Assistant Instructors & Volunteers

Shedrick began his studies in 2006, at the age of 15, with BMAP, and continues today Currently he is a 2nd Dan (Nidan) in Go-ju Ryu Karate, and 4th Geup in Tae Kwon Do. He volunteers his time as an assistant instructor for BMAP, helping to teach children martial arts. Shedrick does compete in tournaments, and has achieved Grand Champion. In 2015 he was Inducted into the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Shedrick has/is trained in the styles of Go-ju Ryu Karate, Tae Kwon Do and Wing Chun Kung Fu.

I am Lorraine Gorski and currently a 2nd Dan Black Belt at Brandt's Martial Arts.  I began my martial arts journey in 2008 at BMAP, shortly after my children joined.  Before I moved in 2009, I made it to 5^th Geup green belt under Master Brandt.  My journey continued when I moved to Radcliff Kentucky at Lee's TaeKwonDo.  In December 2009 I attained the rank of 1^st Dan Black Belt under Master Lee.  I returned to BMAP in August 2012 to continue perfecting the art of TaeKwonDo under Master Brandt.  I am currently also volunteering my time to help other students learn and understand the time, discipline, and dedication it takes to be a martial artist.  Every class is a learning experience for me, as I also continue to expand my knowledge of this art.

 I always wanted to learn martial arts. My parents convinced me to take taekwondo lessons, so I tried it out. I first started in Okinawa, Japan. My master's name was Kenneth Cruz-he was an 8^th Dan. There would be classes on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays. When I first got there, we would all line up by rank. There were 10 black belts who were all lined up in the front, and they could all pretty much do the splits. I got nervous that I wouldn't be good enough for this. We stretched out our legs really good and did kicks back and forth for about an hour. Then for the next 30 minutes, kick paddles. On Wednesdays we would do warm-ups then work on forms. It wasn't so hard learning the forms, but the black belts were extremely good with their form! They would always help me out. There were 10 belt levels. Thursdays, we would do one-steps.  Lastly, on Friday, we would spar, but we only did Olympic sparring. We would spar anyone, no matter what rank. It was challenging. My opponents were really fast and would always do spinning kicks. For belt testing, we would have to know basic, forms, one- steps, and lastly break boards. It was tough, but I NEVER gave up!

    The belts went by: white, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, brown, red, and lastly black. By the time I reached my brown belt, I was allowed to come to the advanced classes. When I found out I was moving, I was very disappointed. I learned so much and it was a great experience learning at this dojo.

    When I moved to Fort Campbell, KY, I still wanted to continue doing Taekwondo so we started looking around. I didn't know if I was going to find the right dojang to learn at. When I found BMAP, I was so relieved! It is a great class and I am improving so much! I just want to thank Sensei and others who help me do better and support me. J

Zavier began his studies in 2006, at the age of 11, with BMAP, and continues today Currently he is a 2nd Dan (Nidan) in Go-ju Ryu Karate, and 4th Geup in Tae Kwon Do. He volunteers his time as an assistant instructor for BMAP, helping to teach children martial arts. Zavier does compete in tournaments, and has achieved Grand Champion. In 2015 he was Inducted into the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Zavier has/is trained in the styles of Go-ju Ryu Karate, Tae Kwon Do and Wing Chun Kung Fu.

I began my journey in martial arts in 2006 after attending my first BMAP tournament watching my son and the other BMAP students. Cody had been studying for a while but I was deployed to Iraq so BMAP was new to me  I first started studying under Master O'Neil at Fort Gordon during BNCOC. After finishing school, I came back to Fort Campbell and started training under Master Brandt.  I have had to take time off 2 times for deployments. Though during the deployments I continued to practice my forms when time permitted. I finally finished my journey to Black Belt in 2012. Now I am continuing my journey as a Black Belt in Goju Ryu Karate and am also working to get my Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do.  I am proud to be an Assistant Instructor with my son and like working with students on their journey in martial arts.

Herman Williams, Jr. is a native of Ashdown, AR and was introduced to martial arts in the form of Tae Kwon Do as a child by his Uncle, Therman Williams.  Upon graduating high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a 31U, Signal Support Systems Specialist, on June 14, 1999.

Herman Williams' first duty was Ansbach, Germany with 6-52 Air Defense Artillery with whom he deployed once to Saudi Arabia and once to Poland.  He had a permanent change of station to FT Polk, LA to 565^th Medical Company and deployed to Iraq for the first time.  Upon completion of his tour at FT Polk, LA; he was stationed at FT Carson, CO with 1^st Battalion of the 8^th Infantry Regiment with whom he deployed twice to Iraq.  Within the second tour of Iraq with 1-8 Infantry; he met a Black Belt 8 Dan, who was known by the name Master Luigi.  Master Luigi trained him within Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido.  After returning to the continental United States to FT Carson, CO; he had a permanent change of station to FT Gordon, GA.

Upon arrival to FT Gordon, GA, Herman Williams met the neighbor across the street that at the time was a Black Belt 7^th Dan of Karate (GoJu Ryu), Master Alfred O'Neal.  Master O'Neal trained Herman Williams until the time of his permanent change of station to FT Campbell, KY with 1-75 CAV.  Months after his arrival Herman continued the same style of Karate under Black Belt 8^th Dan, Master Eric Brandt.      

Cody began studing Goju Ryu Karate with Master Brandt in Aug 2005, at the age of 9. He went on to receive his  Junior Blackbelt in Dec 2011, he received his Adult Blackbelt in July 2012. Cody is the first student to go  from white belt to black belt; with complete instruction under Master Brandt. Cody plans on continuing his blackbelt journey and also working on his TaeKwonDo skills, hoping to receive his Blackbelt in TKD also. "It's an exciting new beginning   being a Blackbelt"