Grand Master Philip Ameris

 

A World Renown Taekwondo Master

 

Grandmaster Philip Ameris is Grandmaster Hee Il Cho's senior student and Technical Director of the Action International Martial Arts Association (AIMAA).  He holds the rank of 8th-Degree Black Belt and has over 40 years of experience in martial arts.  He has won numerous national and international championships and was the USA Taekwondo Team Captain for the 1988 World Championships.
 
Grandmaster Ameris is the Chief Instructor and owner of Cho's Taekwondo in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.  He is actively involved in teaching and instructs 90% of the classes each week.  He has traveled throughout the world teaching seminars and clinics about traditional Taekwondo.  Grandmaster Ameris has developed
R.A.P.E. Defense™ - a proven and effective course on women's self defense.
 

Grandmaster Ameris has been featured in numerous martial arts publications throughout the world, and has dedicated his life to studying the way of Taekwondo as well as teaching traditional martial arts methods and values. He has been married for 30 years to Jeanne (4th Degree Black Belt) and has two children, Philip Jr. (4th Degree Black Belt) and Jimmy (1st Degree Black Belt).