All about Mr. David Erler

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All About Mr David Erler the Teacher and the Student!

 It all started for me  at about 5 years old my Mom meet a man who was Chinese bout 30 years old named Ricky. that was his American Name. 

He asked me if I would like to learn how to Defend myself.

Well, of course, i said yes , He told me that he was going to teach me a rare kung fu style he called Black Tiger it was like japanee Ninja. a lot of wepons, i liked the sword and staff the best.

I trained until i was 12yr's old , He had to go to China.  About 6 months later he sent me a Scrool certificate. i had to have translated to english. Then I studied for a few of years a few different arts like Ikedo, judo, jujisu,tong so do. Then I had  a motorcycle accident and crushed my foot. i was about 15 years old when I met master David Chanine.

Master David Chanine was a master in the ITF. He is now Grand Master 9th Dan of the LATF.(Lebonees American Tae Kwon Do Federation)

I trained with him for over 15 years, I was about 6 months from taking my fourth dan test when I moved to Texas near canyon lake. In 1997 I opened Heart of the Lion school of martial arts in New Brunfels. I had a lot of students, But in 1998 a flood hit the area the largest one in over 500 years, well my school was hard hit I lost every thing in the school - all the gear and equipment it was a total loss.

I gave up! . So, i got Fat and lost all my flexibility.

Untill may,OF, 2018 i made the diction to go back to training in Tae Kown Do.

 I got tired of being fat and picked on at work, cuss I just  let myself get  this way I had to do something to get  back in to shape and I knew that tae kwon do  was the only Answer.

   I spent sume time with the A.T.A, And yes I am a black belt in the  ATA I got it back in 1984 and in the ATA once a black belt all ways a black.

So here i am trying to get back what i lost. i can't kick over my head like i could when i was in my 30's.

i can bearly kick to my waist. but, I am working on my fleibillity a little each day.  

i still have all the knolage of all the training in the martail arts. so now what i have to do is get my body back in to shape.....

i have a plan.

I would like to be at a level to start teaching again at my own school.

Thank you, Master Meza for letting me be one of your students. at victory martial arts.

In 2021 I started training with Grand Master Steve Ashcraft. On August,14,2023, I past My test, I am now A (4th Degree Black belt)

 

 

Hi Here's how i met Master David Chanine. 

 When i was 15 years old, I had an motercycle actsident that cruched my foot.  while I was at home healing i got hungery an thurty. I picked up my cruchies and hobeled out the door and down the street to the 7/11 store a few blocks a way. On the way there I whent down the aley behind the 7/11 store I got my stuf and started back home again. but this time I decided to go down the sidewalk and not the aley. i was almost to the corner of my street to head for home when I heard some yelling and crashing noises comming from one of the little store fronts, I looked in the door that was open at the time and I saw a man in a karate gi  bracking river buttom stones he had a metal plate on the floor with two stones facing one and one other stone on top of them he hit the stone on the top with an rigehand strick, smashing it in to a thusand peaces. when I saw him doing that I said wow!! Thats Awsome!! I must have been just loud enuf for him to hear me, He look up and saw me at the door and ask me about my foot. I told him how I injered it. He told me about himself. that he was a Tae Kwon Do Instrutor and His name is David Chanine. and that he came here from lebonon to raise his family. he gave me a ride home and met my mom and told me to come to class when my foot got better.

A few weeks later I started Tae Kwon Do Classes. I got my first degree black belt in 18 month then in less then two years later i got my second degree black belt. And in 1987 i got my third degree belt. 


 

 Heres how I got started with the ATA!

A man named Morice Orange came to Master David Chanine's school and asked for some extra training.

I got to know him as a freind and fellow student, He ask me to go to his school and work out there too.

He was Head instrutor of an ATA school in the next city over from mine.

I got my  first Degree black in the ATA back in 1984.

I could not afford to go to both schools at the same time.

So, I stayed with Master David Chanine.  

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how i got in to martial arts! must wach video.

Here is how i met Master Steve Ashcraft. I found his shcool totally by accident. My wife and i and a friend were looking for a medical supply store when we found his school.

l had to go inside to check it out. Steve Ashcraft was the only one there at the time. We talked for a time until me wife Debbie came in and joined in on the conversation. We decided to come back to take a class later that day. I had a blast and singed up for classes. What is so great about joining is that I will be going into classes as a third degree black belt. 

Master Ashcraft said that he will not take any rank away from me. On 08/14/2023 I passed My Test for 4th Degree Black Belt. 

Thank you Master Ashcraft. 


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