Robert Barrett

Sensei Robert I admire his passion and love of both teaching and building relationship with everyone he comes in contact with. He is an amazing teacher and someone I plan to emulate as I grow here at TKC. He is able to pull the best out of everyone from a White belt to a Second degree candidate. He brings such a positive energy to class. You can never tell he had a bad day? When he shows up for class it always all about you the student and what he can do to make you more successful in your martial arts training. He has taught me to be more mindful about truly understand all the little things within every technique. With the goal being the more you are aware the closer you are to owning the material you are learning. He is truly a gift to the TKC community and I am grateful for his mentorship.

Extremely humble down to earth and knowledgeable. He breaks every move down to make sense. He gives his time and tries to help others.

I look up to Mr. Robert as one of my TKC heroes because he always helps me with my forms and teaches me and talks ways I can understand him. He makes understanding forms and other stuff easy. He explains why we do things for a certain reason.

Sensei Robert is very detail orientated and is willing to help whenever he is available. He breaks up complex steps into smaller easier steps. He also ensures that we feel good about doing a technique when we do it the right way.

He is funny, very helpful and spends a lot of time with me. He is always smiling.

Mr. Robert is one of my TKC heroes. He is my success coach. He was first at TKC because his son was a TKC student. Than he became a TKC student and now he is an instructor. He always helps me with all my forms. On Sundays he holds a class for me and my team to help us learn the things we do not know for the Black Belt Test. He is really patient and very nice. He always smiles and never makes me feel bad for not knowing something. He also drives a really cool car.

One TKC instructor that is an inspiration to me is Mr. Robert because of how he is always learning and taking notes even when nobody else is. That has brought him to be a very hard worker, and a perfect role model. I always notice how ahead he is with the technique than everyone else is, and how disciplined he is when taking class. This is encouraging me to be more serious in class that I already do.

Mr. Robert has more charisma in his little finger than I have in my entire body. He treats and teaches everybody the same. He truly cares about ALL of his students, from the brand new White Belt to the 2nd Degree Candidate, with the same caring and compassion. His energy is boundless, and I see the young and old alike respond to that energy. Sensei is smart and creative when it comes to preparing a lesson, be it for a single class, or for curriculum in general. He is definitely one of my role models as I continue towards my goal with my SWAT training, to become an instructor myself. And over the years, I have come to consider Sensei Robert a friend.

Mr. Robert. He can teach anything fluently. He explains things very complex But easy to understand. No matter what he always wants to be able to help. A few months ago when we had the major workout, nobody was able to drive us, but Mr. Robert stepped up and took us there. He uses all of his experience and knowledge to share with others and help them so that they do not repeat the same mistakes.