Lee's Martial Arts opens, reunites former students

When he began martial arts training at Lee’s Martial Arts in 1997, Scot Curry said he never thought he would end up as one of six store co-owners.  

After the previous owner took a job in another state, Curry, Jeff Lewis, Scott Johnson, Carl Jarvis, Brandon Price and Bill Brower became official owners Feb. 1.

They are all currently instructors at the school, and many, like Curry, began their martial arts training there.

Lewis has been a part of Lee’s for the longest out of all of the owners. He began as a student 19 years ago. 

To celebrate the new era at Lee’s, the public was invited to attend a Grand Re-opening on Saturday. There was a ribbon cutting followed by refreshments, demonstrations and a video shoot for the YouTube channel program “The Audrey Johnson Show.”

“It was great to see people we haven’t seen in a while,” Curry said. “It was almost like a reunion.” 

There were more than 60 people at the event, Curry said.

The 3822 W. Third St. building’s recent renovations were also cause for celebration at the Grand Reopening. The owners had installed new carpet, sign work and fresh paint throughout the building, Curry said.

Lee’s Martial Arts offers Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido and Kung Fu classes, according to www.leesbloomington.com. And there are plans to add more classes in the future, Curry said. 

“We want to try to keep things going as they were, but make things better at the same time,” Curry said. “We just want to keep the traditions alive.”