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Sensei Larry Kooyman

Sensei Larry is a 27 year veteran of the martial arts with over 15 years of professional teaching experience.  Larry holds black belt ranks in multiple styles including a 1st degree black belt Judo and Japanese Jiu Jitsu, 2nd degree in Goju-Shorei Weapons and a 5th degree black belt in Goju-Shorei Karate. Larry is the current Director of Goju-Shorei Karate and Co-Founder of Family First Martial Arts Training Centers located in Franklin TN with his wife Sensei Dani.

Along with an impressive martial arts career, Larry prides himself on his fun and energetic teaching style.   His ability to teach to a wide range of individuals enables students of all ages to gain from his classes.  Larry fills each class with quality mixed martial arts and character development to improve all aspect of your life.

Sensei Dani Kooyman

Sensei Dani Kooyman is an accomplished martial artist.  Having been training for over 19 years, she has been featured in Black Belt Magazine and Graduated the prestigious Ultimate Black Belt Test.  A 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, Sensei Dani has taken to teaching to help improve the lives of her students.  She is the 7th woman in the world to earn a 1st degree Black Belt in Goju-Shorei Weapons.
Sensei Dani’s teaching is nurturing and playful but holds firm to quality in technique. She holds a Bachelors in Natural Health and adds nutrition to much of her instruction.

What “Style” of Martial Arts Do We Teach?

Maybe you know this already, but in case you don’t, allow us to explain: In the last decade or two, the martial arts have taken a 100 year leap. Television, the Internet, the ease of international travel, and an eruption of interest in all things martial arts has made “what style” a school teaches a far less telling or important thing than it used to be.

Aikido, Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Savate, Judo, and all other arts are, quite literally, “brand names” and —fortunately —education, good ideas, and sound practices don’t know what brand names are. So, we teach an eclectic mix of the best things we know, have studied, and believe in.

If you’re an experienced practitioner and you’re looking for a specific kind of training, please call our front desk and we’ll connect you with our head instructor. If you’re a beginner or the parent of a beginner, we’d like you to appreciate that our “style” is based on sound, traditional martial arts. What we think is most important is the way our staff teaches. We’ll tell you we’re fantastic teachers, but the best way to see exactly what we do in our classroom is to take us up on our offer of a week-long introductory course.

The “Introductory” isn’t a sales pitch, it’s a genuine hands-on way to see how our team interacts with your child, what we do, physically, with young people, and to hear precisely what kind of ideas we’re talking with them about.

Our phone # is 615-425-6554. Or Email Us HERE