We all have an enemy within ourselves that must be defeated. Don't deny that. Realize it. Accept it. Own it. Learn to focus that energy and become a powerful, peaceful warrior.
Tim Hoover and Steve Mittmanโ, lifelong martial artists, kick around things like ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต, ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐, ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐, and more โ in a way that's appreciated by everyone. Martial artist or not, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ. Together, we'll ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ!
Husband. Father. Grandfather. Business Owner. Kwon Ryu Fu Chi Do Founder. 7th Degree Black Belt. Licensed Private Investigator.
Tim has been teaching and training in the martial arts for over four decades. Since the early '80s he has been at the helm of Hoover Karate Academy โ an institution in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania (just north of Philadelphia). He is the creator of a reality-based system that focuses on the practical knowledge and application of the martial arts.
For many years he was the Senior Executive Security Director for a prominent department store. He is also a licensed private investigator and for over 30 years has owned and operated a private detective agency providing undercover detectives, surveillance, security, and information services for individuals and businesses. Tim formed the Kids4Kids nonprofit organization โ providing free karate classes to children, and instilling much-needed confidence and discipline in the participating youth. In turn, they were able to become strong adults in the community.
He shares his numerous years of martial arts training, along with teaching many thousands of students, and wisdom obtained through real-life experiences in interrogations and the covert operations field with Attack Life Not Others.
Husband. Father. TV Host/Producer. SEO Specialist. Content Creator. Brand Spokesperson. Voiceover Artist. Combatives Instructor.
Steve began training under Sensei Hoover when he was 12 and earned a black belt as a teen. His passion for fighting led him to boxing. He has trained with several champions, and has been a professional boxing and MMA ring announcer for over 20 years. He's even worked for two legendary Heavyweight Champions โ Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson. He ran an intensive kickboxing program for many years, and currently instructs a self-protection combatives system.
He can be seen by millions of viewers daily as he hosts and produces lifestyle, pop-culture, celebrity, music, and history segments on a TV station in the Philadelphia market. He's also a Guest Host on QVC, a brand ambassador and spokesperson for multiple companies and products on TV and the internet, a professional voiceover artist, a digital marketing consultant, and has hosted hundreds of LIVE events on networks including NBC, ESPN, Comcast, and for iHeartRadio.
Steve owns and operates Mittman Media โ a podcast production, SEO, web design, and digital marketing agency.