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1st PAN AM University Taekwondo Championships to be held
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Nepal Emerges as Team Champion at 2nd International Taekwondo
Championships held in India

Izmir, Turkey - May 11th, 2008 - USA's John Holloway among the
elite list of those awarded the distinction of "Best Referee" during the 7th
WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships

Master Ji Ho Choi of U.S. Elected as New President of
Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU)

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Dong Keun Park to be among those honored at the Taekwondo
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Master David D.Kim
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West Coast Martial Arts Assn.

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US Grandmasters TKD Society

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Carine Lahoud Murr
President Lebanese Taekwondo Fed.

Master Rafael Medina
U.S. Armed Forces Taekwondo

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President Peru ITF Taekwon-Do

David Askinas
CEO / USATaekwondo

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V.P. Austrian Taekwon-Do Fed.

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1979/USA National Gold Medalist

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President NCTA

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New Age Tae kwon do Hapkido

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David Kim, Coach
TEAM USA
About David Kim

Mike Warren
About Mike Warren

Joseph Hayes
About Joseph Hayes

Fred Absher
About Fred Absher

Jim Butin
About Jim Butin

Albert Cheeks
About Albert Cheeks

Michael Ajay
About Michael Ajay

Chris Doubek
About Chris Doubek

Taekwondo legends Mike Warren, Joseph Hayes, and Albert Cheeks (above)
formed the nucleus of the USA team that competed in the 1st World Taekwondo
Championships held in Korea in 1973. They are considered by many experts to
have been the best traditional Taekwondo players the world has ever produced.

Members of the 1973 1st USA Team beaing inducted into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame in an historic
ceremony held on April 6th, 2007 in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA - SEE OTHER PHOTOS
First Team to be Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007
Photo by Master John Holloway

1973 1st World Taekwondo Championship Silver Medalists - USA

Mike Warren - First American to compete for a
Gold medal in a World Taekwondo Championship
Kukkiwon / Seoul Korea -1973

Jeong Tae Kim vs Mike Warren
(Photo by Hampton Brady)

The Officials

Jack Hwang - USA Head of Team,
1st World Taekwondo Championships

Richard Chun - USA Team Manager,
1st World Taekwondo Championships

Kyung Ho Min - USA Team Advisor,
1st World Taekwondo Championships

ll Hoi Kim - USA Team Coach,
1st World Taekwondo Championships

Young Chul Rho - Head Referee
1st World Taekwondo Championships

USA TEAM / Kukkiwion (circa 1973) - Photos courtesy of Fred Absher

1973 USA Team Roster

Fred Absher on the attack

Absher, Fred 1st World Taekwondo Championships

Ajay, Michael 1st World Taekwondo Championships

Butin, James 1st World Taekwondo Championships

Cheeks, Albert 1st World Taekwondo Championships

Coles, Archie 1st World Taekwondo Championships

Hayes Joseph 1st World Taekwondo Championships

Warren, Mike 1st World Taekwondo Championships

A Korean newspaper covered the arrival of the USA team. L-R Michael
Ajay,Roger Carpenter, Archie Cole, Chris Doubek and Fred Absher.

1st World Taekwondo Championships - Kukkiwon - Seoul, Korea 1973

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USA Team marching into the Kukkiwon for first day of competition
at First World Taekwondo Championships in 1973 in Seoul Korea.
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Kyung Ho Min
Pioneer of USA /AAU Taekwondo
Kyung Ho Min was responsible for organizing the USA team to the 1st and 2nd
World Championships. He was Team Manager for the 1st World Championship
and National Chairman of the AAU Taekwondo Committee and USA Team Mgr.
for the 2nd World Championship. He also represented the USA Delegation in
the organizing Assembly of The World Taekwondo Federation and 2nd Assembly
of The W.T.F.in conjunction with the 2nd World Championships. He also the
Chairman of the Technical Committee for the 2006 World University Taekwondo
Championships being held in Valencia. Spain.
THE ROOTS OF USA/AAU TAEKWONDO

2nd World Taekwondo Championships
Kukkiwon - Seoul, Korea 1975

Copy of official program guide

Kyung Ho Min, Team Manager (second man behind USA flag) leads U.S.A. Team into the
Kukkiwon at 2nd World Taekwondo Championships. (Photo courtesy of Kyung Ho Min)
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USA Team Captain Robert Phillips carrying flag at media event shortly
after arrival in Korea for the 2nd World Taekwondo Championships.
(photo Robert Philips)

First Official USA National AAUTaekwondo Team
2nd World Taekwondo Championships
Seoul, Korea
(1975)

Kyung Ho Min top far right and First USA AAU Taekwondo Team Members seated L-R
William Felton, Gerard Robbins, Dennis Robinson, Terrance Watson, Frank Rodriguez -
(appointed) ,Gary Mule, Clark Murphy, Robert Phillips and John Holloway (alternate).
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USA National Team at the Kukkiwon
(Photo / Kyung Ho Min)
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USA National Team at the`Kukkiwoin
(Photo / Kyung Ho Min)
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Daily News Sports covers the USA Team arrival in
Korea for the 2nd World Taekwondo Championships

