Santa Clarita Valley Martial Arts Center
Shin's Family Martial Arts Center

Shin's Instructors

Premier Martial Arts Center in Valencia

Our Grand Master personally trains every martial arts instructor here at Shin's Martial Arts Center, making sure you have access to a consistently high standard of instruction. Each instructor is passionate about teaching your child the fundamentals of martial arts, and encouraging a love of fitness, performing, and achieving personal goals. We work diligently to provide students with a healthy atmosphere in which they can excel.

Through martial arts and martial arts acrobatics classes, our instructors promote lessons in:

  • Bully prevention
  • Compassionate interaction with peers
  • Increasing confidence
  • Awareness of our surroundings
  • Positive interaction with learning
  • Integrating students' senses with instinctive responses
  • Attentiveness
  • Self-discipline
  • Healthy attitudes toward fitness

Teachers You Can Trust

Our staff invests ourselves into the education of your child, and seeks to build character in a way that helps every aspect of each student's life. With the desire to increase the safety of students at the core of our programs, we teach lessons in self-defense, intending to boost a student's ability to ward off an attack. We teach students patience as we drill fundamental techniques. We teach students confidence as we encourage performances and go through belt testing each year. At our Valencia martial arts center, our desire is to produce students who not only excel in martial arts, but in academics and social interactions as well. When your student emerges from each class, you know they have studied under an instructor who has his or her best interests at heart, and truly desires to see each and every student succeed

Our Instructors:

In addition to the programs we offer, our instructors are trained in a variety of other techniques, including:

  • Krav Maga
  • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ)
  • Weapons training
  • Parkour or "free running"

Take the time to view each instructor's bio, and to learn more about why we love teaching at Shin's Family Martial Arts Center.

Call Shin's Family Martial Arts Center at (661) 338-2922 to enroll your child in one of our unique fitness programs.

Recent Reviews & Testimonials

  • Friendly family atmosphere for thirty years

    “Dear Master Shin, When Cole wanted to be a ninja at age 3, my husband only wanted to take him to Shin’s because of the positive experience he had there some 20 years ago. When Cole just sat there in class the first day, you told us that he’s just observing and will come around. You were absolutely right! Cole entered Shin’s this shy little kid who introduced himself as Batman. Now 4+ years later he is a slightly bigger kid with confidence, martial arts skills and respect for all those around him. You and your staff have been an incredible part of both of my kids’ lives, and I hope it continues for a very long time. May you continue to impress a positive experience in both kids and adults for many more years to come. Thank you! Willy, Charissa, Cole and Julia Harber”

    Charissa Harber

  • Santa Clarita’s Best Taekwondo Martial Arts School

    “Dear Master Shin – We wanted to take a moment to thank you and your wonderful staff for this past year at Shin’s Family Taekwondo Martial Arts Fitness Center. Your exceptional instructors have kept our 4 year-old son’s interest in gymnastics, trampoline, tumbling and martial arts from wavering with their creative and kind demeanor. Our 9 year-old daughter was nervous about starting gymnastics due to a bad experience at a previous gym but your kind and wonderful staff immediately put her mind at ease and has since loved coming to Shin’s. As parents, we can’t tell you how much we appreciate knowing that our children will be taught, respected, and cared for by your professional staff as if they were working with their own child. Thank you – The Battistini Family”

    The Battistini Family

  • Best after school program in Santa Clarita

    “My son Jacob has been going to the Shin’s after school program for a couple of years now. We LOVE Shins. They pick him up from school, he gets the majority of his homework done while he is there and gets to take class. My son was in other day care situations where they basically sat in a room or visited a playground. At Shins there is no sitting around, no being bored watching the clock for mom. The instructors are amazing. They truly care about our children. My son is completely comfortable at Shins… it is like his home away from home. He has progressed from Tae Kwon Do to the Master’s Club and the Pre-Team which has been absolutely amazing for his self esteem. It truly does take a village to raise a child and I am glad that Shins is part of my village. PS As a side note, I have even started taking class at Shins!”

    Jacobs Mother

  • Building better futures

    “Dear Master Shin, I want to thank you and all the instructors I’ve had at Shin’s for your time, patience, and support for the past nine years. You gave me encouragement when things got tough. You taught me staying power when I wanted to quit and you taught me to never give up. You have given me pride in what I have accomplished that can only be earned thru years of hard work and commitment. I could not have accomplished my goal of earning a black belt if you were not there for me each time. I started at Shin’s when I was four years old. I was awkward and I struggled with many of the basic skills. There were lots of times I wanted to quit but my parents wouldn't let me. I had a hard time when I couldn't do a round house kick or a flying side kick perfectly. It was then that I wanted to give up. You always told me, “Never give up!” You also told us to “love the pain.” Well, with your help and my parents help, I didn’t give up, but I don’t know if I love the pain, even to this day. You were always there to encourage me and let me know when I mastered a skill. I remember one time at the old building; I did a flying side kick perfectly and you made a really big deal about it, telling the whole class to look at me do it again. That made me so proud and happy. It was times like those that made me want to keep doing Taekwondo. Now I have my Black Belt; I can still hardly believe it. It is one of the greatest accomplishments of my life and one that I will always treasure. I know that in the future when difficulties come my way in whatever I’m doing, I can overcome them if I stay on my goals and never give up. Thanks for everything!”

    Cy George

  • Shin's Family Martial Arts is the best!

    “I am so thankful to have found Shin's Family Martial Arts! I have been taking classes since 2007 and I have loved every second of it. All the instructors are great with kids and make the classes a lot of fun. I even had fun taking the tougher classes when I was training for my first degree black belt. The instructors are very motivating and enthusiastic every day too! I have learned so much at Shin's and I love sharing it all with my family. Every day when I come home I always tell my family about all of the new skills and tricks that I learned. Plus, Shin's is a great way to work out while having a great time.”

    Shayna Gruman