EmpowerUSA, Inc. started in 1984 as Health Kick, Inc., a brick-and-mortar martial arts & fitness training facility. In the late 1990’s, Health Kick became Empower Training Systems, Inc. because of the addition of the fitness industry continuing education and instructor training programs developed by Tim Rochford. He continued to operate the martial arts/fitness facility until 2015 but has since focused the business on training and developing instructors for his programs. He has continued to teach these programs in the facilities he has managed since 2015. In 2021, because of various societal factors, Rochford felt the need to emphasize the new vision for his business by changing the name to ‘EmpowerUSA’. The new name states exactly what he intends to do, with the help of the team of trainers who complete and become involved in the fitness and self defense/personal safety programs that EmpowerUSA currently offers and continues to develop.