Master Kozak began her martial arts journey at age 9 and has been teaching Soo Bahk Do for the better part of the last 25 years. She is currently a 6th Dan Master Instructor certified by the United States Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation. She is also a member of the Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame since 1987 as the female competitor of the year. Her work as a martial artist and instructor has been featured in national magazines such as Marie Claire. She was selected by guest editor Demi Moore to be featured along with three other women as national examples of women in athletics. Click here to read the article. She is a past national and world champion in martial arts competitions and was selected in 1995 as a member of the United States demonstration team for a presentation to a worldwide audience in Seoul, South Korea. She currently serves as the Regional Examiner for martial artists seeking black belt or higher level certification from the four state region comprising Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois. She has been an instructor in the martial arts, to both children and adult students, for more than 25 years. She has a B.A. in psychology from Cleveland State University and a post graduate certification as a surgical technologist. *To obtain her master instructor status, she was required to attend an 8-day intensive training seminar along with other elite martial artists. Her first such seminar attendance was in 1994. Since that time, she has attended that 8-day seminar in 1999, 2004, 2006 and 2008. Jo Kyo Knotts is currently a 2nd Dan Junior Instructor certified by the United States Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation. She has been studying Soo Bahk Do along with her daughter Beth, also a 2nd Dan, under Sa Bom Nim Kozak for the last 10 years here at the Moo Duk Kwan Center. She has been certified as a junior instructor (Jo Kyo) for the last 1 and a half years since her promotion to the rank of 2nd Dan.