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SIERRA NEVADA CHAPTER BOARD MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES
MARTA AZZAM
President
Marta Azzam was born in
Czechoslovakia. She earned a bachelor degree
in
the science on nursing and masters in the art of ballet and musical
strings instruments (violin). She performed professionally with the
Bratislava, Slovakian National Theatre. As a nurse, she worked in Slovakia
and several countries in Africa. She came to the United States to join her
family in 1993. She is married and has two children.
Sensei Marta Azzam started
martial arts as a student of ShudoKan Karate. After receiving her black
belt in this system, she moved on to study Goju-Shorei Kifaru Karate and
Weapons System with Master Soke Dave McNeill and Master Ken Mammen. In
2003, she received her black belt in Goju-Shorei Kifaru Karate.
Sensei Marta competed in several national and state martial arts
tournaments, and she enjoys teaching at the Community Center in Carson
City. Classes are open to any individual, ages 6 to 100. To enrich the
experiences of her students, Sensei Marta regularly invites renowned
national and state martial arts instructors to her dojo.
As a
classical music performer, she enjoys playing the violin for non-profit
and public organizations and in several statewide fundraising events and
official receptions. |
