Sandie Benevides has trained in the martial arts since the age of five and currently instructs Kickboxing, Judo and Tesshinkan. She developed a strong foundation of both the mental and the physical tenants of the martial arts, while studying judo and Tae Kwon Do (TKD). At a young age, Sandie remembers her father dragging her into her first martial arts school and saying to the instructor “Please sir, help my daughter she needs discipline.” Since that day, the martial arts uniform changed her life. To her credit she holds a 6th degree in International Tae Kwon Do, 5th degree black belt (EMA), 3rd degree in Jhoon Rhee TKD, 2nd degree in Kickboxing/Karate, 1st degree (Kobudo), and a 1st degree (Judo).