Master Jeff Wood, 5th Dan Black Belt, is the President and C.E.O. of the Young Americans Schools of Self-Defense in Lakeville, Minnesota. He has studied extensively the martial arts styles of Tae Kwon Do, Wushu, Tai Chi, and Kali, in China and in the United States. Mr. Wood holds a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from Central Michigan University, and he is a former Adjunct Professor of Clinical Social Work at Western Michigan University, and former Assistant Professor of Psychology at Olivet Nazarene University. Over the past thirty years, Mr. Wood has instructed over 20,000 students in twenty five different cities, and fifteen different school districts, in the states of Minnesota and Michigan. He is a masterful instructor and is revered by both his current and former students.