Shihan Ric Pascetta

                   1950 - 2012

                                     

 

 

 

 Another one of O'Sensei Urban's students - Hanshi Ric Pascetta has passed.
He held on long enough to also pass away on the anniversary of Maestro Urban's passing.
I was very fortunate to have been a student of both.

Sincerely,
Kyoshi Stephen Phillips


[Webmaster 'copied and pasted' the following post from his friend's blog (without permission) on this Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012]

Saturday, April 07, 2012

I cannot believe that once again, the new posting on That's My Satori is being done to announce the departure
of another important figure in our GoJuLandia Americanus.
Most of you know all about him, so we will not go into the Ric Pascetta story here.
If you, for some reason, are not familiar with him, go to www.ricpascetta.com
What will be mentioned here, is that Shihan Pascetta was one of the people who Walked The Walk first, before he talked the talk, which he did also.
His accomplishments were real. His organizational skills, superb. His knowledge and ability were exactly the caliber
of what SHOULD be expected of a Shihan / Hanshi / 10th Dan. His fight record is historic. His legacy, internationally, is impressive to say the very least.
I had the Golden Opportunity to work with an Italian Team from Italy that came from his stable when they attended one of my seminars.
The teacher can be judged by his students. Well, in this case, I can tell you first hand, THIS MAN WAS AN EXCELLENT TEACHER. = period.
He made a difference.


[Webmaster 'copied and pasted' the following post from his friend on facebook (without permission) on this Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012]

On April 7th, Goju Master Instructor, Ric Pacetta departed this dimension. the cancer eating away at his body won its match.
Master Pacetta was a direct student of Peter G. Urban, Grand Patriarch of all American Goju Systems.
Below is information regarding, my friend, Ric Pacetta: Born 1950.
Martial Arts career, 1963 to 2012
Founder, Headmaster, and Technical Director of AMERICAN GOJU KARATE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL (AGKAI) (est., 1979)
Mid- Atlantic Director of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GOJU ASSOCIATION (USAGA) directly under GM Master Urban
[one of only 2 Directors to USAGA ever appointed (in 1978 for LIFETIME) by Grandmaster Peter Urban, Founder of USA GoJu and USAGA]

Hanshi Raymond A. Fitzpatrick
Founder, Nisei Goju- Jitsu