KoSho Karate Pantano, Tucson, AZ-- Teachers

Laura Westbrooks, owner and operator of KoSho Karate
Pantano, has eight years of experience in the martial arts and is
a nidan (second-degree black belt) in both Okinawan Shuri-ryu
and Okinawan kobudo (traditional weapons). She holds Bachelor
of Science degrees from the University of Phoenix in both
Business Administration and Business Management, and she is a
certified fitness instructor. For the last twenty years Laura has
been working in the fields of business administration and
management, both as an employee and as a small business
owner. Her broad work experience has given her expertise in
information management, customer service, and supervision of
people and projects. Laura is married and has three children and
two grandchildren.
E-mail: laura@koshopantano.com

Susan Lynn Peterson has seventeen years of experience in the
martial arts and holds a yondan (fourth-degree black belt) in
Okinawan Shuri-ryu karate. Her other martial arts experience
includes Yang style Tai Chi Chuan, Shaolin Kempo/Chuan Fa, and
Okinawan Kobudo. She was a 1995 USAKF national gold medalist in
kobudo (traditional weapons), a 1996 USAKF national silver
medalist in kobudo, and a 2006 USKA national bronze medalist in
advanced kata. She is a professional writer and the author of
Legends of the Martial Arts Masters and co-author of Starting and
Running Your Own Martial Arts School. Her magazine articles have
appeared in Black Belt, New Body, Fighting Woman News, and
many others. Susan has a Ph.D. in Text Theory from the University
of Texas at Arlington; more than 20 years of teaching experience
in areas as diverse as English Composition, History, Critical
Thinking, and Self Defense; and is a graduate of the American
Coaching Effectiveness Program. She is married and in her spare
time does cooking and baking experiment, plays Irish whistle, and
tries to beat the Master level in computer Scrabble. (Susan's Web
site and her business web site)
Email: susan@koshopantano.com