Grandmaster Philip Ameris A 8th-Degree Black Belt with over 40 years of experience in the martial arts, Master Philip Ameris is Grand Master Hee Il Cho's senior student and technical director of the Action International Martial Arts Association. He has won numerous national and international championships and was the Captain of USA Taekwondo team for the 1988 World Championships.

Grandmaster Ameris is the chief instructor at Cho's Taekwondo in New Kensington, PA.  In addition, he is the director of The Kiski School's martial arts program for the last fifteen years.  He has travelled throughout the world teaching seminars and clinics on traditional Taekwondo, as well as developing R.A.P.E. Defense - a proven and effective course on women's self defense. 

Grandmaster Ameris has been featured in numerous martial arts publications throughout the world, and has dedicated his life to studying the way of Taekwondo and teaching traditional martial arts methods and values.  He is married for twenty two years, as his wife and two children study Taekwondo and hold the rank of black belt.

GGrandmaster Philip Ameris: www.taekwondo-ameris.com