Our Instructors & Staff Members, Chatsworth
Our Instructors have spent many years devoted to training in the art of Tang Soo Do and other martial arts and have attained a certain level of expertise to qualify them as teachers and also mentors.
Through extensive testing, certification and tournament level competition, our staff has attained mastery in this martial art and now enjoy sharing their skill and passing it on to their students.
Here are a few of America's Best Chatsworth Karate's instructors and other staff members, starting with Mark Cox:
Mark Cox (7th Degree Black Belt)
Mr. Cox is the owner of America's Best Chatsworth Karate school. He has a 7th degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do and holds a Black Belt in Hap Ki Do. He is a expert certified Krav Maga instructor and a former LAPD Reserve Officer. You can learn more about him under our master. Mr. Cox is a family man with four children 3 boys and a little girl. He loves his community and the youth. He strives to build tomorrows leaders. His school has made an impact on 1000's of students here in the valley.
Nathan Carlen (6th Degree Black Belt)
Nathan Carlen is our head instructor here at Chatsworth Karate. He has reached the rank of 6th Dan Master in American Tang Soo So and is also a certified Krav Maga instructor and black belt! Mr. Carlen has been with school since the beginning. He started training with Master Cox at a very young age, between 10 and 11 years old in 1989 and because of his perseverance and loyalty is the highest ranking student under Master Cox. His leadership has helped shape many of the students here.
John Martinez (4th Dan)
John Martinez has numerous credentials and accomplishments. We will be updating this section shortly to detail them.
Michael Cox (4th Dan)
Michael Cox has numerous credentials and accomplishments. We will be updating this section shortly to detail them.
Alex Bondarenko (4th Dan)
Alex Bondarenko has been training at Chatsworth Karate since 2001. As a young boy he always wanted to do karate and finally got the opportunity to do so when he moved to the United States from the Ukraine with his family. Alex teaches classes on a regular basis. He constantly strives to become as good of a martial artist as he can be and try to help others do the same.
Kenny Broderick (Little Dragon Director)
Mr. Broderick has been involved with the Martial Arts (Tang Soo Do ) since the early 80's. He is now a 3rd Degree Black Belt here at Chatsworth Karate and the Little Dragons Director. He has shown leadership since the day he signed up with his son Masen. A welcome leader to the Chatsworth Karate instructors.
Kathy Villar (Instructor)
Kathy is a Black Belt instructor in Tang Soo Do. She is a mother of two boys who both train in our karate program, Kendrick who is 11 years old and holds a 2nd degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do and Nickey who is 8 years old and holds a 1st Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do.Kathy has also been involved with Krav Maga for the past 5 years and holds a Blue Belt, her technique and dedication to Krav Maga is second to none.
Bernie Ybarra (1st Dan Black Belt)
Bernie Ybarra is one of our first black belts here at Chatsworth Krav Maga. He is a certified instructor and teaches our level 1 program. Come and enjoy his high energy class!
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