USA's Frank Rodriguez left battles unkown oppnent at
2nd World Taekwondo Championships in Korea (1973)

Gary Mule (USA) v Mexico
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Gary Mule was`one of the strongest fighters the USA fielded
into the 2nd World Taekwondo Championships held in Korea
in 1975. In the surrounding photos Gary soundly defeats one
of Mexico's very best. At top right, he receives instructions
from USA Coach David Kim. (Photos courtesy of Gary Mule)
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Coach David Kim and Gary Mule
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First official USA National AAU Taekwondo Team in Korea (1975)
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Costa Rica at the 2nd World Taekwondo Championships

Alejandro Chacon Zumbado (left) of Costa Rica after a match at the 2nd World TKD Championships
Alejandro ultimately won the Bronze medal at this historic event. (photo courtesy of Alejandro C. Zumbado)

USA National Taekwondo Team
World Taekwondo Games
Chicago, Illinois
(1977)

USA National AAUTaekwondo Team
1st Pan Am Taekwondo Championships
Mexico City, Mexico
(1978)

Capt. John Holloway, Gerard Robbins, Kun Y.Lee, William. Kim, Greg Fears, and Michael O'Malley Oren Gautreau standing
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Jung Nam Lee and Prof. Dong Ja Yang
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Captain John Holloway at the start of a grueling match with Mexico
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Yun Kun Lee wins his match against Mexico
photo courtesy of GentleEast.com

USA Heavweight Gerard Robbins (USA) top is defeated by Luis Cano (Mexico) while
Greg Fears (bottom left) defeats his opponent in his usual spectacular fashion
enroute to yet another Gold for the USA team. Official results
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USA team member between practice sessions at the 1st Pan American Taekwondo Champs.
which were held in Mexico City, Mexico in 1978. USA Gold medal winners were Greg Fears,
Gerrad Robbins and John Holloway. Official results
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Mivhael J. O'Maley (USA) left unleashed a devastating ax kick against his oponent in the 1st Pan American Taekwondo
Championships held in Mexico City,. The historic event was held fom September 17th -24th, 1978. Official results
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1978 Pre-World Taekwondo Games
Seoul, Korea 1978

This photo taken at the Kukkiwon shows John Holloway. Mike Vasquez, Greg Fears, Wiliam Kim,
Oren Gautreaux Gerard Robbins and two unidentified members of the USA Women's Team
Photo Michael J. O'Malley

Dr Tae Yun Kim, Head Coach of the USA Women's Team leads the
USA's first official national women's team and the men's team into the
Kukkiwon for the opening ceremony of the 1978 Pre-World Games.

Dr.Tae Yun Kim and the USA contingent (far right) at the opening ceremony of the 1978 Pre-World Taekwondo Games

Dr.Tae Yun Kim's women's team garnered numerous medals including a gold byMarcia Hall
(center right) at the first Pre-World Taekwondo Games in Korea. Above Dr. Tae Yun Kim
celebrates the historic acheivement along with both teams and USA officials.

1978 Pre-World Games
USA Women's Team Roster

Dr. Tae Yun Kim
Head Coach Women's Team

Ray Such
Assistant Coach

Abraham Madrey
Assistant Coach

Elsie Harrison
Fin

Sunny Graf
Fly

Vickie Swafford
Bantam

Ayoka Brown
Feather

Jackie Jones Light	Lauren McCrorey Heavy	Marcia Hall Middle

	No Photo Holly Reed Welter

Dr. Marcia Hall
America's
"First Lady of Taekwondo"

World Taekwondo Federation President Un Yong Kim Presents USA's Marcia
Hall with the Gold Medal at the 1978 Pre-World Taekwondo Games. In a sport
dominated by Korea during that period Marcia Hall became the first non-Asian
to win a gold medal in Korea, the birthplace of Taekwondo (Photo Marcia Hall)

Marcia Hall scores with a stunning kick in the gold medal match at World Taekwondo Invitational Championships
held in Taiwan in 1979. (Photo Marcia Hall)

A clean sweep by host nation Korea at the 1978 PreWorld Games
was unintentionally thrawted by America's Marcia Hall (Marcia Hall)

(See 3rd Generation USA Players Section Below)

1979 World Invitational Taekwondo Games
Taipei, Taiwan

USA's Marcia Hall Wins Gold at'79 World Invitational Games
(Photo Marcia Hall)

Gold Medal won by Marccia Hall

USA's Sunny Graf Wins Gold at '79 World Invitational Games
(Photo Marcia Hall)

Marcia Hall strikes the Korean national champion with a devastating kick to the face in her semi-final match enroute to the gold
(Photo Marcia Hall)

