Simon Scher

Simon Scher was born in Toronto Canada and moved to Tampa Florida at the age of 6. He attended Gory Elementry School, Wilson Middle School, and H.W. Blake High School for the Performing Arts there. In high school Simon Majored in Dance and Drama. After high school he applied early decision for Hampshire College and got in. In his first year he finished his Div I's in HACU, SS, IA, and SC. His Div II was an in depth study of Japanese Language Culture and History. His Div III was "A Study of Martial Arts and Martial Arts Small Businesses as well as How Popular Media and Culture Have Affected The Way Martial Arts Have Been Practiced in North America."

After Graduating Simon moved to Japan where he taught English with Peppy Kids Club for a year and then hitchhiked from Osaka to Tokyo. After returning to America he moved to New York City with his college sweet heart Lauren Gottschalk. In New York City Simon pursued a career in acting and in real estate. He worked for Best Apartments Inc. under agent Abe Arev. He also worked on the Cannes Short Film Corner award winning film "Trip to the Planetarium". After a few years he and Lauren moved to Toronto Canada where Simon managed a family shopping center in Port Hope, Ontario. and signed with talent agents at AAB Talent. There he landed a Mitsubishi Commercial, and a Nestle Commercial.

Simon Scher Has been training in the martial arts since he was 6 years old. He began training with Master Gary Dyals in Tampa Florida. In college he taught at Amherst Martial Arts under Annie Schwartz. In New York he trained with Grand Master Suk Jun Kim. He joined the Global Taekwon Do Federation and trained with Grand Master Park Jung Tae for a short time. When he moved to Canada Simon trained with Grand Master Jong Soo Park in Downtown Toronto. Simon traveled with Grand Master Park to Bolivia and represented Canada in the Pan American Games. In 2008 he received his 5th degree black belt from GM Park. After being attacked by bed bugs (the one foe taekwon Do does not prepare you for) he and Lauren returned to New York.

In New York Simon began managing a residential building in Brooklyn, and acting. He attended NYU's Tisch school for video editing and marketing. He then began working for Atlas Media working as a Line Producer. After that he worked for Warner Brothers Records where he was in charge of making viral videos for new artists. His big accomplishment there was creating the "New Boyz"'s first non music viral video which recieved over 22000 hits on MySpace. After that he went to work for White Buffalo Inc reading and reviewing scripts. Then he landed a long term job at Red Bull Arena in Harrison NJ editing videos for the New York Red Bulls Soccer Team. He also worked in the control room during games. While in New York Simon taught at Bwarrior Martial Arts on the upper east side and Tessa Gordon's Premier Martial Arts in Park Slope Brooklyn.

Simon Married Lauren Gottschalk in 2009 on a Llama Farm in Lee Mass. They honeymooned in the Amazon Rain forrest, Machu Pichu and the Galapagos Islands. They decided to have a baby which turned out to be a boy who they named Onyx Sebastian Scher. He was born on Dec 5th 2010 in New York. After his birth they decided to move out of the city to give him a better life. They moved back to the Pioneer Valley in Northampton. Simon rented a space at 297 Pleasant St and opened up his own martial arts school called NORTHAMPTON MARTIAL ARTS in May 2011. Lauren is currently studying to become a Dula. Simon Published his first book called "the martial arts manual" and has had two articles published by Black Belt Magazine.