The theme of the Gathering 2024 is that we are Proud to be Students of the Martial Arts! 
Libert O'Sullivan Commemorative White Belts designed just for this event.
Wear your belt in each class you attend at the Gathering 2024 and get it signed by the instructors! 

Professor Libert O’Sullivan

1931-2017

At the Gathering 2008, Professor O'Sullivan wore his white belt to the Gathering to show everyone that no matter how many years of training, he was still "just getting started".
We honor his humility and the shining example he set to us all.​

Professor Libert Kuuleiilunalilo O’Sullivan trained under Professors Bing Fai Lau and Sig Kufferath in the art of Jujitsu, receiving his Black Belt in June of 1949. He also studied Kenpo and Karate under various sensei.

​Born in Honolulu and raised on the island of Molokai, Sensei Libert O’Sullivan graduated from St. Louis High School in 1949 and earned a Bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s College in California in 1955. While attending St. Mary’s College, he taught students and police officers and later gave jujitsu instruction to men in the 1st M.P. Company of the 1st Infantry Division, U.S. Army.

Upon returning to Hawaii in 1957, Sensei O’Sullivan taught students at St. Louis High School and continued working with Professor Kufferath at the Nikko Dojo of Honolulu. Upon Professor Kufferath’s departure to California, Libert O Sullivan was given the honor of becoming sensei for Nikko Dojo.  For many years, Libert O’Sullivan held the position of Secretary to the Hawaii Chapter of the American Jujitsu Institute. In June of 2000, he received his 10th degree professorship from the Hawaii Kenpo Jujitsu Society. 

Professor O'Sullivan was an avid supporter of the Martial Arts Collective Society and The Gathering.