TAEKWONDO & KICKBOXING TEACHERS

Our teachers are active practitioners and competitors, striving to lead by the best examples possible. We are grateful for the opportunity to do what we do.

Jacob Cho

40+ years of martial arts experience
30+ years of teaching experience
Son of martial arts pioneer and Tae Kwon Do legend, Grandmaster Hee Il Cho
Tae Kwon Do black belt
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt
Co-founder, Owner & Operator of Cho’s Academy
Active practitioner & ongoing student of martial arts

Jacob Cho began training at the early age of five with his father, Grandmaster Hee Il Cho, a martial arts pioneer and legend. With over 45 years of martial arts experience and more than 30 years of teaching, Mr. Cho brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and dedication. His martial arts experience includes ongoing practitioner, teacher, coach and former competitor.

Mr. Cho holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and continues to practice and evolve in his craft. He also has experience with western boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai. He has a deep appreciation for Yoga and has maintained a loose but continued practice for nearly fifteen years. He also enjoys weight training, running, hiking, snowboarding and playing guitar.

Mr. Cho has developed a passion for helping others grow and strengthen through martial arts training. He looks forward to continued opportunities for growth and to be of service.

TESTIMONIAL (more available on request):

"I've trained in countless Martial Arts schools over the past 30 years, and met a multitude of instructors. Jacob Cho is without question the most dedicated instructor I've ever had the pleasure of working with. His passion for teaching, technical skill, and obvious love for his students is inspirational." Jason

Erik Van Der Lee

Erik has been training for many years. His primary disciplines include MMA, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Kickboxing. He currently trains at and fights out of team Subfighter MMA headed by Adam Lynn.

Erik has been a friend of the academy for some time now and has been working on adding some TKD specifics to his skill set.

He is 8-4-0 as an MMA amateur and recently turned professional. He's also 1-0-0 as an amateur kickboxer and 1-0-0 as a professional Muay Thai competitor. He holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is a successful and active Jiu Jitsu competitor.

At just 21 years young this dedicated martial artist is fast on the rise and brings great energy to his classes.

Junior TKD Instructors and Junior TKD Assistants:

Our Youth Program guides and nurtures the leadership process. We are committed to helping shape strong, responsible, compassionate leaders. This is our next generation. Standards are kept high. In our fourteen years of service, we’ve promoted many brown and red belts but only a few have made it to Junior Black belts… congratulations to these exceptional young men and women!

Brayden Jenson
TKD Black Belt 2nd Degree

Jacob Burdiek
TKD Black Belt 2nd Degree

Vincent Ewing
TKD Jr. Black Belt 1st Degree

Sabrina Yang
TKD Jr. Black Belt 1st Degree

Sterling Radisay
TKD Jr. Black Belt 1st Degree

Theodore Drews
TKD Jr. Black Belt 1st Degree

Royce Newton
TKD Jr. Black Belt 1st Degree

Chloe Chang
TKD Jr. Black Belt 1st Degree

Zachary Wang-Huhem
TKD Jr. Black Belt 1st Degree

Alex Wang-Huhem
TKD Jr. Black Belt 1st Degree