- MARTIAL ARTS & FITNESS CERTIFICATIONS
- OVER 30 YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 6th DEGREE BLACK BELT - TAE KWON DO
- 6th DEGREE BLACK BELT - TA KYUK DO
- 8th DEGREE BLACK BELT - HAP KI DO
- CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER - National Academy of Sports Medicine
- YOUTH EXERCISE SPECIALIST
- BEHAVIORAL CHANGE SPECIALIST
- STRETCHING & FLEXIBILITY COACH - NASM
- OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE TRAINER FOR YOUTH
- CERTIFIED FITNESS PROFESSIONAL
- FITNESS NUTRITION SPECIALIST
- ASSAULT PREVENTION INSTRUCTOR
- CPR / FIRST AID / AED INSTRUCTOR
- CERTIFIED IN ACUPRESSURE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT & CERTIFICATIONS
- FORMER GARDIAN AD LITEM (CHILD ADVOCACY)
- COMMERCIAL FITNESS EQUIPMENT ANALYST
- RESISTANCE TRAINING SPECIALIST - RTS
- PADI DIVE MASTER
- PADI MASTER SCUBA DIVER
- PADI EMERGENCY OXYGEN INSTRUCTOR
Phillip Henry began martial arts in Morehead City when he was 12 and achieved his black belt while attending Barton College in Wilson, NC. During his attendance at the college, he founded the self-defense club, taught martial arts at a gym, and by the time he graduated, owned Wilson’s only full-time martial arts school. He also became the Tae Kwon Do instructor for the Barton College PE program and earned many training certifications in the fitness industry. Phillip later passed the school on to his assistant instructor and moved back to Morehead City to spread Grandmaster Dong’s system. Mr. Henry has achieved the title of Master in three styles of Korean Martial Arts: Tae Kwon Do, Hap Ki Do and Ta Kyuk Do and continues his training and advancement with Grandmaster Dong. In 2019, Master Henry received an award from the World Martial Arts Grandmasters Federation for his “invaluable service to the martial arts” during a ceremony in Manassas, VA.
Phillip has spent most of his life working with children. During his years at Barton College, he volunteered as a tutor and mentor at the Eastern NC School for the Deaf in Wilson. Summers were spent as a camp counselor for Easter Seals where he assisted participants in their daily routines and adapted physical activities to their needs. Phillip also served seven years as a Guardian ad Litem with Wilson County where he was a voice in court for neglected and abused children.
Mr. Henry found his martial arts school as a way to reach others and help them improve their lives. While in Wilson, his program helped hundreds of children and adults improve physically, mentally and socially. The school also supported St Jude’s Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Hospital at VCU.
The philosophy of helping others continues in Morehead City where the school has supported the Domestic Violence Shelter, Carteret County Partnership for Children, Children’s Hospital, a scholarship to Carteret Community College, and founding the Kicking for Carteret Kids event that has raised over $13,000 for education programs here in our County. Phillip can also be found volunteering at the NC Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores as a scuba diving team leader with more than 14 years of service.
Phillip and his wife, Shannon, have 4 young children, 2 girls and 2 boys, along with three other "boys" of the four-legged, furry kind. In his spare time, Phillip enjoys scuba diving, backpacking, mountain biking, and snowboarding.
Grandmaster Dong's Martial Arts
5270-A Hwy 70 West - Morehead City, NC 28557
252-222-0444