Sensei Matt Scheib is the owner of AJM. He is a yodan (fourth degree black belt) in Judo. Sensei Matt has been a judoka since the age of 13, and a lifelong martial artist since the age of 4. He was tournament director for the 2009 World Masters Judo Tournament, and the 2017 Georgia Games. Competing recreationally until 2014, he trained in France, South Korea, and under Olympic coaches at Pedro’s Judo Center in Wakefield, Mass. Today, Sensei Matt can be found coaching judoka at AJM as a USA Judo certified coach. His fight background has been a major resource to him as an Emmy-nominated stunt performer for TV and film. You can view Sensei Matt Scheib's full IMDB profile HERE. 

Sensei Willard Jule has been studying judo for more than 30 years. He is a Godan (fifth degree black belt). He has been a Masters national champion (2001) and a certified Nage no Kata instructor (2103) and is currently a regionally qualified referee. He has been an instructor at AJM since its inception. He has trained and developed students from their first class to achieving their shodan rank. He is currently AJM’s head kata instructor.

Sensei Willard Jule has been studying judo for more than 30 years. He is a Godan (fifth degree black belt). He has been a Masters national champion (2001) and a certified Nage no Kata instructor (2103) and is currently a regionally qualified referee. He has been an instructor at AJM since its inception. He has trained and developed students from their first class to achieving their shodan rank. He is currently AJM’s head kata instructor.

Sensei Simon started Judo in France at age 4 at his local club. At age 10, he joined the Racing Club de France in Paris. Simon received his brown belt at age 14 and continued practicing through his late teens. After a 20-year hiatus, Sensei Simon enrolled his son Adam at AJM and quickly joined the adult class. Training at AJM and coaching the kids has revived his love for judo! He has gotten back into competing in regional and national tournaments and obtained his first-degree black belt in 2023 at AJM.

Coach Michael has been playing judo since he was a little kid. His Judo education started under his second-degree black belt father and his mentor, the first 7th-degree black belt of Mississippi. He raises three children who are third generation judokas and also train at AJM. Coaching judo is one of his passions and the intricacies and complexities of the sport are what keep him coming back after all these years.

Sensei Dennis Scheib began studying Judo at the age of 8. After serving in the Marine Corps, he began competing in local tournaments which led him to training in Japan for a month at the Kodokan. He was a throwing dummy for the 1976 Japanese olympic team, and trained at the Tokyo police department martial arts training facility. Upon returning to the states, he moved to Atlanta, and became more involved with the local judo scene, opening Atlanta Judo Midtown in the summer of 1995. Sensei Dennis competed in many US Masters Open and National Championships and in the World Masters Championship where he won 10 World Masters medals. Over the last 60 years, Sensei Dennis has enhanced the judo community locally and also across the nation through tournaments and clinics. He considers his biggest achievement in judo promoting his son and now owner of AJM, Matt Scheib, to 4th dan. Dennis Scheib is a practicing criminal defense attorney, and still teaches his unique style of Judo at AJM.