Wade Nelson

Mr Nelson has been in the martial arts since he was 5 years old. He started in 1971 at the Texas Karate Institute where he met and trained under Roy Kurban. When Kurban opened American Black Belt Academy Mr Nelson followed and has continued to train there ever since. Having won numerous trophies and awards as a youth and as an adult Mr Nelson continues the instructions and teachings of Grandmaster Kurban.

“Martial arts makes everything else you do better”

Steve Schultz

Mr Schultz began training as a boxer at age 14 and competed successfully in numerous tournaments in Chicago and Las Vegas over a seven year span. Mr. Schultz entered the Marine Corps in 1983 and trained with the Marine Boxing Team under U.S. Olympic Coach Roosevelt Sanders.  Mr. Schultz has been training in the martial arts under Grandmaster Kurban since 1997 and currently holds a third degree black belt in Taekwondo.

“It’s so much more than fighting, we are here to help martial artists (of all ages) achieve a high state of mental and physical fitness, develop their confidence and self-esteem and build character and inner-strength” – SS