Pacific Fusion Premier Martial Arts

Arts from around the Pacific give Pacific Fusion Premier Martial Arts on Bainbridge Island its name: karate, taekwondo and hapkido at the core, with weapons from Okinawa, Japan and the Philippines added at higher levels. Classes change pace on purpose: some run fast and high energy, others slow down and go into detail “for the sake of comprehension.” The school calls its training commitment based and holds students accountable for their thoughts and actions, “inside the classroom and in the community itself.” Students measure themselves against “their present self and past progress,” the school says.

Getting in starts with a free introductory private lesson, which the school also uses to judge whether the student and the family are a fit. Adults train in their own group from 18, and training plans run from two classes a week up to unlimited. Kids and teens from age 7 have three age groups of their own.

The chief master, known at the school as Master A, holds a 7th dan in Tae Kwon Do, 3rd dans in Tang Soo Do and Moo Duk Kwan, a 4th dan in karate and a red sash in wushu, and began training at age six. Master and head instructor Stephanie Aduddell (Mrs. A), a 5th dan in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd dan in Moo Duk Kwan, started training in 1995. Their daughter, head instructor Lillian Aduddell (Ms. Lili), is a 3rd dan who began at age three and is a three-time national champion in Tae Kwon Do. Four 1st dan black belts teach with them.

For students who want to compete, the Pacific Fusion comp team is a national travel team in Olympic Tae Kwon Do and Sport Karate, and its members include national champions and Jr. Olympic medalists. The team sums up its values as ROOTS: Rules, Opponents, Officials, Teammates and Self.