Marcia Hall (front left) Sunny Graf (center right) and Ayoka Brown (top right) sharing medals with Taiwan team members
(local Taiwan newspaper)

USA Men's National Taekwondo Team
4th World Taekwondo Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
(1979)

Standing L-R Head Coach D. K. Park, (Coach ?) , John Holloway, Tom Seabourne, Scott Rohr, Dae Sung Lee, Mike
Vazquez & Chung.Sik. Choi. Seated L-R (?), Michael J. O'Malley, (?), Frank Calderon, Greg Fears & Oren Gautreaux
Photo Michael J. O'Malley

USA National Taekwondo Team
5th World Taekwondo Championships
Guyaquil, Ecuador
(1982)

USA and Tawian National Taekwondo Team at 5th World Taekwondo Championships (1982)
Photo Michael J. O'Malley

USA Players - Pre Olympic Style

First Generation - The Early Competition years 1960's

Chuck Norris and Allen Steen

Allen R. Steen is that rare individual who over the years earned a legendary
repution not only as s fighter, but as an instructor and promoter. Recognized
as the "Pioneer of Taekwondo in Texas", Allen Steen began his training in 1959
under Jhoon Rhee, earning his black belt in 1962. When Jhoon Rhee left Texas
for Washingtion D.C. in 1962 Allen Steen opened his own school in Dallas.
Allen Steen and his first Black Belt Pat Burleson built an empire consiting of
students who went on themselves to become top rated black belt champions
A list of those students reads like a "who's who of American Karate". Skipper
Mullins, Fred Wren, Demetrius Havanus, Ronnie Cox, Jim Butin, and Roy
Kurban. were just a few of the students who were frequently featured in the
major martial arts magazines of the day. As a fighter, Steen built a reputation
second to non. He won decisions over Chuck Noris and ,Joe Lewis and other
well knowns all on the same day enroute to winning the title at Ed Parker's
prestigious 1966 Karate Internationals (left) More on GM Allen Steen
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007

After winning the 1964 Natls.

Pat Burleson of Fort Worth, Texas made karate history in 1964 when he became
the first National Karate Champion by winning Jhoon Rhee's Natls. in Wash.D.C.
The 60's were appropriately named the "Blood-'n'-Guts Era" as fighters occasionally
held no regard for contact rules. "In those days".. when there were no pad or chest
protectors, the fighters often limped out or were carried out of of the ring whether
they won or lost. It was not a period for the faint of heart,or for those who feared
broken bones or briuses which were common place. Pat Burleson who is also
referred to as the "granddaddy of tournament fighting" actually began his study
of martial arts in Japan in 1957 in the wado-ryu style . He also studied Tangsoodo
and was eventually introduced to Allen R. Steen Allen Steen who had already
been studying under Jhoon Rhee. During the summer of 1963 Pat Burleson also
earned his Black belt under Jhoon Rhee. Read More

Skipper Mullins

"Although everyone would probably agree that Mike Warren was the
greatest kicker of all times, Skipper Mullins was the kicker when there
were no kickers.. He was the original kicker!". Those were the remarks
of World Champion Jeff Smith (left) as he spoke before a gathering of
champions and masters at Madison Square Garden in March of 2003.
While Skipper occasionally fought on the East Coast, he dominated the competition
throughout Texas and the southwest during the 60', and 70's. Regularly rated in the
U.S. Top Ten, he was selected as one of the top ten fighters of all time in a survey
held by Black Belt Magazine in 1987. He was also inducted into the Texas Sports
Hall of Fame. A student Allen Steen, Skipper Mullins list of champion students
include Roy Kurban, Demetrius Havanas and Ray McCallum.
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007

Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris who today is an 8th Degree Blackbelt in Taekwondo
is one of the true pioneer champions of the 60's. While stationed in
Korea in the early 60's he earned his blackbelt within a relatively
short period of time. Upon his return to the States he embarked on
a competitive career which thrust him into a rare status as being not
only the "man to beat" but merely the "man to fight". For some, even
losing to Chuck Norris became the high point of their career. In his
ten (10) year competive career 1964 to 1974 he won many of the
most prestigious events including the triple crown after winning the
All American Open Championships for a second time ('67, '68),
and the North American Championships with a win over his close
friend Skipper Mullins, another great during that era. ..Read More

Mitchell Bobrow

Mitchell Bobrow fought and bested the best of his era. Known for his trademark
jump back kick, Mitchell Bobrow was nicknamed "Boy wonder". Bobrow was
featured in the movies "Coneheads", "Blackbelt", and Disney's "Wild Jack". He
also appeared on television in "Young and Restless", "Days of our Lives", and
"Max Monroe". Mitchell Bobrow has been selected to serve as honorary chairman
of the Inaugural Taekwondo Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony. He will be inducted as
one of the "Best Fighters of the 60's". His bouts with Joseph Hayes, Chuck Norris,
Joe Lewis, Byron Jones and other greats of the day are legendary. Being awarded
his blackbelt by Ki Whang Kim in 1965, he was rated by BlackBelt Magazine in 1967,
1968, and 1969 as one of the "Top 10 Fighters" in the world.. Mitchell Bobrow is also
the Founder of Otomix Martial Arts Gear . Mitchell Bobrow has attended over 300
Martial Arts events promoting his company. More on Mitch Bobrow

