A personal student of Retired Lt. Col. Fumio Manaka, Kanchō if the Jissen Kobudō Jinenkan, headquartered in Noda, Japan. Adam is the owner and head instructor of the Jinenkan Kōsei Gōgi Dōjō in New York, where he has dedicated his life to the study and preservation of traditional Japanese martial arts. He has taught thousands of students at his Dojo in New York, through his online training resources as well as being invited to teach seminars around the world. Adam travels to Japan each year to train with his teacher. He lives in New York with his wife Laura and their four children.