About Kuniko

Kuniko 's Journey

Kuniko was born and raised in Japan. Her first career was corporate job and she was working for the leading trading company in Japan. After working for the company for 14 years, she got a chance to visit the USA to study. While going to school, she started working for a Golf Shop part time. Eventually it became a full time job and Kuniko has been serving for Golf Industry ever since.

Kuniko started golf in Japan at the age of 25 as a recreational golfer. She enjoyed playing with friends and coworkers from time to time. After moving to US, she took up golf very seriously and her handicap went down to single digit handicap within 3 years. As her handicap dropped , she began playing amateur events and deloveped deeper love for the game. That is when she decided to turn a professional.

She became a LPGA Member in 2008 and earned Class-A Teaching Professional status in 2011. She taught in Tokyo, Japan, Hawaii, California, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. Currently, she spends Fall & Winter in CA followed by Spring and Summer in Indiana /Illinois.

Kuniko gives private and group lessons in English and Japanese from junior to adults at all levels.

Kuniko Fun Style Golf Lessons

Kuniko's teaching philosophy is simply "Have FUN!".

Kuniko uses simple words and focus on students' natural rhythm and motion.

Kuniko encourages all her students to enjoy the learning process while maintaining a positive attitude. Golf is can be difficult and it take time to learn, however it can be extemely enjoyable and rewarding along the way.

On the lesson tee, Kuniko focuses on students' natural motion and their inner rhythm, and she uses non-technical terms to help her students improve. As a certified BioSwing Dynamics Instructor, she help students find their OWN best swings. Swings that are unique to the student based on their individual needs are more efficient and repetitive, even during pressure situations. They are also less likely to invite injuries. Each student is provided effective drills for learning their best swings.

Kuniko's Approach

Fundamentals

At first, We focus on developing fundamental skills. (Powered by New Horizons Golf Approach)

1) Fundamentals for Accuracy

2) Fundamentals for Power

3) Fundamentals for Good Feel

2. Students' Natural Swing

By using BioSwing Dynamics Screenings (Structural & Dynamic), Kuniko helps students find their own swing, a swing natural to their individual needs.

From the Structural Screenings, students will learn their ideal posture, grip, trail arm action, hinging style, impact linkage, swing anchor (pivoting point) and so on.

With Dynamic Screenings, students will learn how their body moves most naturally. For example, Horizontal vs Diagonal features, athletic sequence pattern, ground force pattern, foot flair, etc.