Second Generation - The Early 70's

Mike
Warren

Most experts agree that to this day, in Tae Kwon Do (the sport), there has
been no equal to Mike Warren. His speed, kicking combinations and ring
generalship are the reasons he has been placed in the same category as Pele
and Mohammed Ali. In 1973 he electrified the audience during his bout for
Gold at the 1st World Taekwondo Championships in Korea. It was a thrilling
match which most viewers believed he won. In addition, Mike has won every
major traditional Taekwondo tourney in the USA including 4 Grand Champ
titles at Henry Cho's All American Open.. Mike's ability could be summed up
in one word.."Genius!" ....More on GM. MIKE Warren

Joseph Hayes

"Joe Hayes shook the world!" were the remarks of TKD Hall of Fame Advisor
and leading authority on the subject Grand Master Henry Cho as he reflected on
the skills of the legendary Joseph Hayes. In addition to serving as Captain of the
USA Team which placed 2nd in the 1st World Taekwondo Championships held
in Korea in 1973, Joe Hayes dominated the competition throughout the North
American continent during the 60's and 70's. While his trademark reverse punch was
unstoppable, his multiple aerial kicks during fighting were both spectacular and devasting.
During the 70's a major television program aired a slow motion clip of Joe Hayes in mid-flight
spinning alongside a comparison clip of the legendary ballet dancer Rudolph Nureiev, also
in mid-flight. Admired by the late Bruce Lee, Joe Hayes' skills resulted in his being inducted
into the very prestigiuos 1972 Black Belt Hall of Fame. . .More on Joseph Hayes
(Photo left courtesy of Shigeru Numano)

Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith illuminated the tournament Karate scene in the early days, remaining in
the center of winner's circle until his retirement from competiton in the late 70's. Jeff
was sought after by tournament directors from coast to- coast and won nearly every
event he entered. While he is best known for becoming a seven time "World Light
Heavy- Weight Karate Champion, his most historic fight may have been the prelude
to the Ali vs. Frazier "Thrilla in Manilla. Over 50 fifty million viewers saw Jeff defeat
a very capable Karriem Allah in an 11 round match that had theater goers on their
feet. It could thus be said that it was Jeff Smith a Taekwondo stylist, and Karriem
who introduced the world to karate full-contact style.. Jeff Smith, a student of Jhoon
Rhee, competed in all corners of the USA . He was selected by Mrs. Bruce Lee and
Karate Magazine to receive the first Bruce- Lee Award. Jeff has appeared on ABC's
"Wide World of Sports," "The Champions" TV series, Showtime, ESPN and Pay-
Per-View events. He co- starred in a martial arts movie in Korea. Jeff owns and
operates "Jeff Smith's Karate" located in Arlington, Va. More on Jeff Smith

Albert Cheeks

When reflecting upon a list of names of America's greatest tournament
competitors, Albert Cheeks is a name which readily comes to mind
"Ckeeks", an 8th dan black belt and senior black belt of the late Grand
Master Ki Whang Kim, dominated the heavy-weight division and won
the grand championship at events too numerous to mention. Along with
legendary players` Joseph Hayes and Mike Warren, (another Ki Whang
Kim "great" ), he competed on the team which won the overall Silver at
the 1st World Taekwondo Championships in Korea in 1973. "Cheeks" is
not only revered by past and current champions for his physical prowess
in the ring, but for his ability to impart upon others, his profound grasp
of the complex practical and theoretical aspects involved in becoming a
"Champion" .. More on GM Albert Cheeks

John Critzos

During the late 70's to mid 80's John Critzos illuminated the
the U.S. Esat Coast "tradiitonal style" tournmaent scene. The
last in a long line of champions produced by Grand Master
Kim Whang Kim, John like the others that preceded him
exhibited uncanny coordination and kicking skills which were
the trademark of the famous "Kim Studio". Grand Master
Kim considered John Critzos to be the "son he never had". It
was for that reason GM Kim's family requested that John give
the eulogy at GM Kim's funeral. John a leading attormey in the
Maryland / D.C. area is founder and head instructor at the
highly prestigious U.S. Naval Academy located in Annapolis,
Maryliand. More on John Critzos

