José Miguel Rosas was born on January 2, 1982 in San Cristóbal, Venezuela. In 1996 his family moved to Pacific Grove, California, and it was during that summer that he began training in Seibukan Jujutsu under the tutelage of Director Julio Toribio. Rosas Sensei continued to train at Monterey Budokan Academy, and in addition to Seibukan Jujutsu began taking classes in Battojutsu, Ninjutsu, and Aikido.
In September of 2003 he received his certification as an instructor at Monterey Budokan, and that same year, became a live-in student as part of the Uchideshi program. By the Fall of 2004 he had graduated from the Uchideshi program with black-belts in Seibukan Jujutsu, Battojutsu, and Ninjutsu. With his experience and passion for teaching, Rosas Sensei went on to establish Nanatokan Dojo while attending the University of California Santa Cruz.
In 2006 he graduated with a degree in Economics and 2 years later married the love of his life, Stephanie Tam. He currently works as a Project Manager for JuanTheBuilder & Associates, a general building contracting firm in the Monterey Peninsula, and teaches classes in the evenings. As an instructor at Nanatokan Dojo, he helps his students to be confident martial artists and to achieve their dreams.
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Rosas Sensei also continues to train regularly at Monterey Budokan in the arts of Seibukan Jujutsu, Battojutsu, Ninjutsu, and Aikido.
Currently he holds the following Black-Belt ranks:
