Master Jason Purcell
Master Purcell started in the
martial arts at the young age of 4. He has currently studied
13 various styles of martial arts and has earned 6 different
black belts in various styles. The most notable belt he holds
is the rank of 4th degree black belt (rank of master) in Tae
Kwon Do. He has taught martial arts since 1996 and has both
coached and competed at local, regional, and national
tournaments. In 2005 he competed in the AAU Northwest Regional
tournament knocking out everyone he fought to claim the title
of best in the northwest for the middleweight Olympic Style
Sparing title. He has helped coach and competed with Team
Velocity which is located in Tukwila, Washington. Team Velocity
is one of the best Olympic Style Sparing programs on the west
coast.
Master Purcell currently owns his own martial arts studio called Martial
Sports located in Seattle, Washington. He is an adjunct
professor at Seattle Pacific University teaching
martial art PE classes in Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido, and The Art of
Martial Arts for university credit. He also teaches martial
art PE classes for the 7th and 8th graders of Seattle Country Day
school which is a private school.
Master Purcell also teaches three home school groups which
meet with him two days per week to take martial art PE
classes.
Each year Master Purcell has more then one thousand students
come through the doors of Martial Sports.
Master Purcell has taught all ages as young as 2 and adults as
old as 72. Typical martial arts class sizes range from 5 to 30.
In the past Master Purcell has put on all day seminars to over
200 students at once. His average classes taught on a weekly basis are
the 3-6 year olds, followed by the 7-12 year olds, then the
teens, and finally the adult classes. Master Purcell has been
teaching homeschoolers for over three years.
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