Grandmaster Philip Ameris is Grandmaster Hee Il Cho's senior student and Technical Director of
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 twenty nine years to Jeanne (4th Degree Black Belt) and has two children, Philip Jr. (3rd Degree Black Belt) and Jimmy (1st Degree Black Belt).