Third Generation - Olympic Style - The Late 70's - Early 80's

Greg Fears

"Greg Fears ..perfect timing !" remarked TKD Hall of Fame Technical Advisor
Master Michael O'Malley, who himself ia a 4 times national champion and former
USA Team Captain. Greg Fears dominated whatever division he chose to compete
in during the late 70's and early 80's. Like Mike Warren, Albert Cheeks and the
legendary Joseph Hayes, Greg did so without the advantage of being able to fine
tune his skills in a facilitiy specifically equipt to accoma- date nearly every whim
of today's elite Taekwondo athlete. Greg was the first American to compete for Gold in two
consecutive World Taekwondo Championships. In 1977 he won the Silver in Chicago as a
featherweight, followed by another Silver in W. Germany in 1979 while competing as a light-
weight. Greg trademarks, excellent counter attack timing and brilliant kicking combinations earned
him a Gold in the 1st Pan Am Championships in held in 1978 in Mexico, as well as the Bronze at the
1st - Pre-World Games held in Seoul , Korea in 1978. The ever versatile Fears also captured
second place at S. Henry Cho's All American Open Championships . Greg is currently affiliated
with Ernie Reyes Sr.,operates his own school in Columbus, Ohio. / More on Greg Fears

Marcia Hall

To this day there has been little mention of the great female players of late 70' , players
who blazed the trail for today's world and Olympic champions. Surprisingly many countries
fielded female teams to compete against the best females in the world during the 70's. The
first such event was the 1978 PreWorld Taekwondo Invitational Championships held at
the Kukiwon in Korea, the birthplace of Taekwondo. It was at that event that an American
female named Marcia Hall with no international experience dominated the middleweight
division soundly beating Korea and all comers. The female middle weight division was the
only division not dominated by players from host nation Korea. Standing on the victory
podium, Marcia had no idea of the history she was making. It was the first time that a
non Asian (male or female) had won a gold medal in Korea. . Instead of shopping a larger
size cap Marcia went back to the gym to work harder on her fighting skills. She then went
on to win yet another gold medal in Asia at the 1st World Invitational tournamennt held in
Taipei, Tawan during the follwing year. Her teammate Sunny Graf also won gold medal at
the same event.
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Arlene Limas

When the history books are written about the greatest Taekwondo players
of the 20th Century, one of the names that will appear at the top of that list
will undoubtedly be Arlene Limas. Arlene dominated the female division in
point system tournamenmt throughouts the USA on the National Sport
Karate Association's Tournament circuit during the 80's and 90's. While
her record as a point system competitor is phenomenal , her record in
Olympic style kyorugi (fighting) is equally as impressive . Arlene holds
the distinction of being one of the first American females to win an Olympic
Gold , doing so in 1988 in Seoul Korea when Taekwondo was admitted into
the Olympic Games as a demonstration sport. Arlene has won no less than
9 Gold medals in international competition.
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Frank Calderon
A true champion is one who is able to excel in any competitive environment
irregardless of the tournament rules or format. When contemplating on the
short list of persons who were able to successfully make that transition, the
name Frank Calderon easily comes to mind. Whether competing in Olympic
style kyorugi or traditional point system fighting, Frank devastated his
opponents with dazzling kicking and punching combinations. Competing in
the 1st National AAU Championships at Yale University in 1975, he swept
through the competition until respectfully declining to compete against his
mentor and instructor, the legendary Joseph Hayes for the Gold.. However,
Frank went on to win the Gold at the 1979 Team selection trials and competed
in the 3rd World Taekwondo Championships in Germany. His list of point
system titles include the Grand Championship at the 1982 and 1983 Carribean
Taekwondo Championships held in Puerto Rico, and 1st place at the Virgin -
Islands Open Taekwondo Championships held in St. Thomas, V.I. in 1979.
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Choi Hong Hi
Pioneer
Taught in U.S. Military School
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S. Henry Cho
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New York City
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Jhoon Rhee
Pioneer
Began Commercial Schools
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Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee meet in NYC
Henry Cho's All Amercan Open
(circa 1967)
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Members of the 1st USA Taekwondo Team
T.Watson, J. Holloway, G.Robbins, D. Robinson
2nd World TKD Championships
Seoul Korea - (circa 1975)

Joseph Hayes vs Adolfo Velasco
Circa 1969
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Ki Whang Kim, Mike Warren, II J oo Kim
Circa 1971
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1971 Tournament of Champions , NYC
Circa 1971
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Mike Warren vs Byong Yong Yu
Circa 1971
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Joseph Hayes and Bruce Lee
Circa 1969
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Jhoon Rhee Nationals Washington, DC
Circa 1968
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Masters and Champions in Akron, Ohio
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Byron Jones & Mitch Bobrow
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Mitch Bobrow vs Louis Delgado
Circa 1969
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Chuck Norris Judging Worley v Stevens
Circa 1970
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Pat Worley vs Mike Warren
Jhoon Rhee Nationals (1970)
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Worley w/Grand Championship Trophy
Jhoon Rhee Nationals (1970)
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General Choi Hong Hi Attends Dong Wong Kang's 1977 Taekwon-Do Championships (Photo DW Kang)
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Skipper Mullins, a former firefighter
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The Reunion of Grand Champions of
Henry Cho's All American Open
March 21, 2003 Madison Sq Garden, New York
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Two of the world's greatest kickers
Mike Warren and Skipper Mullins share
a few laughs in NYC - March 22, 2003

