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Master Stephen Oliver is founder and CEO of Mile High Karate (as well as CEO of Martial Arts Marketing, Inc., DBA NAPMA) He is an 8th Degree Black Belt. He began in Martial Arts training in 1969 with the Jhoon Rhee Institute. He began operating his first school in 1974. Worked as an Instructor then Branch Manager for the Jhoon Rhee Institute in Washington, D.C. while completing an Honors Degree in Economics from Georgetown University. Upon graduating from Georgetown he studied direct response marketing, business management and all aspects of teaching methodology and compiled an extensive martial arts operations business plan then moved to Denver and opened 5 schools in 18 months and grew the Mile High Karate organization to a $1,000,000+ per year business by 1985.

From 1989 to 1999 he was a Board of Directors Member of NASKA and a NASKA World Tour Promoter and their National Sanction Director. He was a Member of the Educational Funding Company Board of Directors from 1985 to 2001. In 1992 he completed an MBA at the University of Denver Executive Program and was invited to be on their Entrepreneurship Board of Advisors. Over 25 years he has consistently been on the leading edge of marketing strategies and management strategies for Martial Arts Schools and has authored three books on Martial Arts School Marketing. In 2006 he teamed up with Mentor and Instructor – the Former World Kickboxing Champion Jeff Smith and launched the Mile High Karate franchise system. In 2007 he acquired the National Association of Professional Martial Artists (NAPMA) along with Martial Arts Professional Magazine.