Rob Hulsen is an assistant trainer of 2nd Dan. He is at the age of 48. He always had an interest in karate deep down but his interest in football was more than that so he kept playing football all his childhood. He started practicing Japanese Jiu Jitsu at the age of 23, still having his fondness for karate.

Ultimately at the age of 41, Rob Hulsen began with karate and found his way back in it when his daughter started with her lessons.

Rob Hulsen’s current rank is 2nd Dan. He practices Shotokan Karate. His highest achieved prize is the 2nd place in Kata-senior category. He has a very discrete and rare preference and prefers Kata above Kumite, but he still tries to get the maximum out of Kumite training. Hulsen doesn’t have a favorite Sensei. He strongly believes that every Sensei must be treated with the same amount of respect.

He came to realize early that he wants to be a karate instructor very sooner in his karate training which gave him an edge to grow more and learn the teaching aspects of karate training from his own sensei. He had to give it his best shot so that his intentions could be met.

Mr. Hulsen takes karate as a hobby as he works 40 hours a week as a Warehouse Engineer at a large company in plasters and paints. He got his inspiration for karate from all the Asian movies about martial arts and history.
What’s a sensei if he doesn’t get to face some challenges in his path! It is said that our challenges shape us into a better being spiritually and physically.

Similarly, Hulsen went through some tough challenges in his training career as well. His biggest challenge during his career was to recover from the surgery of his ankle in 2004 and a calf-muscle injury in 2017.

Hulsen is very fond of teaching kids. For him, his biggest motivation is to see a smile on the kids’ faces during lessons and to watch them making progress. Hulsen considers his patience and persistence in his power. He hopes to teach everyone to be respectful, persistent, and motivated towards their goals in life.