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Teaching

Some important stuff!

I TEACH...

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PRIVATE LESSONS

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One-on-One Custom Lessons

If you have a specific skill you’d like to learn I offer one-on-one lessons (and parent/child or sibling team lessons) on many aspects of martial arts and self-defense. From weapons manipulations (bo-staff, nunchaku, and sword), to beginning tricking skills, rolling and falling, stage fighting, board breaking, and more, we can build lesson plans that target your personal goals.

If you have special considerations that make joining a group class difficult, private lessons may also be a great way to get started.

 

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SELF DEFENSE

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Self-Defense Seminars and Curriculum

I develop and teach self-defense curricula for establishments like Reed College. These courses focus on practical physical movements as well the psychology of defense: How can understanding violence help you recognize, avoid, or creatively de-escalate potentially dangerous situations? How can understanding the body’s response to adrenaline help you navigate fight-or-flight reactions? How can cultivating healthy boundary-setting habits on a day-to-day basis improve your ability to defend yourself? My curriculum introduces tools to mitigate the harmful effects of an adrenaline rush and harness the strength and speed provided by the same chemical reaction.

Please contact me directly for inquiries about a seminar or ongoing classes for your organization:

 

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MASK MAKING & MOVEMENT

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Shadow Tender Group Workshops

(Please note, I have had to take a temporary hiatus from co-teaching, but please contact Natasha Kolosowsky directly for one-on-one Shadow Tender sessions and news of upcoming events. I hope to return to this wonderful work soon!)

Shadow Tender's workshops seek to provide communities with tools for communicating with and learning from the concept of the Jungian Shadow. These workshops stage encounters with personal Shadows through mask work, and use guided movement to foster constructive dialogue about the monstrous inside of us all, as well as to address questions of identity, personal bias, and communication. Often playful and surprisingly tender, we employ a process of simultaneous discovery and creation. We hope to look beyond the ego’s defenses to cultivate awareness, compassion, and curiosity. We ask: Who is the monster, here? How do we create the monstrous? How does it create us? What lies beyond the fear?

 

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TRADITIONAL

MARTIAL ARTS

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Family Classes at Aim High Academy of Martial Arts

I am the chief instructor of the Tang Soo Do Program at Aim High Academy of Martial Arts. Tang Soo Do is a traditional Korean martial art that offers its practitioners opportunities to strengthen their health and character alongside their physical skills. In addition to physical fitness and self-defense, martial arts is a fun and challenging way to build confidence, discipline, and focus at any age. Students cultivate leadership skills and have the opportunity to become internationally certified black belt instructors themselves as they learn terminology and history alongside developing strength and flexibility. Family classes for ages 8 and up provide a dynamic and welcoming environment whether you are just starting out, or coming to Aim High with previous experience. As a member of the World Tang Soo Do Association, you can pursue your training from white belt to 3rd degree black belt and beyond, as well as participate in national and international tournaments and training clinics.