BUSHI BAN - Key Persons


Cooper Allen

Job Titles:
  • 1st Degree Black Belt and an Assistant Instructor
Miss Cooper is a 1st Degree Black Belt and an assistant instructor at our Seymour and Southbury schools

Dawn Allen

Job Titles:
  • Marketing / Media Director

Grand Master Ahmed

Grand Master Ahmed has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Karachi. He has earned his Black Belts in many different martial arts and is recognized as the founder of the Bushi Ban system by several national and international martial arts organizations. He was also selected to be on the Pakistani National Tae Kwon Do Olympic Team and has represented Pakistan and the United States in national, international, and world events.

John Lombardo

Job Titles:
  • Master
Master John is a 5th Degree Black Belt and the Director of Bushi Ban Connecticut.

Tanya Lombardo

Job Titles:
  • Program Director

Zulfi Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • Grand Master
is the designer and developer of the Bushi Ban system. Grand Master Ahmed has over 45 years of martial arts experience and has won over 300 martial arts awards including the 1993 NBL World Traditional Weapons title, and the 1992 USKA Open Forms World Title, and has also been inducted into eleven different martial arts halls of fame.