Greg Moody Ph.D.

Dr. Greg Moody’s experience includes education, curriculum development, business, marketing and martial arts. He has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Arizona State University, a Master’s Degree in Counseling from ASU’s Education college and has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with specialization in special ed. and psychology. He’s the national expert on the relationship between bullying and martial arts. He is a certified trainer in the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP). He presents his research on bullying, autism and working with kids with special needs. Greg Moody is recognized across the country as one of the nation’s number one martial arts instructors. He was recognized by the American Taekwondo Association (the largest single style martial arts organization in the world) as the Instructor of the Year. In addition, he was honored with a Special Service Award for developing a special curriculum for pre-school age kids. His schools have been selected the Nation’s Number One Schools for eight consecutive years with over 16,000 students and 2,000 black belts. He also teaches seminars around the nation on instruction, curriculum, marketing and business. He left a very successful career in engineering in 1995 because he wanted to spend his energies developing people. He felt that while engineering and developing technology is an important way to make a contribution to the world, the better way for him would be to help people directly, not through technology. His research showed that martial arts does indeed reduce bullying in kids and further research indicated a link between martial arts training and improved self-esteem in kids. All research prior to this was only survey or case study work - this was the first controlled academic experiment ever done. He is dedicating future research activity to the links between martial arts and their benefits for kids. He has helped education-related businesses all over the nation. Many schools have doubled or tripled their business success due to coaching and working with Dr. Moody. This is not just due to business advice, but because of the complete attention to all aspects of running a business that works with children. Success in business and in life starts with integrity. In martial arts, Chief Master Moody has trained world and state champions... His schools have developed numerous world and national champions and hundreds of state champions in Arizona. Starting martial arts in 1989, he earned his first degree black belt in only 20 months and is now an 8th degree Black Belt and Chief Master Instructor.