About Master Booe

Knoxville's Most Experienced Kidz Martial Arts Instruction

Who Is Master Booe?

There are three areas that I will reveal here about who I am.

My decades of professional martial arts instruction to children
My extensive work with adults in military, police, martial arts instructors, and competition groups
The personal side of my over 30 year marriage and four (now adult) children

I will give a little window into who I am so you can rest assured, your Karate Kidz are in good hands and that safety is my number one priority.

The Professional Side Of Master Booe

Let’s look at the experience in the martial arts and teaching kidz I bring.
Teaching Kidz Karate For Over 30 Years
I am Master Booe and have been teaching children of all ages for over 30 years. I have taught literally thousands of children in the Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Knoxville areas.
It is not an exaggeration when I say I have taught over 10,000 children over the years from all parts of the globe. In many of the cities I have lived, I couldn’t visit the grocery store without some child running toward me screaming, ‘Master Booe!’ and attaching themselves to my leg.
Instructing Adults In All Capacities
As well, I have taught on the adult side all over the world including military, police forces, government agencies, martial arts instructors, and competitors alike.
Adult fight teams, military groups, and police forces have flown me around the world to give seminars and develop adult programs. Just some of the countries I have been flown to, taught in, and competed in are: Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, South Korea, and many states from coast to coast in the U.S.

Master Booe’s Credentials, Certifications, And Accomplishments

When you've been training since your teens, and well, now many many decades later, the list is quite exhaustive, and honestly, this info can become a little, ‘dry’.

I include a portion of it here so that all of the dads, moms, and grandparents wanting to ensure that what their Karate Kidz are learning is effective, SAFE, self defense can see first hand what is behind all of the excitement in the classes. This is where the substance behind the fun comes from.

Child Safety Training and Professional Development: (listing only the most current info)

Adult & Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED Training and Certification, American Red Cross, 12/3/2024, Valid 2 Years

ProSolutions Training, Child Development & Learning, 19 Continuing Education Units (same training required by the TN Dept. of Human Resources for state preschool teachers), 09/2024-08/2025

Cleared Background Check & Fingerprinting, TN State Dept of Human Resources, valid until 07/03/2029

Education:

BS: Liberal Arts – Excelsior College
MA: Current Graduate Student – Christendom Graduate School

Languages:

English
German

Career:

Full time Martial Arts Instructor, International Seminar Teacher, and Freelance Consultant for 30 years.

Dog Brothers Martial Arts (Kali, Pikiti Tirsia, Muay Thai, Grappling, etc.) –

Dog Brothers Martial Arts Guro (one of only a handful in the world)
Full Dog Brother: Nickname – “Boo Dog”
Over 54 Real Contact Stick and Knife Fights in Los Angeles, North Hollywood, Burbank, San Diego, and Bern Switzerland
Member of the NOHO Clan
Former International Director of the Dog Brothers Martial Arts School Program

Zirkops

Basic Expandable Baton, Certification Completed 02/01/2025

Australia

Luke Beston’s team there north of Sydney, Australia is a top class BJJ crew with an amazing school atmosphere. Luke is a very classy guy and a top level instructor. I really enjoyed my time ‘down under’ and appreciate the effort it took for them to fly me down there.

New Zealand

This is a seminar series I did for Damian Halforty in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a great person, amazing trainer, and avid martial artist. This was one of my favorite seminars of the many I did around the world.

Hayastan Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

For years I helped Gokor with his school, started his Hayastan Grappling Challenge Tournaments Series, and helped trained countless adult and junior champions. Gokor’s system is amazing, and He is without a doubt one of the absolute best martial arts instructors of any kind in the world.

7th Level Instructor under Gokor Chivichyan and Gene LeBell’s Hayastan Grappling System
Trained for 7 years of 30+ years in the martial arts at the Hayastan MMA academy in North Hollywood, CA
Sparring partner for multiple UFC and WEC fighters.
Competed and medaled in submission grappling and Judo tournaments in Los Angeles, North Hollywood, and Las Vegas.
Former National Director for Hayastan Grappling Challenge Tournament Series.

Other black belts, certifications, and styles:

Hap Ki Do
Tang Soo Do
Tae Kwon Do
Isshinryu Karate
Certified ASP Officer
Co-founder – Naval Combatives – Naval Base San Diego

Master Booe Featured In International Magazines

Master Booe In Australia's Blitz Magazine

This one is when I was interviewed in an Australian Magazine about adult oriented martial arts topics.

READ MASTER BOOE'S BLITZ INTERVIEW HERE

GERMANY'S GEAR MAGAZINE

Here is a German Magazine that featured one of my fights in its article.

SEE THE GERMAN ARTICLE HERE

Master Booe’s Family Life

I have been happily married to my wonderful wife Jackie for over 30 years. We have 4 adult children and several grandchildren now.

My wife Jackie is a former public school teacher, having taught over 20 years, in California, Virginia, and Tennessee; and holder of multiple graduate degrees in education. She runs the back office, handles our social media and website, and usually is the one answering the phones.

While our two oldest 'children' have careers of their own and live out of state, you will get to meet our adult twin sons when you are at the dojo. Ethan is on the Autism spectrum and has several learning disabilities, but is high functioning, gentle, and a good 'helper' in classes.

Ronin is progressing nicely in the martial arts and is a sensei-in-training, often assisting alongside me in classes. He handles several of our off-site Karate Kidz classes independently as well.

Ronin holds the same Child Development and Learning credentials (through Pro Solutions required by the TN Dept. of Human Resources for childcare preschool teachers) as me and is Adult & Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED certified from the American Red Cross too.

In addition, Ronin has a clear background check and fingerprints with the TN State Dept of Human Resources on file, just as I do.

So when I say we're a family-run, small business operation, it truly is just that.