School Owner & Chief Instructor
Tonya owns and operates PKSA Karate Allen Park with her two sons, Brenden and Naythan . Tonya is a fourth degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do and a certified Kyo Sa Nim martial arts instructor with 15 years of experience. Brenden is a fourth degree Black Belt and Naythan is a third degree Black Belt.
Tonya has been on the United States World Team for three consecutive terms and is now serving as a coach for the 2018 United States World Team. She is a member of PKSA Corporate Staff, where she handles the Early Childhood Development division. She is the director of Women’s Self Defense, Chairperson on the Technical Advisory Committee, Testing Board Member, speaker for the Edge Project, and developer for the Champions Autism Program. Her PKSA Allen Park location has been awarded the 5 Star School Award.
As a competitor, she is a two time World Champion for Team Fighting, Team Forms, Individual Forms and Individual Fighting and has been competing for 13 of her 15 years in martial arts. She has been on the PKSA National Demo Team and is a 6th Degree Samurai. The Allen Park location has 10 National Championship winners.
In her leisure, Master Tonya helps at her church as a children’s minister and enjoys spending time with her boys. She enjoys being involved in her community and is part of the DDA for Allen Park. She has worked on several community projects and fundraisers including Impact Downriver, SheRox, and Breast Cancer walk.