Mike Sedano is a San Francisco native who was raised in the Sunset. He started practicing Jiu-Jitsu in 2006. He began taking the art seriously a few years later and continued to practice when he moved to Los Angeles. In 2019, he received his black belt from Master Rigan Machado. He has said “my goal is not only to continue learning Jiu-Jitsu, but also pass knowledge to other students.” Parkside Jiu-Jitsu is excited to have Mike Sedano as one of the instructors and help bring the art of Jiu-Jitsu to the community.

Dante Giovannelli is a San Franciscan Native and a 26 year Veteran of the San Francisco Police Department. Currently assigned to the Police Shooting Rang as a Firearms Instructor. Dante has been training Jiu-Jitsu more than 12 years in San Francisco and received his Black Belt from Ralph Gracie in 2019. Dante is passionate about teaching youth about self defense, discipline and accountability along with all the benefits Jiu-Jitsu has taught him. He created and led the SFPAL Jiu-Jitsu program at the San Francisco Police Academy for three years until the COVID pandemic shut the program down.

Nathalie Kaplan started training Jiu-Jitsu with Mike and Dante in 2014. She's been raising her 3 french kids in San Francisco for the last 15 years. Nathalie received her brown belt from Mike Sedano and has always been passionate about teaching kids, women, and anyone, all the benefits and life changing skills Jiu-Jitsu gave her.