About Grandmaster Jack Stern

Grandmaster Jack Stern' first started his martial arts while on occupation duty in South Korea in 1947 later training in the Kodokan in Japan and onto training in the Philippines and Okinawa. Spending 11 years of his 12 years of military service while on duty in the Far East training in Korea, Japan, Okinawa and the Philippines. 

Returing to the states he first started up Paja Dojo back in early 1960 at which time he had the Korean Yudo & Hapkido Association. As the conflict with other groups as to whom is the official representative from Korea, they established WOMA to assemble mixed Martial artists together regardless of their disciplines or their religious beliefs. 

Its goal is to "UNITE", world wide, all Martial artists as brothers and not to fight as to which system is better or to whom one is a leader of an association. We want to create a Brotherhood and Fraternal association. 

We can still keep our roots of your discipline but within our brotherhood we can network and make contacts to assist each other. We have set up our own Sokeship council for those who are founders and we have various Technical Advisers of all disciplines to help and protect each other. 

We will keep our standards up as to only accept legally trained martial artists not those who acquired rank by buying it from "Halls of Fame" or the associations that sell via mail ranks without ever testing. WE will have martial artists that wish to acquire a higher rank, get promoted by one of their discipline. WE still don't approve of the associations that make money by charging you yearly fees for charters or you must attend their yearly Hall of Fame. RANKS ARE EARNED!!! NOT BOUGHT OR SOLD! 

We still oppose these Hall of Fame where you pick your own category for an award. To me a "HALL OF FAME" is where you honor one not to buy your awards! I don't say that there isn't many great associations out there. Yes there are!! WE don't stop anyone from belonging to more than one association ,we only have a brotherhood where our members "network" world wide and exchange ideas to promote the unification of a world in which we can all live together and practice our arts without the difference of anyone's discipline being better than another, or that we could live in an association together regardless of ones color, race, creed or religious belief. 

I travel to many places to share my knowledge and gain more knowledge. This is what we preach. It is done "Not for any monetary gain or profit" but as a fraternal brotherhood. Many try to "copy" us with our words but none can come close. We only want to seek out "The Best of the Best". 

GM Stern is called by most "Pappasan" he holds many titles Grandmaster, Shodoshi, Soke they all sum up one thing.....he's just an "OLD SENSEI". HE brags about Ole Paja Dojo as it hosted some of the best of the Best in its 22 years history. In the year of 2000, Grandmaster Stern was hosted by Prince Fahad and Royal Sheik Al-Al-Atiq to go to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (all expenses paid) for the purpose of visiting various schools and teaching advanced martial arts seminars. 

A large banquet was given to Grandmaster Stern in the city of Al Kobar upon completion of his trip with many awards and medals given to him. In 2001, Grandmaster Stern was invited to go to Turkey by Soke Nihat Yigit to again conduct and teach. It was televised on the British Broadcasting television. Since then Grandmaster Stern is constantly hosted to many "Halls of Fame" throughout the United States as one of the last "Living Legends". 

He currently has invites for a revisit to the Philippines, the Ukraine and other country's. He has twice been awarded the highest martial arts MEDAL OF HONOR.