Master Kozak began her martial arts journey at age 9 and has been teaching Soo Bahk Do for the past 23 years. She is currently a 6th Dan Master Instructor certified by the United States Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation. In 1994 She was inducted into Black Belt Magazine's Black Belt Hall of Fame. She has spent the last 11 years as the head instructor here at the Moo Duk Kwan Center. Click here to read a 1999 article about Sa Bom Nim Kozak in Marie Claire magazine. 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.