DAVID KNOX

Employment History

• 1999 – Present: Personal Trainer, Taix Workout Studio, La Canada, CA.

• 2001 - Present: Power Yoga Instructor for 24 Hour Fitness in Glendale,

Ca.

• 1991 - Present: Personal Instructor in Martial Arts and Self Defense

• 2002 - 2009: Co-Creator, Instructor Team Leader and Instructor Trainer

for Extreme Boot Camp in La Canada, CA. Authored The

Boot Camp Instructor Handbook (in-house document)

• 2005: Off camera trainer and consultant for Celebrity Fit Club

• 2004: Created over 65 illustrations for A Personal Acupuncture

Handbook by J. Sobel

• 2001 - 2005: Taught flexibility and ballet classes for the Q Club and 24

Hours Fitness in Glendale, Ca.

• 1995 - 96: Executive Protection Services, N.Y.C. Worked with former

White House Secret Service agents and members of an

N.Y.P.D. anti-crime unit providing personal security for high-

end clients.

• 1995: Trained leading black belt from India to a 3rd place victory in

an international Tae Kwon Do competition of 82 countries.

Education

• 1997 – 99: Studied Ryu-te, the Okinawan kempo style of the Oyata

family, and Aikido, with Sensei Robert Bryner, master of Ryu-

te and Aikido.

• 1991 - 97: Earned 1st degree Black Belt, Goshindo, personal soft/hard

martial arts style of Sensei Hashimoto Shunjito, senior disciple

of the Kuro Iwa School.

• 1988 - 91: Earned 1st degree Black Belt, Allah Tavakollah Allah,

Japanese based martial arts style of Sifu Jay Tavakollah,

World Class 3rd degree Black Belt from the Mas Oyama School.

• 1976 - 92: Studied dance in N.Y.C. and performed in the U.S., Canada

and Europe.

• 1977: Received scholarship to The Clark Center for the

Performing Arts, an affiliate of the Alvin Ailey School.

• 1974: Studied and performed at the University of Tennessee in

Knoxville:

Ballet and Jazz with Ms. Caroline Shell;

Horton Modern technique with Ms.Annie Genung.

• 1973: Received scholarship to the Albertine Maxwell Summer Dance

Workshop in Bar Harbor, Me.:

Ballet with Mme. Felia Dobrovska, New York City Ballet;

Hindu Dance with Nala Najon;

Flamenco with Mme. Maxwell.

Prominent Teachers

Ballet: Mme. Felia Dobrovska, from New York City Ballet

Mme, Darvash, Darvash School of Ballet

Igal Perry, Founder and Creator, Peridance

Modern: Ms. Thelma Hill, from American Ballet Theater

Mr. Charles Moore, African Dance

Jazz: Mr. Fred Benjamin, founder and creator, Fred Benjamin Dance

Company

Ms. Lynn Simonson, Lynn Simonson School

Mr. Michael Peters, choreographer

Mr. Pepsi Bethel, from the Alvin Ailey School

Ms. Molly Molloy (choreographer for the Moulin Rouge), Dance

Centre Paris.

Accreditation

• 1999 – Present: Certified Personal Trainer, American Council on Exercise

• 1997- 1st Degree Black Belt, Go Shin Do, personal style of Sensei Shunjito

Hashimoto, senior disciple of the Kuro Iwa Dojo, Tokyo.

• 1991- 1st Degree Black Belt, Allah Tavakollah Allah, personal style of

World Class Sandan, Sifu Jay Tavakollah.

Continuing education certificates in: Aerobic Kickboxing, Self Defense,

Effective Strength Training, Functional Training and Low Back Injury,

Prevention and Rehab, Kinetic Anatomy, Brain Fitness, and Sports’

Injuries .