Judi Hawley

Sensei Judi has more than 20 years of experience in traditional Tang Soo Do, Korean Martial Arts and currently holds her 3rd degree Black Belt. She continues improving her technique, training regularly and working towards her 4th degree Master Black Belt. Sensei Judi taught martial arts privately for more than 10 years before joining Young Champions where she has been teaching for 5 years.

In addition to training and teaching martial arts, Sensei Judi is also an avid scholar. In June of 2014 she earned Associates degrees in fields of Kinesiology, Small Business Management and General Education, with emphasis on Math & Science, from Palomar Community College. She continued expanding her learning experience and, in 2017, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, emphasis on teaching physical education, with Magna Cum Laude honors at California State University San Marcos.

“My favorite part of teaching is seeing students achieve something they once believed they could not. Regardless of the subject matter nothing is more fulfilling than helping students to build the skills required in order to accomplish a difficult task and then witnessing them successfully overcome that challenge. The moment when they finally realize that they can succeed is more precious than gold.”

Juan Galaviz

I have been teaching basketball for Young Champions for 2 years and overall, involved in the sport of basketball for 30 years. I am currently teaching in Tustin.

I’m a big fan of professional wrestling, especially Lucha Libre from Mexico and also the Strong Style from Japan. You can see me attending Lucha Libre events every month throughout Southern California and as far as south as Tijuana, Mexico!

To me the best part about teaching is Growth. Not only teaching or seeing kids make progress with their basketball skills, but also teaching them about life. Learning to respect their parents, authority, friends and teammates; but most importantly to value them. This will impact them as they get older in a positive way.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and currently working on my Masters to become a Marriage and Family Therapist. My goal is to eventually work with low-income at-risk kids and become a role model to them. I want them to understand that people do care and support them. They need to see that they can become successful in life as long as they put in the effort and become educated; there is more to life than the environment that they are currently in.

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