Master Tony Perri - 5th Dan

Master Russell Artille - 4th dan

Master Russell Artille is a 4th dan(degree) blackbelt certified by the Kukiwon in Korea.  He is a native of St. Petersburg and has been a student of Master Clark's for 20 years.  Master Artille has been an owner of the school for the past 10 years and has been actively instructing both children and adults for the past 15 years. 

Master Artille is a martial artist and an attorney.  He practices law by day with the law firm of Morgan and Morgan prosecuting medical malpractice lawsuits.  Master Artille is a graduate of the University of South Florida and Stetson University School of Law.  He is married to Regina Artille who is also a Master Clark-trained blackbelt. Master Artille has been instrumental in developing the school's children's program to be one of the best in the city.

                                 Kyubumnim Karen Mellon -  3rd dan (degree)

Karen is a 3rd dan (degree) black belt certified by the Kukkiwon in Korea. She has been training in Martial Arts since college and has been training for over 25 years. In 1986, she moved to St.Petersburg and immediately began training with Master Clark.

She was born and raised in South Jersey and is a graduate from Stockton State College with a Bachelor in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology and Trenton State College with a Masters in Speech-Language Pathology. She has held a number of positions in her field froma therapist to department director in the past 25 years.

After obtaining her black belt, Karen has been an instructor for Master Clark for the past 10 years. Her two children, Jennifer and Christopher, have trained at the school since they were five years old. Jennifer in 2008 obtained her first dan black belt.

Kyubumnim Sue Rountree  - 3rd Dan

Kyubumnim Sue Rountree is a 3rd dan(degree) blackbelt certified by the Kukiwon in Korea.  She is a native of St. Petersburg and has been a student of Master Clark's for 15 years.  Sue works as a paralegal for the law firm of Papa & Gipe, P.A. in Clearwater.  She is a graduate of the University of South Florida.