Anna-Maria
Goossens
Goossens Sensei has been practicing
Okinawan Shorin Ryu karate
and been a member of Northampton
karate since 1996. She has
been instructing adult classes
for ten years and has taught
weapons classes since 2003.
In addition to teaching at
the dojo, Ms Goossens serves
as the head karate instructor
for beginning children and
parents at the
Hampshire
Regional YMCA. In her professional life
she is the public relations
director for the UMass Amherst
Department of Theater as well
as a free-lance writer and
copy editor. Anna-Maria is
also an avid runner who has
completed the Hartford Half
Marathon. She holds the rank
of 4th degree black belt.