Formal Training:
Began Tae Kwon Do in October 1993

Achieved First Degree Black Belt 1997
Second Degree Black Belt October 2000
Third Degree Black Belt October 2003
Fourth Degree Black Belt August 2007
Fifth Degree Black Belt September 2013
Sixth Degree November 2018
Seventh Degree July 2025

First Degree Black Belt in Hapkido 2005
Second Degree Black Belt in Hapkido 2008
Third Degree Black Belt in Hapkido 2008
Fourth Degree Black Belt in Hapkido September 2018

First Degree Black Belt in Kumdo 2005
Training under the direction of Grand Master Spencer Brandt and Grand Master Cindy Brandt.

Certified as a Self Defense Instructor June 2004.

Self Employed:
Opened first school in Nimrod, Minnesota in June 1997.
Moved to 213 Jefferson Street South in Wadena, Minnesota when we exceeded the space at Nimrod.
Moved to 208 Jefferson Street South in Wadena, Minnesota in December, 2019.

Achievements:
National Champion 2002, 2003
* Gold Medal in both Forms & Sparring North Dakota
State Champion 2002 * Gold Medal in both Forms & Sparring Minnesota State Champion 2003
* Gold Medal in both Forms & Sparring