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What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Fifth degree black belt in Taekwondo
Second degree black belt in Tang Soo Do
Black Tiger Kali Guro with 20 years experience in Filipino martial arts
Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Active instructor at multiple schools since 2001.
Opened Amerson's Taekwondo and Fitnes in 2015.
What types of students have you worked with?
Amerson's Taekwondo focuses on students over 12 years old. There's no upper age limit. One of Master Amerson's teachers is in her seventies!
What advice would you give a student looking to hire a teacher in your area of expertise?
Martial arts is a journey of personal growth, and every teacher has a different teaching style. I encourage students to look at multiple teachers and possibly watch a class from each before making a decision. If possible, take a few trial classes before signing up for any longer period of training.
What questions should students think through before talking to teachers about their needs?
There are a lot of reasons to train martial arts, fitness, confidence, self-defense, sport/competition, mental focus, etc.
Think about why you want to train martial arts and ask the instructor how their curriculum and school focuses on that. Some schools have different foci. If you're looking for self-defense, training at a competition and sport focused school might not be the right choice, for example.