Ernie (r) "in the early years"
Namsam, Korea - Circa 1967

Ernest H. Lieb - FIRST AMERICAN TO WIN IN KOREA
He became a well known figure in the USA in the late 60's and early 70's
after handily defeating Bill Wallace, Wally Slocki of Canada and numerous
champions of that era. A student of Mr. Kim and Chun II Sup (Jidokwan),
Ernest Lieb earned his place in Tae Kwon do history by being the first
American to win a title in competition in Korea. In 1967 he entered the
Taesoo-do Championship held in Namsam, Korea garnering first place in
the lightweight division. After his return to the USA he would later became
the first karate chairman of the AAU and ultimately founder and President
of the American Karate Association. MORE ON ERNEST LIEB

Historic Meeting of Jidokwan Leaders In Queens, New York - 1993
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GM John Holloway

Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007
Recipient of the 2007 USAT Lifetime Service Award
1st ITF World Taekwon-do Championsips - Canada - 1974 (Heavy -Gold)
1st ITF World Taekwon-do Championsips - Canada - 1974 Breaking 2nd
1st Pan American Taekwondo Championships -Mexico - 1978 (Middle-Gold)
Pre-World Games Taekwondo Championships -Korea - 1978 (Hvy-Bronze)
3rd WTF World World Taekwondo Championships - Chicago- 1977 (Hvy-Bronze)
4th WTF World Taekwondo Championships, Stuttgard,Germany 1979 (Mid-Bronze)
2nd Annual US Invtational Karate Championships, Ohio 1973 Grand Champion
1st Howard Univ. Taekwondo Championships,Wash DC 1974 Grand Champ
Recipient of the 1st "Ken Min Leadership Award "in 1979
*The first athlete (worldwide), and only American to this day to have
medaled in both WTF and ITF World Taekwondo Championship events.
Senior Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame

Master Gerard Robbins
About Gerard Robbins

First person to win double gold (blackbelt forms & sparring) at an official national championship
1st National A.A.U. Taekwondo Forms Division Gold Medalist - 1975
1st National A.A.U. Taekwondo Heavyweight Gold Medalist - 1975
1st Pan Am Taekwondo Championships, Mexico 1978 (Hvy-Gold)
1st West Coast Open Taekwondo Open 1978, California - Grand Champion
1st Carribean Taekwondo Championships , 1978 - St. Thomas,VI, Grand Champion
1st Carribean Taekwondo Championships , 1978 - St. Thomas,VI, Forms Champion
2nd Carribean Taekwondo Championships , 1979 - St. Thomas,VI, Grand Champion
1972 Kwak Byung Yul's Pennsylannia Taekwondo Open - Grand Champion
1973 Mahn Suh Park's Tae Kyun Championships - Philadelphia - Grand Champion
1974 Gary Alexanders Invitational - Union New Jersey - Grand Champion
1975 Pu Gill Kwon Universal Taekwondo Championships - Grand Champion
1975 Nam Son Paek's Tournament - Grand Champion
1975 Brooklyn International Championships - Grand Champion
1975 Ik Jo Kang's Taekwondo Championship - NY - Grand Champion
1976 Howard Lee's Taekwondo Championships -Grand Champion
1976 Ki Chung Kim's Taekwondo Championships - Grand Champion
1976 Ki Chung Kim's Taekwondo Championships - First Place BlackBelt Forms
1975 Ki Chung Kim's Taekwondo Champs .(Master's Division) - Grand Champion
1977 Ki Chung Kim's Taekwondo Champs. - Grand Champion
1978 Member / AAU "All American Men's Tae Kwon Do Team"
1978 National A.A.U. Taekwondo Championships (Hvy-Gold)
1978 All American Open (Madison Square Garden) Second Place - Forms
1979 National A.A.U. Taekwondo Championships (Hvy-Silver)
1981 Won Keun Bai's Taekwondo Championships - Grand Champion
1982 Atlantic Open Karate Championships -- Grand Champion
1982 Suk Jun Kim's U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships - Grand Champion
1983 Suk Jun Kim's U.S. Open taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1983 2nd New Jersey State TaekwondoChampionships - Gold
1984 Eagle Cup Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1986 Y. B Choi's 12th Annnual Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1986 Garden State Games - Taekwondo Division - Gold
1986 Garden State Games - Karate Division - Gold
1987 Keystone State Championships - Silver
1988 Ki Yun Yi's Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1988 U.S.T.U New Jersey State Games - Bronze
1975 Becomes a member of the AAU All American Tae Kwon Do Team
1975 First and only person to receive the distinction of "1975 All American" under
the seperate category Tae kwon do Blackbelt" by the Amateur Athletic Union of the
United States
Competitor / 2nd World Taekwondo Championships - Korea 1975
Competitor / Pre-World Games - Seoul Korea 1978
Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open 1978 (MSG)
First athlete to introduce A.A.U. Taekwondo program to public in a major
martial arts magazine / Karate Ilustrated 1980 - "Will Taekwondo Rules Prevail?"
1st player appointed to position of "Athlete's Representative" / AAU Taekwondo - 1975
Featured in Traditional Taekwondo Magazine in Vol 2 No.2 -1975

