Instructor Revolution
Kelly owns & operates Team Karate Center Columbus and has taught Children's Martial Arts for over 20 years. She herself has been practicing for over three decades and was an Olympic Sponsored Tae Kwon Do athlete. After becoming an Industry Leader in the 1990's and running successful schools in California, Kelly left the industry for a short term to go into Corporate Training. While away, she had time to reflect on the programs she had been running and realized that, although they were well respected and successful by all traditional measures, she felt that something was lacking. That something turned out to be Integrity. Kelly opened TKCC in 2004 with a plan to teach traditional Okinawan Karate to children in a strict, empowering and practical environment. No False Praise, No Emphasis on the Parent Experience in the waiting area, No 36 month Black Belt Children. At the end of 2010, TKCC offered their first Junior black Belt Test. Amazingly, half of the students at that test had been with Kelly for over 5 years. In a world were some children are being awarded Full Black Belt ranks in less than 3 years, Kelly had proved that a successful business could be built on a program with integrity that explained to children that earning their Junior Black Belt, after many year hard work, simply meant that they could entertain further work and studying for the chance to take a Full Black Belt Test.