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Old TKD Certifications??? Wanting to teach family.?

I want to teach Tae Kwon Do to my daughter and possibly some other kids in my family.. I haven’t had any of my old certifications in well over a decade (maybe a decade and a half, don’t want to date myself… lol.) and shortly (within months) after I left the school I practiced and taught juniors in, our main instructors retired from teaching, the school closed. I don’t trust the remaining local schools with my own child’s instruction as the instruction that I recieved was incredible and not remotely focused on profits. It was incredible enough that I still retain everything but my flexibility. lol..
Like I said, I don’t have any of my old certifications and doubt they would still be available. I was active in TKD for over 8 years, as well as a year and a half of Isshin-Ryu during that time, and took Tai Chi instruction. I feel more than confident that I could still provide quality instruction to my daughter and others in our family, but it doesn’t appear that I have a way of certifying our achievements so that she could use it to go further if she chose to. Does anybody have any suggestions?

Am I able to train and learn nin-jitsu on my own?

its very hard too from my expierence especially when you have no teacher to know wether your even training right… there is no local schools were i live either….I take karate but im desperate to quit that and just find a ninjitsu school. It is also extremely hard trying to master the 18 skills. Im traning in tai-jutsu (hand to hand combat) by taking karate but im not sure if karate is the appropriate way to train tai-jutsu. I also know some of kuji-in and am studying chi-kung with chi techniques and stuff and train for kinesis. I try to read books and stuff without drills since there are no partners i have to train with. This is just really hard and stressful…. How would you reccomend for me to learn? how can I do this without a sensai? am I doing this right? And another thing… how the heck is a 14 year old like me guna find a horse to ride for the art of horsemans ship? I dont have many martial arts weapon stuff either for all those nin jutsu weapon drills either…

how to find a reputable Tai Chi Trainer?

I want to start learning Tai Chi for its health benefit and for self defense. I searched the internet for local schools that instruct Tai Chi. There are so many! I heard that you need to learn Tai Chi right from the begining because if you are not taught well, it’s very hard to correct later on. How can I tell all those instructors apart form each other and find one that’s really good?