A Day at Hoshin Martial Arts

 By Felicia Hodges

Located at the corner of Grant and Elm Streets in Walden, Hoshin Martial Arts hosts Tae Kwon Do (TKD), Self Defense and Kickboxing classes six days each week. Head instructor Trevor Hurst, who began training at the facility when he was 7, took over Hoshin in 2020. The fifth-degree black belt is a special education teacher at Orange-Ulster BOCES who leaves school and comes straight to Hoshin each weekday. He also does private sessions, weapons training class, and a kickboxing class every Saturday.

Gianna, 4, of Newburgh, prepares to do a kicking drill in her second TKD class. Her father, Edwardo, is a regular in the adult Kickboxing Class each Saturday afternoon.

Edwardo Gonzalez travels to Hoshin every Saturday morning for the Kickboxing Class.

Uniform belts occasionally come untied so Hurst gladly offers assistance. “I feel like I learn as much from my students as they learn from me,” he said.

Anthony Amador of Newburgh gets ready for Kickboxing.

Before class official begins, students begin their warmup as soon as they are dressed and make their way to the dojang floor.

Hurst demonstrates a side kick during class.

Hurst does pushups with the youngsters during class warmup.

Frank Dwyer and Patrick Conan, all of Walden, work with bo staffs during the Saturday morning self-defense class. Dwyer, a brown belt, and Conan, a second-degree black belt, also help with youth TKD class instruction.

                                                          Hurst helps Gianna try on her new dobak (uniform) after class.

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Originally appeared in the Hudson Valley Times community newspaper (April 2026)