GM Greg Fears

1973-1st Place Jr. (14 to 16) Division-U.S Open, Taekwondo Championships (Charleston W. VA.
1974-1st Place Jr. (14 to 16) Division-Open Taekwondo / Karate Championships.Cincinnati, Ohio.
1974-2nd Place Jr. (14 to 16) Division Open taekwondo / karate Championships.
1974-1st Place Jr. (14 to 16) Division-U.S Open Taekwondo / karate Championships (Dayton, Ohio).
1974-1st Place Jr. (14 to16) Battle of Columbus, Ohio.
1975-1st Place Men Light Weight Division-U.S Open Taekwondo Championships (Charleston W. VA.
1975 - Grand Champion-U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships (Charleston W. Virginia)
1975 - 1st Place Men Light Weight-U.S, Open Taekwondo / Karate Championships (Indianapolis, Indiana).
1975 - Grand Champion-U. S Open Taekwondo / Karate Championships (Indianapolis, Indiana).
1975 - 1st Place Men Light Weight Division-Taekwondo / karate Open Championships
1976 - Gold Medal Feather Weight-National AAU Taekwondo Games (Dayton, Ohio).
1977 - Gold Medal Feather Weight National-USTU Games (Berkeley California).
1977 - 1st Place Men Light Weight Division-U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships (Dayton, Ohio).
1977 - Grand Champion-U.S. Taekwondo Championships (Dayton, Ohio).
1977- 1st Place Men Light Weight Division-U.S.Taekwondo / Karate Championships (Kalamazoo, Mich).
1977 - Grand Champion-U.S Taekwondo / Karate Open Championships (Kalamazoo, Michigan).
1977 - 2nd Place Men Light Weight Division-Battle of Columbus, Ohio.
1977 Silver Medal-World Games, (Chicago, Ill,)
1977 - Received Player of The year award presented by The World Taekwondo Governing Body.
1978 - Featured on front of International Brochure (Taekwondo World Games).
1978 - Gold Medal- U.S National Champions (Washington, D.C).
1978 - 1st Place Men Light Weight-Kim's U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships (Pittsburg, PA
1978 - Grand Champion-Kims U.SP Open Championships (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania).
1978 - Bronze Pre-World Games (Seoul, Korea).
1978 - Gold Medal-Pan-American Games (Mexico, City).
1979 - Gold Medal -U.S Nationals (Dayton, Ohio).
1979 - Silver Medal- World Championships (Stuttgart Germany).
1979 - Gold Medal -North American Games (Honolulu, Hawaii).
1980 - 1st Place Men Light Weight Division-(Battle of Columbus.)
1980 - Grand Champion-(Battle of Columbus, Ohio)
1980 - 2nd Place Men Light Weight-Henry Cho's All American Open (New York).
1982 - Gold Medal-Police Olympics (Columbus, Ohio)
Greg began his martial arts training under in 1973 at age of 14
He operates and oversees schools in the
East/Midwest area for Master Ernie Reyes Sr
See: Ernie Reyes' Midwest Martial Arts Columbus, Ohio
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 10th, 2009

Master
Michael Vasquez

1977 US Tae Kwon Do Team Trials - Berkley, CA - Fly - Gold
1977 US Team Member 3rd World Tae Kwon Do Championships - Chicago, IL
1977 Presented Special \Award by National AAU Tae Kwon Do Committee
1978 US Team Trials - Washington, D.C. Fly - Gold
1978 Pre-World Tae Kwon Do Games - Seoul, Korea - Bronze
1979 Tae Kwon Do Team Trials - Dayton, Ohio - Fly - Gold
1979 US Team Member World Championships - Stuttgart, Germany
1979 US Team Member North American Games - Honolulu, Hawaii - Silver
1979 US Team Member World Games - Taipei, Taiwan
1980 US Tae Kwon Do Team Trials - Berkley, CA. - Fly - Gold
1980 1st International Goodwill Meet - Silver
1980 Selected Team Captain for International Goodwill Meet
1980 US Team Member Pan Am Games - Houston, TX. - Gold
1983 2nd Division Championship - Camp Casey, Korea - Gold
1983 14th Annual Foreigners and Women's Tae Kwon Do Championships
Kukkiwon - Seoul, Korea - Gold - Mike Vasquez becomes the first
USA male to win a gold medal in an international competition held
in the Kukkiwon. / MORE ON MASTER MIKE VASQUEZ
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 10th, 2009

