Fifty years
From Natchitoches to Benton Road
Master Irvin began teaching in 1976 at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He opened his first Bossier City school in August 1995, and has taught here ever since — today at Master Irvin's House of Discipline on Benton Road.
He is a 7th Degree Black Belt, currently studying for his 8th under Grand Master Milton "Mike" Brown, 9th Degree, President of the National Taekwondo Federation of America.
In that time he has taught thousands of students and personally trained and promoted several masters of his own. What he teaches has not changed: discipline first, then judgement, then technique.
Credentials
The record
- 7th Degree Black Belt, studying for 8th degree under Grand Master Milton "Mike" Brown, 9th Degree, President of the National Taekwondo Federation of America (NTFA).
- USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame Alliance, Hall of Heroes — inducted 2013, under Grandmaster Jim Thomas.
- Five years as adjunct professor and self-defense instructor at LSU-Shreveport.
- Official martial arts adviser and instructor for 11 Caddo Parish public schools.
- Seven consecutive years of self-defense and weapons training for hundreds of JROTC cadets at their two-week summer camps.
- Louisiana State Police — self-defense and weapons instruction.
- Juvenile detention centers — training for guards across the state, including the Bossier maximum facility.
- Free community classes in Shreveport and Bossier City inner-city neighborhoods.
How he teaches
Discipline is the weapon
A student who cannot control themselves does not get to control a situation. That is why discipline comes before technique here, and why it is in the name of the school.
Master Irvin's instruction starts with the mindset: how conflict begins, how it escalates, and what a person needs to do before anything physical happens. Then the discipline to hold that line under pressure. Then the skills — real skills, tested against real resistance, not scored by a judge.
It is the same material whether he is standing in front of a room of four-year-olds, a JROTC summer camp, or a detention-center training session. The audience changes. The standard does not.
The school
Benton Road
Your first class is free
Come watch a class. Then step on the floor.
Booking is a phone call — there is no online form, and nothing to sign before you visit. Tell us your child's age, or your own goal, and we will put you in the right class this week.
318-752-95995000 Benton Rd, Bossier City, LA · Classes Monday through Friday evenings · Saturdays by appointment