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Scott Zimmerman

Scotty has been in martial arts since he was five years old. He began competing in local tournaments and at age 6, Scotty went to his first national tournament in Kentucky.  He won first in forms and sparring.  At age seven, he was introduced to John Su and they began working together.  Scotty was so inspired by John's discipline, drills, and techniques that Scotty continued all of this in his everyday training.

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John Su then introduced Scotty to John Chung and Scotty auditioned for Mr. Chung's Team Sidekick in 2001.  Scotty was accepted on the team and continued training with Mr. Chung.  As an underbelt, Scotty was undefeated and turned blackbelt in 2003.  His first year as blackbelt has been a very challenging one.  He competes on the NASKA, NBL, and WCMAO circuits. This year he has been training with Chris Sheridan of Canada who is also a member of Team Sidekick. Scotty is very honored to be a part of Team Sidekick and to have John Chung as a Coach and Chris Sheridan and John Su as Instructors. 

  Frank Maranto is Scotty's gymnastics coach and has also been a great supporter of Scotty.  Exposure to these professionals has allowed Scotty to develop character, self-discipline, professional behavior and good training skills.  Scotty has learned how to train hard and have fun doing it.  He has enjoyed all the friends he has made on the different circuits.  Scotty is in the martial arts for the love of it, for the art of it, and for the challenge of it.  Scotty maintains excellent grades at school and plays football.

by Reporter Mark Huard