Yongsik Seok
Head coach and owner
Yongsik founded the club and teaches the adult classes and the poomsae classes. He speaks Korean and English, and leads every belt test.
Coaches
Who is on the mat
Four coaches share the week's classes. Families can talk to any of them before or after class.
Urvi Thakur
Instructor, Juniors and teens
Urvi teaches the Monday and Saturday Juniors classes and the Thursday teen class. She speaks Gujarati and English with families.
Ferdinand Vergara
Sparring and competition coach
Ferdinand runs the sparring lab and the competition team, and goes with competitors to tournaments. He starts every new sparrer on light contact and builds from there.
Hind Mansouri
Teens coach
Hind coaches the Monday teen class and the Wednesday Juniors class. She keeps each class on its warm-up, its drill and its bow out, and tells parents what the next belt test asks for.
Credentials
Languages and checks
Languages with families
Korean
Yongsik Seok
Gujarati
Urvi Thakur
English
All four coaches
Coaches who teach students under 18
Background check
Before teaching a first class
CPR and first aid
Renewed on the course's schedule
Mandated reporter training
For adults who work with minors
Sample credentials.
Meet them on the mat
A first class is the easiest way to meet the coach for your group.