Mr. C
3rd Degree Black Belt, American Kenpo Style Karate, 2012

As a Licensed Professional Engineer, Mr. C has 26 years of experience in establishing and maintaining relationships.

Mr. C has been studying the Martial Arts since March 2004. He has been a member of the Action Karate Leadership Team for the last five years and has successfully completed the Instructor Training Program at Action Karate and for his title as Full Instructor.

Teaching classes to children and adults on a regular basis is a major part of the instructor training program. Mr. C's martial arts instruction encompasses teaching young children up through adults in Kenpo Style Karate for both self-defense and kata. He also conducts regular review classes for students, children and adults, who are testing for their black belt.

As Head Instructor for Action Karate Newtown, Mr. C will run youth and adult classes guiding each student through their Kenpo Curriculum. He will support the values of honesty, strength and knowledge which is the basis of our program.

Mr. Ogborn
3rd Degree Black Belt, American Kempo Style Karate, 2012

As a professional Senior Sales Executive, Mr. Ogborn has spent most of his 20 year career with ePlus Technology, Inc as both the Team Leader and Account Executive.

He carries sales certifications in over 25 manufacturers product lines.

Part of his time is spend on a daily basis managing public contracts company and negotiating new contracts within his sales organization year after year.

Mr. Ogborn has been studying the Martial Arts since June 2004. During his tenure, he has also studied the components of the Tang Soo Do and Krav Maga styles.

As a member of the Action Karate Leadership Team for the last 8 years, he is now a Certified Instructor. In addition, Mr. Ogborn has been the coach of the Jr. Demo team for 3 years. In that 3 year time frame, the team has performed at various events supporting the local community and has been undefeated in competition at the Action Karate Invitational. Mr. Ogborn's primary role with Action Karate Newtown is to be the enrollment coordinator. He will be working with children up to childhood helping them understand our program, goals and values in a fun and exciting environment. He is also very involved in the community with various charities and functions in and around the Newtown Area.

"The opportunity to earn my black belt along with my two children and with the support of my wife will always be one of my greatest memories and accomplishments.

- Mr. Ogborn

Miss Anne
Assistant Instructor, American Kenpo Style Karate March 2010
Instructor, American Kenpo Style June 2011
1st Degree Black Belt, American Kenpo Style April 2011
2nd Degree Black Belt, American Kenpo Style Karate, 2012

Miss Anne has 15 years of experience in Corporate Training, Team Building, Retail Display and Marketing Experience.

After her company downsized and moved overseas, Miss Anne started her own Marketing and Promotional Company with great success. She currently runs all marketing and special events at Action Karate Newtown.

As a "Karate Mom" for 8 years, she brings tons of enthusiasm to have children and adults succeed in meeting their goals. By involving our school in many charitable and educational events in and around Bucks County, Miss Anne has bought great pride in what we teach and how we can make our community a better place to live and work.

In September of 2008, Miss Anne became the 1st member of our Leadership Team. In January of 2009, Miss Anne was given the title of Assistant Coach of Action Newtown's DEMO Team. In 2011 she became the Head Coach of the Jr. Demo Team. She also runs all camp, after school and enrichment programs in the studio, and the community.

Miss Anne is also pursuing a Bachelors of Arts in Special Education, along with her American Kenpo Style Third Degree Black Belt.

Miss Carolyn
Special Needs Instructor, 2007
Second Degree Black Belt, 2009
3rd Degree Black Belt, American Kempo Style Karate, 2012

Miss Carolyn graduated from West Chester University with a BA in Psychology. She has worked in the Mental Heath field for over 17 years. Currently she supervises a unit of Case Managers that work with severely mentally ill adults and children. Miss Carolyn has also helped run group therapy sessions and has been a Program Assistant for a Forensic PHP (Partial Hospital Program) working with drug and alcohol addicted, mentally ill ex-offenders. She joined Action Karate in 2004, earned her black belt in 2007 and her 2nd degree black belt in 2009. Miss Carolyn is currently working towards her 4th degree black belt. She has been working as a special needs instructor for Action Karate Newtown since 2007.