Instructors
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Ken Smart, Senior Instructor

Ken is a former military officer and currently employed as a business professional in Nashville.  He is also the senior instructor at Nashville Kung Fu.  Ken began training Wing Chun in 2011 under the leadership of Dai Sifu Emin Boztepe.  Ken’s primary instructor during his first five years of training was Chad Winn, a 20-year veteran Law Enforcement Officer and EBMAS Wing Chun instructor who retired from teaching in 2015.  After Chad retired, Ken completed his student level training under EBMAS Sifu Shawn Wallace and Ken was awarded his Technician Certification personally by Dai Sifu Emin Boztepe in 2018.  Ken served as an instructor with EBMAS until he moved to Nashville in late 2018.  After moving to Nashville, Ken met Sifu Thommy Luke Boehlig. They became personal friends and Ken trained with Sifu Boehlig for the next five years.  Currently, Ken continues to train and enhance his knowledge of Wing Chun with his long-time friend, Sifu Shawn Wallace (EBMAS).