Demosthenes
Orator, 4th century BC
“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises”
Pericles
Statesman, 5th century BC
“Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time”
Plato
Philosopher, 5th century BC
“Man: A being in search of meaning”
Plutarch
Historian, 1st century BC
“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better”
Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D., Research Professor, University of New Mexico
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Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D., is currently a Research Professor at the University of New Mexico (USA). He is also Professor Emeritus from the University of Connecticut where he taught the Sociology of Leisure, Tourism & Sport, as well as Research Methods and Computer Applications. He also holds the rank of 8th Dan in Traditional Jujutsu and a 6th Dan in Traditional Kodokan Judo. He is the Director of the Institute of Traditional Martial Arts at the University of New Mexico. He is also the Chair of the Traditional Jujutsu Committee of the USJJF. As an amateur historian, he has led several expeditions to Greece to conduct research at Thermopylae, and locate the path the Persians used in 480 BC to encircle, and defeat King Leonidas and the Greek allies. Prof. Yiannakis has published extensively in a number of areas.
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