Our owner and chief certified instructor is 4th degree senior black belt, Mr. Dan Blackstock (Mr. B.). Mr. B. is shown here with the founder of the American Taekwondo Foundation (ATF), 9th degree black belt, Grand Master Yun Sung Chung.

Read Mr. Blackstock's account of his personal journey with Taekwondo.
Rachel Blackstock (18), 3rd degree black belt, certified instructor.

Rachel is also office manager and right hand to Mr. B.

Rachel, who describes herself as a technically -oriented person, is about to enter A-B Tech Community College.
Harry W. Dahlberg, Jr., 3rd degree black belt and certified instructor.

Mr. Dahlberg works for the US Department of Commerce for the National Climatic Data Center, as an Information Technology Specialist.

Apart from his ATF rank, Harry has a green belt in Judo, a brown belt in jujitu and a 2nd degree black belt in Japanese Shotokon Karate.

Mr. Dahlberg is pictured here with his son Michael and Grand Master Chung.

Read more about Harry's background.
Kerroll (Buster) Storm, 2nd degree black belt, recommended and instructor trainee. Mr. Storm operates The Black Mountain Academy of Taekwondo.

Mr. Storm takes his training, as a black belt and as an instructor trainee, very seriously. Read a representative sample of his personal Taekwondo journal

Mr. Storm is seen here during board-breaking, at an earlier stage in his black belt journey.

Sarah Royce began studying Tae Kwon Do in the summer of 1993 and holds a rank of Second Dan. She first studied with the ITA and left the organization as a brown belt to begin study under the instruction of Mr. Richard Tener in 1997. The Asheville Academy of Tae Kwon Do became her second home housed in the gym of the Asheville YWCA. She achieved her First Dan in 1998 and soon entered the trainee instructor program under Mr. Tener. Miss Royce had the experience of teaching and learning with amazing instructors, and more amazing students.

Miss Royce left the ATF after a debilitating knee injury and a botched certification testing. She rejoined the family in January of 2007 after seven years and resumed instruction in February. She is honored to be working for Mr. Blackstock and finally feels at home once again in the dojang. She is very happy to now be learning once again from many of the people that she once taught.

Miss Royce attended Appalachian State University and earned a degree in chemistry. She plans on going back to school for education and will be working towards a masters degree in curriculum and instruction. Her driving force in life is to make the world a better place through education, both in the classroom and in the dojang.
Amy Johnson, 1st degree senior black belt, and instructor trainee.

Ms. Johnson is an exceptionately well rounded Taekwondo practitioner. She is outstanding at forms and is a force to be reckoned with in the sparring ring.
Perry Dror, 1st degree black belt, decided and instructor trainee. Mr. Dror is also the webmaster for The Oakley and Black Mountain Academies of Taekwondo. Mr. Dror is seen here receiving his 1st degree black belt from Grand Master Chung.

"I began my Taekwondo journey when I was close to 51; and after a number of major cervical neurosurgeries. Taekwondo has played a pivotal role in my physical rehabilitation; as an art form, it has given me great joy. As far as I have yet to go in Taekwondo, I am thrilled with how far I have come.

I get great personal satisfication from instructing Taekwondo. I am very grateful for, and honored by, the confidence in me that Mr. B. and Grand Master Chung have shown."