Sensei Rob Valentine I was born in Anchorage, AK on March 8, 1961. That puts me in the forty year old bracket but I am still kicking and punching. I have three children, Jason, Katie, and Olivia. Jason is a 3rd Kup Red Belt in this system and is now serving in the U.S. Army. Olivia is a 2nd Kup Red Belt and is an Instructor's Assistant. She plays soccer in high school. Katie stays busy with college and getting her life on path, and does not choose to take martial arts. I have over twenty years invested in martial arts training and have been exposed to several styles of training. I will not even ponder on which art is better due to the fact that ALL martial art forms are good when taught with the proper purpose. One should never say that one art is better than the other. Martial arts is a personal thing. Each person has to take and give what they need and have to the martial art system that they wish to practice and learn. For me, I have trained in Savate, which is European foot fighting, when I was in Europe for about two years or so. Returning to the United States, I then had a go at Kung Fu and found that this art was not me due to some religious conflicts. I then tried my hand at Tae Kwon Do. This art is very similar to Tang Soo Do, but I had some difficulties with some of the practices that the instructor wanted me to follow. I then stumbled upon, by accident, this old little dojo off of Highland Avenue. The Sensei was Mr. Skeet Chambers. One of his students was Mr. Ken Ludlow who shortly after I started my training there, Mr. Ludlow became my Sensei. Mr. Ludlow and I have been together ever since, until his retirement in 1999. I then took a break due to some family issues and later started my own dojo attempting to follow my Sensei's footsteps in the teachings of Southern Tang Soo Do. Email Robbie at Rvalentine@STSDKarate.Com