Contact

Phone: 517-358-1602

Email: actionkaratedojo@gmail.com
Website: www.actionkaratedojo.com

About Steve

Hello! My name is Steve Miller, the owner and head instructor at Action Martial Arts.  I've been training karate for 30 years and have been captivated by the martial arts since I was 7.  I started training at the age of 12 in Isshinryu Okinawan Karate under 9th degree Master KEITH BICE and 5th Degree Robert Barlond of Parma, MI.   

I earned and obtained my junior black belt at age 16 and was awarded an adult black belt at age 18 while currently holding a 5th-degree black belt. I started teaching kids karate classes at Academy of the Arts dance studio in January of 2005 and then went on to open my own school in September 2012 at the Village Crossing Mall in Spring Arbor.  I "retired" from teaching in August of 2021, but after a nice break and some mindful reflection, I've realized teaching the martial arts is what I'm supposed to be doing.  

I’m excited to announce my return in this new wonderful space that is Essential Energies, along with a renewed appreciation for teaching. I take much pride in knowing I am taking something I love and using it to shape kids and adults into confident, controlled, safe human beings.  We believe in commitment, truth, respect, integrity, safety, and discipline.  Our training not only breeds those virtues but it becomes absorbed within the students. We don't believe in "good enough" but rather, the best we can achieve by exuding the most that we have to give within ourselves.  I hope you’ll join us in our exciting new journey of learning and growing together in the martial arts!