About our Director

Our Director

Shihan Brent H. Baker

Mr. Baker holds the rank of 5^th degree Black Belt in Goju Ryu Karate-do, 6^th degree Black Belt in Shorin Ryu Karate-do, and 1^st degree Black Belt in Zenkoku Ryukyu Kobujutsu (traditional Okinawan weaponry). He holds certification as a master-level instructor and has been training for the past twenty-four years and teaching for nineteen. He has been inducted into both the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame (as "Shorin Ryu Master of the Year" on April 24, 2004) and the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame (as "Goju Ryu Master Instructor of the Year" on June 16, 2007).

Mr. Baker received his Bachelor's of Science from St. Lawrence University in 1996. His major focus of study was the field of Biology, with a minor in Education. At the time of his graduation, Mr. Baker also received his New York state teaching certification. Upon moving back home to New Hampshire, Mr. Baker received his NH teaching certification and began a career in public education. He currently teaches science in Sunapee, NH, in addition to his role as director of Rising Sun Martial Arts. (His school eBoard can be found here.) In 2007, he also began working as a teaching assistant in the American Museum of Natural History's online graduate program, the Seminars on Science.