Great River Staff 


Scott Walter, Sensei

Founder and Director 

Healing, Spiritual Counseling, Ministerial

Instructor; Consciousness, Energetics, Music, Self Defense, and General Studies

Montvale, Virginia  

 

Emily Masters, B.S. Psychology, Va Tech 

Administration 

Assistant, Healing Therapies

Assistant Instructor, Jiu Jitsu

Blue Ridge, Virginia 

 

Daniel Neitz, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, M.B.A., M.A. Counseling Psychology

Instructor, Consciousness Studies

BS Mechanical Engineering

MBA

MA Counseling Psychology

Minneapolis, Minnesota 

 

Steve Lechmanski

Instructor, Shodan, Jiu Jitsu

Long Island, New York 

 

Eric Walter, B.A. IDST, Va Tech 

Instructor, Shodan, Jiu Jitsu

Blacksburg, Virginia 


Hal Peterson, MSEE

Guidance from the Heavenly Realm 

 

Benjamin Norman

Assistant Instructor, Jiu Jitsu

Roanoke, Va

 

Ben Masters, B.S. Biology, Va Tech

Assistant Instructor, Jiu Jitsu

Blue Ridge, Virginia

 

Grounds & Landscaping

Benjamin Norman

Andy Santos