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Julie, Lead Instructor
Dr. Julie Royal is passionate about teaching women and children how to protect themselves and feels that all children should be required to learn self defense. Dr. Royal began American Nam Seo Kwan Tae Kwon Do in 2011 and earned her blackbelt in 2015, under Mr. Cesar Johnson (5th degree), Mrs. Caroline Goodspeed (8th degree) and Grandmaster Keith Yates (10th degree). She began assistant teaching with her eldest daughter, Kela Grotefend, for Mr. Cesar Johnson and Grandmaster Keith Yates during her blue belt and brown belt years and thereafter in Dallas, Texas. In 2016 she was awarded the Akato Student of the Year by Mrs. Caroline Goodspeed and Mr. Cesar Johnson. See Akato.org (American Karate and Tae Kwon Do Organization) to learn more about the Akato organization, philosophy, history and many exceptional blackbelts. Her daughter, Kela Grotefend, earned her first dan blackbelt in 2016.
Maya, Assistant Instructor
Miss Maya Grotefend began American Nam Seo Kwan Tae Kwon Do under Mr. Cesar Johnson, Mrs. Caroline Goodspeed at the age of six. She received an excellent plus for outstanding achievement on her second gup brown belt test and earned her first gup brown belt at the age of 11 in 2017. Maya enjoys teaching others how to protect themselves and is currently working towards her first dan blackbelt.
2015
from left to right: Dr. Julie Royal, Unnamed Student, Mr. Keith Yates, Unnamed Student
2017
from left to right: Mrs. Caroline Goodspeed, Maya Grotefend, Dr. Julie Royal, Kela Grotefend, Mr. Keith Yates
2016
from left to right: Dr. Julie Royal, Mrs. Caroline Goodspeed, Maya Grotefend, Mr. Cesar Johnson
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