Shawn began classes with Willow after registering his son in the Taekwondo for Kid’s class. It was obvious early on that Shawn had previous martial arts experience based on things he did with his son Ollie. In fact, Shawn began studying Taekwondo in 1999 with Master Le in Des Peres. Just months shy of testing for Black Belt, he suffered a hip injury that sidelined him for 8 years.
After starting classes with Willow in July of 2014, it was obvious that he had retained all of his previous martial arts knowledge. Shawn enjoys instructing classes on striking and sparring, self defense based on aikido and judo, and bokken weapon work. Outside of the dojang he also enjoys theater. His daughter is an avid thespian. While he and Ollie have joined her on stage, they prefer to work behind the scenes building sets, running sound, props, and special effect type stuff. Shawn also plays drums in a jump blues band.