Sijo John N. Beall is the System Director for the Tsun Jo Wing Chun^® Kung Fu organization. He is a Masters Level Instructor. His background includes training in Wing Chun Kung Fu methods, Karate, Boxing, Weapons and Grappling. He has been training in martial arts for over 25 years and has been actively teaching his art since 1980.

From the time he joined The Greenlake Martial Arts School in January of 1996, Instructor Nicholas Smith has proven to be one of our most focused and dedicated students. By training several hours a day year after year, Nick became a member of the Tsun Jo^® Instructor's Association in 1998 and was awarded his black sash on June 21st, 2000. Instructor Nicholas Smith now teaches most of the classes during the week and acts as part owner of The Greenlake Martial Arts School.

Instructor Marc Mehrotra joined The Greenlake Martial Arts School in January of 2001. Impressed with how functional and direct Tsun Jo Wing Chun^® is and how courteous and welcoming the students are, Marc started attending almost all the classes The School had to offer. Just a couple years later, Instructor Marc Mehrotra was invited to join the Tsun Jo^® Instructor's Association and started teaching many of the weekday classes. Today, he and Instructor Nicholas Smith run The Greenlake Martial Arts School with the help of all the other Instructors, Assistant Instructors and Si Hings.

Interested in learning a functional martial art, Tom began his training at the Greenlake Martial Arts School after participating in a realistic demonstration of the basic skills of the art of Tsun Jo^®. Motivated by the dedication of the advanced students and focused attention and encouragement from the instructors, Tom made steady progress toward the advanced levels of training. He currently enjoys teaching beginning and advanced students every Saturday while completing his Masters in Teaching for Western Washington University. Tom's attention to detail and passion for teaching makes him an invaluable part of the Greenlake Martial Arts School and the Tsun Jo^® System.

Since 1990, Jason Thams has trained in a wide range of martial arts, including hapkido, judo, Karate (similar to Shotokan) and Tae Kwon Do. As a member of the Seishin Kan Karate School, he also was taught the history of Japanese martial arts and some basic weapons techniques, including stick fighting, sword, staff, nunchaku, jo, bo and the tonfa. He achieved his 1st degree black belt in 1993 and 2nd degree in 1996 when he became an assistant instructor at the main dojo from 1996 to 1997. After leaving the Seishin Kan Karate School in 1998, he ran his own martial arts school for a while and spent over a year studying Pankration jujitsu. Still in search of a good martial arts system that was practical and "made sense," he began training in Tsun Jo^®. Today, Jason Thams teaches beginning and advanced Tsun Jo^® and grappling classes at The Greenlake Martial Arts School. Although he likes to pretend to be a tough guy, Jason will never hesitate to answer a students question or help them with their technique. With his vast martial arts background, Jason Thams has become an extremely important member of The Greenlake Martial Arts School.

One of the longest standing members of the Greenlake Martial Art School, Marc enjoys teaching the green, brown and black sash students during the Wednesday evening advanced class. With four years of Tae Kwon Do training, a year of stick fighting and around 15 years of Wing Chun experience, Marc has become an invaluable asset to the Greenlake Martial Arts Community.

Spend five minutes with Tim and you will know why they call him "Stone Hands." In addition to bone shattering power, he has been clocked at about eight to nine punches a second. Tim attends almost every class we offer and has been an integral part of the Tsun Jo^® System for over fifteen years.

Since he began training four years ago, Zayce Kruse has invested a great deal of his free time training and quickly became one of our most proficient students. Noticing his obvious positive effect on each student he works with, soon after reaching the advanced levels of training, he gladly accepted the offer to become a part of the Student Instructor's Program. Since then has become a proficient, reliable instructor, leading grappling and Tsun Jo^® classes.

From the beginning, it was clear that Neal had a natural ability toward martial arts. In addition to being physically capable, Neal works very well with people and helps many of the beginning students feel welcome. As a member of the assistant instructors program, he teaches every Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon.

Mike's interest in learing Tsun Jo^® and becoming an assistant instructor was apparent from the beginning. With previous experience in traditional Wing Chun, making the small modifications to Tsun Jo^® seemed an easy task. Mike enjoys teaching two classes back to back on Tuesday evening and has become one of the most reliable members of the Tsun Jo^® assistant instuctor's program.

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