Master Amsler began his martial arts training in Cambridge, Mass. at the Suk Chung School of Taekwondo in 1979. He came to Orange County in 1982 and studied for 11 years under Grand Master Chang Jin Kang. He was promoted to Chief Instructor of IL- Do Tae Kwon Do, and helped start Taekwondo clubs at the Irvine Youth Center, UC Irvine, Far Horizons Montessori, and St. Barbara's School.

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In 1991, Master Amsler acquired the IL-Do Taekwondo School in Santa Ana from Grand Master Kang. In 1993 he helped raise over $5,000 for the DARE Program by personally breaking 314 boards with his hands in 3 minutes, 16 seconds.

 

In 1995, Master Amsler received his USTU National Referee Certification and was appointed Taekwondo Director of the California State Games held in Anaheim. He competed in the California State Taekwondo Championships over the next three years. Master Amsler qualified to compete in the USTU National Taekwondo Championship, and received a Bronze Medal in 1997 and a Gold and Bronze Medal in 1999.

 

As a 5th Degree Black Belt, Master Amsler had the unique opportunity to travel to Seoul, Korea in 1998 to complete the “First Foreigner Instructor's Training Course” hosted by the World Taekwondo Academy at the Kukkiwon.

 

The year 2000 enabled Master Amsler to be a leader in the martial arts industry once again. He became the first CDT (Compliance, Direction, Takedown) Tactical Master Instructor certified in California, leading the way for other martial arts instructors to become certified in this state. He is also the first to bring Taekwondo to the public school system as an accredited course, when he was invited to teach at the Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA.

 

In the fall of 2003, Master Amsler received his 6th Degree Black Belt from Grand Master Chang Jin Kang, 9th Degree Black Belt, and Supreme Grand Master Byung Jick Ro, 10th Degree Black Belt at Concordia University in Irvine, CA.

 

In October of 2013, Master Amsler completed the Los Angeles Kukkiwon Poomsae Forum in Torrance, CA where he tested for his 7th Degree Black Belt by 1st Class Kukkiwon Instructor, Grand Master Tony Vohra. Grand Master Vohra taught the latest in competition Poomsae techniques at the forum and was assisted by members of the U.S. Olympic Poomsae Team.