Instructors

Master Mary Murphy Edwards

Master Murphy is a 7th degree Black Belt in the art of Shaolin Kempo and has 25 years of teaching experience both in the US and in Montreal, Canada.

Master Meier

Master Meier is a 5th Degree Black Belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate, and has been studying since 1992. He has over 10 years of teaching experience, and specializes in sparring and Dragon Style. Master Meier teaches Saturday noon SKK.

Master Endres

Master Endres is a 5th Degree Black Belt in Shaolin Kempo and is the Director of the Prairie du Sac Library. Master Endres has been studying martial arts since 1994 and is also certified in SanRyuDo Sword. She teaches 6:30pm SKK on Monday evenings.

Wave Kasprzak

Mr. Kasprzak is a 4th degree Black Belt in Shaolin Kempo and our Martial Arts Director. He teaches adult SKK Tuesdays & Thursdays at noon. On "Tough Tuesdays" he gives his students extra challenges! Mr. Kasprzak is the chef and co-owner of The Dining Room at 209 Main in Monticello.

Ali Treviño-Murphy

Ms. Murphy is a 3rd degree black belt. She is our Outreach Director as well as an instructor for Kickboxing, T'ai Chi and S.A.F.E. Women's Self Defense. Ms. Murphy is also a certified Energy Medicine practitioner and a graduate student in Social Work. Habla español.

James P. Nettum

Mr. Nettum holds the rank of Black Belt in American Karate and 3rd degree Black Belt in Shaolin Kempo. He is a manager at Pegasus Games and currently teaches Saturday kids class and Tuesday adult SKK at 7:30. Mr. Nettum also teaches SanRyuDo Sword. Habla español.

Ginny Divine

Ms. Divine holds the rank of 3rd degree black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate and is the Office Director for our coop. She teaches Adult SKK on Thursdays at 7:30pm. Outside the studio Ms. Divine is a Realtime Captioner for the University of Wisconsin- Madison.


Troy Theis

Troy is a 2nd degree black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate. He is also our graphic designer. Troy teaches Master Kickboxing on Thursdays at 6:30pm, as well as Kickboxing Fundamentals Thursdays at 5:30pm. Always a fun, upbeat class!

Curtis Rueden

Curtis is a 2nd degree black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate. He is our Kickboxing Director and teaches Master Kickboxing on Monday afternoons at 4:30pm. He enjoys making mix CDs that intensify students' energy. Curtis is also our website developer!

Orlando Acevedo

Mr. Acevedo is one of only a few students in our history as a school to be promoted to black belt at the young age of 13. He is currently an assistant instructor for our Tigers Kung Fu class.

Kevin Levi

Mr. Levi is an assistant instructor for our Dragons Kung Fu class on Thursdays. He is currently a high school student, and has been studying Shaolin Kempo Karate since he was 5 years old.

Autumn Whittle

Autumn has been kickboxing since 2006 and studying Shaolin Kempo since 2009. Check out her kickboxing classes on Wednesday nights!

Tina Treviño-Murphy

Tina is a blue belt with green stripe in Shaolin Kempo Karate. She teaches high-energy kickboxing classes on Wednesdays at 4:30pm! Her specialty is arms, especially the intense "Bombs Over Baghdad" exercise!

Holly Storck-Post

Holly teaches Master Kickboxing on Tuesday nights at 6:30pm, as well as Kickboxing Fundamentals on Tuesdays at 5:30pm. She is also our Financial Director and photographer. Holly is a graduate student at UW-Madison in Library Sciences.

Jeff Vorwald

Mr. Vorwald is a 3rd Degree Black Belt who runs a satellite school at the UW River Falls. Jeff recently completed his Masters Degree in education and is certified as a SanRyuDo instructor.