Quest Martial Arts
Ann Arbor martial arts, Ann Arbor karate, Ann Arbor tae kwon do
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Instructors
Keith Copeland
Keith earned his third degree black belt in To Shin Do. He is
a member of the elite Order of the To Shi. His To Shi name is
“Knight of the Contributing Blade”. This name was chosen for him by
An Shu Stephen k. Hayes, founder of To Shin Do and personal student
of Masaaki Hatsumi, 34th Ninjutsu Grandmaster (the
original and authentic ninja martial arts).
Keith along with his wife, Donna, opened Quest Martial Arts in
1998. Keith has also studied Kung Fu and Wu style Tai Chi Chuan.
In 1993 Keith also opened Copeland and Associates, Inc., an
organizational improvement company. Copeland and Associates
consultants clients that include many Fortune 500 companies such as
Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Verizon, General Dynamics,
Navistar Truck Company, Autoliv and many more. Keith consults on
many issues such as leadership development, teams, communication,
succession planning and organizational re-design.
Keith
holds a Master’s of Science degree in Organization Development/
Human Resource Management.
Keith is the author of the book,
“The Path To Yourself, The Inner Search For Outer Meaning”, “Success@Business”
ebook, ‘Patterns of Success” online life success home study course,
“Elements of Success” DVD of personality preference and behavior
tool and has also written articles in Martial Arts Professional
magazine.
Donna Copeland
Building a martial arts school has provided Donna a
unique opportunity to put all of her skills and talents into one
project. Quest is an extra-special place because of the strong
community atmosphere that Donna and Keith have worked diligently to
create.
Not only do students have an excellent physical workout, not only
are they learning the most effective martial art available, not only
is their facility the most beautiful and clean in the state, Quest
Martial Arts is a place where dreams are nurtured and turned into
reality, students are supported, real meaningful skills like
communication and teamwork are taught and modeled, and, Quest keeps
getting better.
Helping others fulfill their potential is a passion for Donna.
From a childhood filled with serving others through the youth
organization of Camp Fire Boys and Girls where she earned the
prestigious Wo-He-Lo Medallion through her adulthood, Donna believes
in helping people become more of what they are capable of. For
Donna’s Wo-He-Lo Medallion projects she renovated a cabin for nature
study at a children’s camp, she spoke out about rights of the
handicapped, and she also led her own group of CampFire
youth for an entire school year doing everything from planning their
meeting topics and orchestrating a camping weekends with the
children. All this was done before Donna was 18 years old. A leader
at a young age.
Fast forward through a bachelors degree
(with honors) from Easter Michigan University in Recreation
Management, a six week cross-cultural exchange trip to Russia in
1991, leading youth mini-adventure trips, and ropes course team
building facilitation. After graduation, Donna joined forces with
Keith Copeland doing organization consulting and training. She
learned her attention to detail and structured focus enabled her to
excel at material design and production. Donna earned many kudos in
her work with technical design and development but she constantly
turned back toward what really mattered most to her…people.
Donna believes that improvement must be continuous and never ending;
both in herself and her organization.
Ryan Sullivan
Ryan earned his third degree black belt. He serves as the
Chief instructor and Manager of Quest Martial Arts. He is certified
in personal protection and personal security.
Ryan graduated from
WashtenawTechnical
MiddleCollege at only nineteen
years old, with a degree in hospitality business management and a
culinary certificate. He took his five years of culinary
experience and became a Sous Chef. With some boxing and
wrestling experience Ryan searched for a quality martial arts school
after graduating.
At Quest Martial Arts he felt right at home, and after a few
months, he traded in the chef whites for a black uniform to become
the enrollment director. After two years of that position and
teaching children’s classes he moved on to teach the adult classes.
He also works helping lead a local survival program for kids.
“More than anything, it is important to me that my life experience
increases the value in my community and enriches the people around
me. That’s what being part of a community is about.”
