The Open Space Martial Arts

At The Open Space Martial Arts, we want to give you the tools to make your way confidently and safely through your life. We think that your safety, health, wellbeing, and goals are things worth working for! You can’t train in the martial arts the way we do without increasing your levels of fitness, health, grace, strength, confidence, discipline, focus, community, and self-defense ability. The martial arts aren’t just about kicking and punching. They are about being a better person, having a good moral compass, building a work ethic, and being comfortable in your own skin: calm, collected, and confident. They are about being a part of a community of martial artists who support each other, want each other to succeed, and who understand that we all improve together. They are about building healthy, resilient, self-esteem and living your best life. And should your personal safety or the safety of your loved ones be put at risk, martial arts are about knowing that you have learned the skills to handle the problem. We teach kicking, punching, grappling, throws, and joint-locks, yes. But we also teach verbal de-escalation, positive decision-making, threat assessment, and the ethics and morality of TaeKwon-Do’s Student Oath and Tenets. Our Master Instructor has been training in the martial arts for over 25 years, coming up through the nationally acclaimed and award-winning Kick Drugs Out of Alliance program. He holds a 5th-Degree black belt in Traditional TaeKwon-Do, certified through the United States Kido Federation (USKF), and has spent significant time training in Yang-family T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Hapkido, and tactical self-defense. He is a member of the 2013 and 2018 classes of the USKF Black Belt Hall of Fame, has competed on the Disney Open Tournament circuit, has held state and national rankings through the Professional Karate Commission, and has led The Open Space Martial Arts to back-to-back recognition as the USKF Small School of the Year for 2019 and 2020.