" Master Bishop and the program he provides have taught me not only how to defend myself, but also how to develop and evolve as a human being. Through my Taekwondo training I have discovered new potentials I never knew I had, and my self-confidence has increased. I have learned the importance of self-discipline and perseverance as well as honor and respect for others. My experience at the academy has directly improved my life physically, emotionally & spiritually.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Our chief want in life is someone who will make us do what we can." Master Bishop and the Norwalk Taekwondo Academy have fulfilled that want for me."

As a mother of two young children, wife to a personal trainer and part-time librarian at two different schools, my life is stressful. I began my martial arts training in 1993 to learn self-defense as I worked in New York City at the time. Ten years, four schools and three belts later, I finally found the Norwalk Taekwon-Do Academy. My reasons for a martial arts training had changed and were (by then) focused on providing exercise, discipline and focus for my two young children. I was looking for a school in which the instructor was more a teacher than a business man. I found the truly educational experience I sought in Master Bishop?s approach to the martial arts, which comes the closest to the philosophical roots and physical training of the martial arts tradition than any of the schools at which I had formerly trained. I am now in far better shape than I was at 29 years old, and I?m more determined than ever before to earn my First Degree Black Belt. My only regret is that I didn?t begin my training with Master Bishop 20+ years ago!

Martha Kruy