ALL AMERICAN YOUTH ACTIVITIES OF OHIO INC.
&
GROUND LEVEL MARTIAL ARTS
DAYTON, OHIO

1.Where are you from?
Toledo, Ohio

2.In which city do you teach?
Bowling Green, Ohio

3. How long have you been coaching? 
Three years

4. What kind of experience do you have?  What is your background in [cheer/karate]?
I started off learning Chinese Kempo Karate.  I am now deep rooted in Jeet Kune Do and its philosophy.  The art of kung fu allows me to fit in with any style.

5. Who is your personal hero, someone you admire & model yourself after, & why? 
Bruce Lee.  He [is] a true martial artist that train like a multi-million dollar prizefighter of the world.

6.Do you have a personal quote, motto, code, or philosophy you would like to share?
A good martial artist trains the mind, body, and spirit as one complete fighting machine.

1. Where are you from?
Canal Fulton, Ohio

2. In which city do you teach?
Canal Fulton, Ohio

3. How long have you been coaching?
With AAYA since 2006

4. What kind of experience do you have?  What is your background in [cheer/karate]?
Started practicing Shotokan in 1976 with Ju Chikara Do in my hometown of Beckley, WV.  I've been lucky enough to practice other martial arts including Judo, Small Circle Jujitsu, Kobudo, To-te and others.

5. Who is your personal hero, someone you admire & model yourself after, & why?
Forrest E. Morgan, the Author of Living the Martial Way, one of my favorite books on martial arts. It is a great reminder that martial arts training does not stop at the dojo door.

1. Where are you from?
Columbus, Ohio

2. In which city do you teach?
Norwood, Corryville, Sayler Park, and Hamilton

3. How long have you been coaching?
I have been with Young champions for over 13 years and that was when I began teaching.

4. What kind of experience do you have?  What is your background in [cheer/karate]?
I have been involved in Martial Arts for over 22 years. I have a black sash in Chinese Gung Fu, 3rd degree in Combat Karate and have had extensive training in Samurai sword, Aikido, and the Grappling arts.

5. Who is your personal hero, someone you admire & model yourself after, & why?
My Dad. Enough said

1. Where are you from?
Centerville, Ohio

2. In which city do you teach?
Dayton, Ohio @ Ground Level

3. How long have you been coaching?
approximately 2 years

4. What kind of experience do you have?  What is your background in [cheer/karate]?
I began studying as an adult 4 years ago with Master Zuk, and have made martial arts a way of life as opposed to a workout. 

5. Who is your personal hero, someone you admire & model yourself after, & why?
I can't say that I have a "hero", because I try to learn from everyone I come in contact with.  I strongly feel that everyone who is placed in my path is someone who is there to teach me something. 

1. Where are you from?
St. Joseph, MO

2. In which city do you teach?
Findlay, OH

3. How long have you been coaching?
3 yrs for AAYA

4. What kind of experience do you have?  What is your background in [cheer/karate]?
Have been in martial arts since 1994. Trained with ATA in Missouri and Tennessee, competed in National Championships in 1997 to 1999, World Championships in LittleRock in 98/99

5. Who is your personal hero, someone you admire & model yourself after, & why?
I have many heroes and people I model myself after, some of whom I have no idea what their names are.  As I meet people I take positive things I have learned from them and try to impliment them in my everyday life. When I see negative things I learn from them also and try to not duplicate. 

1.Where are you from?
I am from Piqua Ohio.

2.In which city do you teach?
Grove City , Groveport, Middletown.

3. How long have you been coaching?
First year as a full time coach.

4.What kind of experience do you have? 
I trained in Shorin Ryu karate on the island of Okinawa for 1 year while  in the Marine Corps, and have been training with Young Champions for 2 years.

1. Where are you from?
'm from a small and humble town called Fort Laramie .

2. In which city do you teach?
I teach in the slightly larger Sidney.

3. How long have you been coaching?
approximately 1 year

4. What kind of experience do you have?  What is your background in [cheer/karate]?
I've been in the Young Champions program for 8 years. 

5. Who is your personal hero, someone you admire & model yourself after, & why?
I don't really have a personal hero.