Rudy Gillespie

Rudolph "Rudy" Jermaine Gillespie is the over-the-top but well intentioned former owner and sensei of the Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy in Seaford, and the Miami Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy. He is the adopted father of Sam and the husband of Bethany.

Background
Fifteen years ago, Rudy and Ty both studied under the Grandmaster. During the final battle to decide who would be the Grandmater's official apprentice, Ty was distracted during the match and Rudy suscessfully won the fight. They later fought each other in a dark bedroom and there was moans heard from the room, so it must have been brutal and rough, but he seemed to like it. later, Rudy was a top amateur martial artist but was sidelined by an injury and lost his fire to compete. After hitting rock bottom, Rudy took his entire life savings and bought the Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy in The Bay View Mall.

He is offered to be the sensei at the new Bobby Wasabi dojo in Miami, which he agrees to. When he moves to Miami, Sam and Bethany also went with him. After a few years in Miami, he gets married to Bethany.

Personallity
Rudy can be wacky and gross at times, and is often more than a little childish. He often obsesses over childish things, like being willing to spend four thousand dollars to build a model trainset, purely to win a thousand dollars. Despite this, he has a mature and responsible side that he shows when needed. Although a highly capable fighter in his own right, Rudy will often try and solve disagreements with words and will willingly back down if he's in the wrong. He normally only gets into fights if he's attacked or left with no other opportunity, though he has lost his temper before and used Karate outside of the dojo for petty revenge. He later apologized and taught Jack a valuable lesson about not fighting. Rudy has shown to be somewhat sensitive about his height. He is also very charming and often portrayed as a ladies' man, though he is currently in a relationship with Seaford High's Health teacher Bethany Gillespie. He is also determined, brave, and loyal, never abandoning a friend and carrying on even if it looks bleak. Rudy adopts Sam, a young boy who Grandmaster is trying to get adopted. He has a great relationship with his mother, Martha Gillespie. He was raised by her without a father, who left at age 13 months.

Trivia

 * It is revealed Rudy and Sensei Ty have a feud that lasted for 15 years.
 * It is revealed Rudy loves L.A.R.P.I.N.G.
 * Rudy used to be in a boy band called Just Us Guyz.
 * Rudy has a toilet called Myrtle.
 * It is revealed that Rudy once sat in a tub full of custard.
 * It's revealed that Rudy took acting lessons but quit because he realized acting was not his thing.
 * Rudy was not aware that lemonade came from lemons.
 * When he was a child he was an explorer scout, but since he never earned his Pinewood Derby badge, he never technically graduated.
 * He can tie over 200 types of knots.
 * He can name almost any plant.
 * He briefly worked at Reptile World after getting himself fired by Bobby Wasabi.
 * Rudy is the host of Bobby Wasabi's reality show The Wasabi Warrior.
 * It is revealed that Rudy has a crush on a woman named Carlotta who he met, stopping at a old fashioned restaurant type of shop.
 * Rudy was thinking of putting 20,000,000 pocket ninjas in a shopping cart and rolling them down the streets, selling them door to door.
 * He really loves going to the bathroom in the woods.
 * It is revealed Rudy had lice as a child.
 * It's revealed he waxes his chest every Wednesday night.
 * It's revealed that he had donkeypox when he was young.
 * He is currently a 3rd degree black belt.
 * It's revealed he wrote an autobiography titled "From Rags to Rudy", subsequently revealing that his name used to be Rags before changing it to Rudy
 * Rudy is the sensei to the stars. "I'm Rudy Gillespie Sensei to the Stars" this comes from his buisness card.
 * Rudy is good in bowling.
 * Rudy is distantly related to General Sherman Douglas.
 * He had been fired from the dojo 2 times by Bobby Wasabi, but ends up getting it back both times.