Mr. Tracy Benningfield

Gowing up on martial arts movies in the early 70's Mr. Tracy fell in love with the martial arts. Pastor Tracy has now studied the martial arts for over 35 years. He started teaching professionally over 25 years ago. He has attended instructor college programs learning to teach martial arts safely to all ages and he has earned senior instructor certification. H e currently has a fifth degree black belt in Shaolin Kempo as well as black belts in other martial arts systems. In 2004 and 2006 Pastor Tracy was inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame. He is a member of the “Fellowship of Christian Martial Artists”, “Karate for Christ”, “World Black Belt”, and He is the State Director for the “International Combat Hapkido Federation”.

Pastor Tracy has also been a Christian Pastor vocationally since 1994.

Ms. Beth McKennon

Ms. McKennon has studied the martial arts for over 18 years. She has earned a 1st degree black belt as well as a 1 degree brown in American Kempo. She has studied Shaolin Kempo with Pastor Tracy for over 6 years. She is also a student in our Combat Hapkido program of instruction.

Ms. McKennon has fought internationally and in the U.S. She has gained valuable experience teaching the martial arts in both Tae Kwon Do and American Kempo and she is currently the assistant instructor and a great asset to our team here at Family Martial Arts & Fitness Studios.

 

Mr. Todd Benoit

Todd Benoit has has been with us for 3 year and in this time has proven himself to be hardworking and a dedicated enthusiast in the martial arts. He is very detailed oriented and has a passion for teaching.