Mel Steiner

Mel Steiner was born January 29th, 1950 and is a Martial Arts instructor and competitor with a 9th Dan in Ch'ang Hon or "blue cottage" Taekwon Do. Currently, he teaches at his main branch location in Miami, Florida while not conducting seminars abroad. He is listed in “Who’s Who in American Martial Arts” and also included in Marquis “Whos’s Who in the South and South east”. Grand Master Steiner is a certified International Instructor, as well as a certified International Umpire. His articles “Condition the Hand the Eastern Way”, “Martial Co-Ops, The New Wave”, ”China in Search of Roots”, “How to Measure Stances”, and others have appeared in Tae Kwon Do Times Magazine where in 2001, he appeared on the cover of the July issue of the Tae Kwon Do Times Magazine. He has appeared in several television shows such as “Kids Beat Magazine”, “Sports Monday” and has been featured in newspapers and magazines.

Grand Master Steiner is very well respected and is considered to be a walking Encyclopedia amongst his peers. What makes Grand master Steiner stand out amongst other TKD practictioners and instructors is his adaptive use of the systems practicum by incorporating an "if it works use it, if it doesn't throw it out" approach. This is dissimialr to many system Grand Masters that hold on to the political and ultranationalist agenda of many modern martial arts. His current approach has been to identify the historical roots and applications of what is the current state of Ch'ang Hon Taekwon Do and practically apply them.