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Cathy Chapaty: Chair
(Serving 2018–2020) Primary practice: Taekwondo Cathy Chapaty is a fourth-degree Taekwondo black belt with more than 25 years of martial arts training. An NWMAF member since the mid-1990s, Cathy has been a trainer at two NWMAF Special Training camps; she was named NWMAF Member of the Year in 2011. In 2006, Chapaty founded Tao of Texas Martial Arts Institute in Austin, Texas, where she specialized in teaching a character development-focused children’s program. She is currently on a teaching sabbatical. She is the author of No Pouting in the Dojo: Life Lessons through Martial Arts, Sports Planet: Sports Played Around the World, and the forthcoming Searching for Grasshopper: A Martial Artist’s Quest for Peace. In 2012, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea honored Chapaty for her essay on the transformational power of Taekwondo. She has also had dozens of essays and articles published in newspapers, magazines, and newsletters on topics as integrity in sports, anger management, and mentorship through martial arts. For general questions about the NWMAF, including policies, please send an email to chair@nwmaf.orgCheryl VanHoosen: Treasurer(Serving 2019-2021) Primary practice: Jun Fan Cheryl VanHoosen is a third-degree black belt in Sho Shin Do, a first-degree black belt in TAOS Cielo y Tierra Arnis, and a first-degree black belt in Jun Fan/PMA/Kali with 20 years of martial arts training. Cheryl is a lifetime member of the NWMAF and has been a trainer at two NWMAF training camps. Cheryl is a former instructor for the children’s program at Global Martial Arts in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where she developed a program focused on basic life skills, character development, and martial skills. While there, she also implemented school’s Kindness Ninja program. For questions about payment, donations, and other financial issues, please send an email to treasurer@nwmaf.org.![]() Corrin Eckert-Chu: Secretary(Serving 2020–2022)Primary Practice: Goju Karate Corrin began training in Goju Karate at Brooklyn Women’s Martial Arts in 2000. She also holds a 6th degree lineage in Northern Wu Tai Ji, and 8th in Hubei Xing Yi through her training in tai chi and sword at the Wu Tang Physical Culture Association, having had an interest in other styles sparked by Special Training 2002. She teaches karate at Brooklyn Goju, the successor school to BWMA, and is currently most interested in continuing with her training in Xing Yi and Wu sword styles. In her professional life, she is a senior Project Manager for a technology company. To submit newsletter articles or contributions to the NWMAF archives, please send an email to secretary@nwmaf.org. (Serving 2019–2021)
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