Taekwondo
Master Sung Park
Master Sung Park is a fifth degree black belt from Korea with over 30 years of Taekwondo experience. He is a certified referee of the United States Taekwondo Union. For the past 15 years he has served as an instructor and the coach for Brown University Taekwondo Club and was the head coach of the Harvard University Taekwondo Club. Using his Psychology degree from Brown University, he passionately but patiently guides the students to achieve their goals in Taekwondo and in life. His perception and ability to relate what he knows to his students is what sets this school apart from others. He knows how important it is that the body, mind, and spirit are brought into harmony. This is why all of Master Park’s classes incorporate meditation and visualization.
Master Peter Lee
Master Peter Lee is a sixth degree black belt from Korea. He is a graduate of and a M.D./Ph.D. at Brown University. Master Lee is the founder and master instructor at Harvard University Taekwondo Club. As an accomplished competitor and coach, he has produced many National Champions over the years. Under his guidance, students know that their conditioning and flexibility will improve. Philosophy and character development is always put first and the concepts in self-defense second.
Master Elizabeth Park
Master Elizabeth Park, is a fourth degree black belt with 15 years of Taekwondo experience. Also a Brown University graduate, she utilizes her teaching experience in middle and high schools to promote positive growth for all the students
Ki Aikido
Steve Allain Sensei
Steve Allain Sensei is a third degree black belt in Aikido and first degree black belt in Ki Development. He brings over 10 years of experience in the art of Ki Aikido and is the lead instructor of Rhode Island Ki Society. Allain Sensei also has a Masters in Music and has been teaching guitar since 1993.
Cardio Kickboxing
Master Kas DeCarvalho
Master Kas DeCarvalho has trained in various martial arts since the late 1990, particularly including Shotokan Karate, Aikido and Taekwondo, in the latter of which he holds a Kukkikwon-certified 4th-Degree black belt. In addition to his more formal martial arts training, he began teaching aerobic kickboxing in 1994, a program he most recently initiated at Park's Champion Taekwodo under Master Sung Park. Master Kas is infamous for originating the beloved "Crazy Time!" aerobics routine, currently in use at at least three East Coast martial arts centers. Off the mat, Master Kas is a corporate attorney, husband and father of two (not necessarily in that order.)
Ms. Anke Kenney
Ms. Anke Kenney holds a 2nd-Degree Kukkikwon-certified black belt in Taekwondo and has been enthousiastically teaching cardio kickboxing classes since 2004. Having joined the martial arts arena later in life, she truly believes in the innumerable health and personal benefits one gains from martial arts training at any age. When she's not in the dojang, she teaches French and German at various colleges and universities in Rhode Island and beyond, and takes care of her two sons and husband.