INSTRUCTOR
Sensei Stephen Miller began martial arts training at the age of 9 years old. He enjoys the lifetime journey and personal calling to learn and teach martial arts. A continuing student for the past 26 years, and a certified instructor for 14 years, Mr. Miller is an experienced mentor and guide that can help you reach your goals in both personal defense and daily life.
A highly qualified teacher on a multitude of levels, he is "down to earth" in his approach to teaching, which is relaxed and natural, with an open attitude towards learning and growing on the path of the enlightened warrior. Always having fun, Sensei Miller is often known for his smile and sense of humor. Mr. Miller is able take the complex and mystical ways of the East and distill them into something scientific and more easily digestible for western minds.
Sensei Miller holds the rank of third-degree black belt [sandan] in the art of Hoshinjutsu and was a personal student of the late founder and Grandmaster, Dr. Glenn J. Morris. He is the Pacific Northwest representative of the Hoshin Roshi Ryu organization under the direction of Shihan Mark Lawrence. Miller is currently a third-degree black belt and Sifu under Si-Gung Tim Gagnier in the Gaylord Method Ch'uan-Fa branch of the Kajukenbo family. Sensei Miller is also recognized as a student-degree black belt [associated] under the direction of his teacher, Kyoshi Larry Kraxberger in Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo. Additionally, Miller is a personal student of Menkyo Hanshi Nimr Hassan in the Mitose Family system of Koga-Ha Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo. Miller-sensei is also a certified Tibetan and Usui Reiki Master and practicing Rosicrucian.