The 2024-25 Tournament Season is underway and in addition to competing in all 8 individual events again this season, Traditional Form & Traditional Weapons, Combat Sparring & Sparring, Creative Forms & Creative Weapons and Extreme Forms & Extreme Weapons, I am also competing on the JV Team Combat Sparring & JV Team Sparring Team Pick Power at Elevate Martial Arts in Pickerington, Ohio.

Beginning July 2023, I am continuing my rank training at Elevate Martial Arts in Pickerington, Ohio under 7th Degree Sr. Master Michelle Pavlik, 6th Degree Master Kevin Pavlik and again with 6th Degree Master Keith Hoffman. Prior to that, I trained under 5th Degree Black Belts Mr. Nick Heller, Mr. C.J. Miller and 6th Degree, Master Jay Turner before his retirement, at the ATA Black Belt Academy in Powell, Ohio. I began my training at the ATA Black Belt Academy in Lewis Center, Ohio under Mr. Keith Hoffman, and Mr. Tyler Pierce in 2004.

I have had the honor to train with many of the highest rank ATA Master's & other high ranks from around the United States, including Grand Master M.K. Lee and Grand Master Caruso, Sr. Master Kaminski and Sr. Master Pavlik, Masters Jay Turner, Kevin Pavlik, Jesse Isaacs, Jude Grayson, Ian Thokar, Robert Bentley, Seth Birky, and Keith Hoffman. I have also trained with ATA Ambassador, Brandon Johnson, Nick Heller & C.J. Miller. I am currently a 3rd Degree Black Belt and will be eligible to test for 4th degree when I turn 18 years old in July 2027.

In 2017, I joined the ATA Leadership Program at my school and began to assist as a junior instructor in classes. In 2020, I began my official instructor training in the ATA Legacy Program and earned my Red Collar in February 2021. I earned my Level 1 Instructor Collar in February 2022. I began teaching at the Powell ATA Black Belt Academy in February 2023. I plan to test for my Level 2 Instructor Collar in 2025 and my Black Collar in 2027, as soon as I am eligible.