Born February 4th, 1954, in Wolfpoint Montana, Master Don Mills has spent most all of his life in the state of Montana, save his military time in Germany and various other parts of the United States. In March of 1988 Don first walked into Master Dennis Kirby's kung fu studio and immediately fell in love with the art. Spending three plus hours per day, four nights per week for his first three years at the studio, his advancement went quickly. The workouts, usually with upper belt students, were brutal and at times Don wondered why he was paying someone to beat him up. We he obtained the rank of Brown Belt, Don began teaching and has for the past 9 years without fail. His dedication and love of the art has brought Don to the level of Master, a rank rarely achieved in any art.

Master Don Mills personifies Montana. He is an avid sportsman and hunter with an Elk that is in the "Pope and Young" record books. Don is also a horseman and lives in the remote Northfork region of the Flathead Valley surrounded by wilderness on the outskirts of Glacier National Park. When Don is not riding horses, mending fences, hunting, fishing or teaching Kung Fu, he can often be found riding his Harley Davidson along the scenic highways of the Northwest. Currently he is employed with the Flathead County Parks and Recreation Department where he can be found keeping the local parks a place where people go to enjoy Montana's great outdoors.