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Interview with TKD-Ameris Founder Philip Ameris: Maintaining High Standards

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Philip Ameris began training in Taekwondo in 1970, after sustaining a leg injury and his father feeling that karate would help the healing process. Seven years later, he opened his school at the age of fifteen with a fellow classmate and has continued offering Taekwondo to all those who are interested. Today, Ameris took some … Continue reading Interview with TKD-Ameris Founder Philip Ameris: Maintaining High Standards

Interview with Fighting Spirit Karate Founder Sean Schenker: The Spirit of Kyokushin Karate

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At the age of five, Sean Schenker enrolled into Kyokushin Karate and eventually found the spirit that the training instilled in its practitioners. That spirit stayed with him when he changed career paths, jumping into music full-time and leading a band. In 2011, Schenker opened his Fighting Spirit Karate across the way from where he … Continue reading Interview with Fighting Spirit Karate Founder Sean Schenker: The Spirit of Kyokushin Karate