GM Dae Sung Lee
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Dae Sung Lee

1989: US Taekwondo Team Trials (Fin): Gold
1988: US Taekwondo Team Trials (Fin): Silver
1987: World Taekwondo Championships (Fin): Bronze
1987: Pan American Games (Fin): Gold
1987: US Taekwondo Team Trials (Fin): Gold
1987: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): Gold
1986: World Cup Taekwondo Championships (Fin): Bronze
1986: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): Gold
1985: World Taekwondo Championships (Fin): Silver
1985: World Games Taekwondo (Fin): Bronze
1985: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): Gold
1984: Pan American Taekwondo Championships (Fly): Gold
1984: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fly): Gold
1983: International Collegiate Taekwondo Championships (Fin): Gold
1983: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): Gold
1982: Pan American Taekwondo Championships (Fin): Gold
1982: World Taekwondo Championships (Fin): Bronze
1982: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): Gold
1981: World Games Taekwondo (Fin): Silver
1981: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): Gold
1980: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): Gold
1979: World Taekwondo Championships (Fin): Bronze
1979: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): Gold
1977: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fly): Bronze
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GM Michael J. O'Malley
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1976 General Choi's Cup Intl. Championship1st place Grand Champ team
1976 National Open Karate Championships, Darien Conn - Grand Champion
1978 U.S. Team Trials, Washington D.C. -Gold Medal, Welterweight Division
1978 Member / AAU "All American Men's Tae Kwon Do Team"
1978 U.S. Team Member Pre-World games Seoul,Korea
1978 Pan-am Games, Mexico City--Bronze Medal
1979 Member / AAU "All American Men's Tae Kwon Do Team"
1979 "Tiger Kim's" Intl Open Championship MSG, (NY) Grand Champion
1979 U.S. Team Trials Dayton Ohio, Gold Medal -Welterweight
1979 Selected " Male Competitor of the Year" @ U.S. Team Trials.
1979 U.S. Team Member World Championships, Stuttgart Germany
1979 U.S. Team Member North American Games, Honolulu, HI -- Silver
1979 U.S. Team Member World Games, Taipei, Taiwan
1980 U.S. Team Trials Berkley California, Gold Medal Welterweight
1980 Recipient of the "Ken Min leadership Award" - Berkley California
1980 Selected U.S. Team Captain
1980 U.S. Team Member 2nd Pan Am Games Houston TX -Gold- Welter.
1981 U.S. Team Member N.American Games Toronto, Canada--Gold
1981 U.S. Team Trials Tampa Florida, Gold Medal-- Welterweight
1981 Selected U.S. Team Captain for World Championships Ecuador
1981 National Tae Kwon Do Championship Wash. D.C.-Grand Champion
1984 Selected as U.S. Team coach of the East Squad for Olympic Sports Festival ,
Houston Texas.
Former Athlete Representative to the USOC
Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 10th, 2009

Marcia Hall winning 1979 World
Invitational Taekwondo Games

Marcia Hall, PhD.
(Photo Marcia Hall, PhD.)

1976 California State Karate Championships - Forms - 1st Place
1977 N. California State Collegiate Karate Union Champs. - Forms -1st Place
1978 California State Karate Championships - 1st Place
1978 NCAA National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1978 AAU Taekwondo West Coast Regional Championships - Gold
1978 AAU National Taekwondo Championships - Middleweight - Gold
1978 Pre-World Taekwondo Games - Seoul, Korea - Middleweight - Gold
1978 AAU Taekwondo West Coast Regional Championships - Gold
1979 National Taekwondo Championships - Middleweight - Gold
1979 World Invitational Taekwondo Games - Taipei, Taiwan - Middleweight - Gold
1979 NCAA National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships - Gold
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 10th, 2009

Sunny Graf winning 1979 World
Invitational Taekwondo Games

Sunny Graf
(Photo Marcia Hall, Ph.D.)

1979 World Taekwondo Games, Taiwan -Bantam - Gold
1978 Pre-World Taekwondo Games, Seoul , Korea - Bantam - Bronze
1982 Pan-American Taekwondo Games, Ponce , Puerto Rico - Bantam - Gold
1978 USA Taekwondo National Champion, USA National Team Captain
1979 USA Taekwondo National Champion, USA National Team Captain
1981 USA Taekwondo National Champion, USA National Team Captain
1982 USA Taekwondo National Champion, USA National Team Captain
1979, 1981 USTU / AAU Taekwondo Player of the Year
1983 All American Award of the AAU United States Taekwondo Union
Member of the Taekwondo Athletes Committee
Member of the Legal Committee
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 10th, 2009

Tom Seabourne at 1979 World
Invitational Taekwondo Games

Tom Seabourne, Ph.D
(Photo Ton Seabourne, Ph.D.)

1979 National Taekwondo Championships (HVY-Gold)
1979 World Invitational Taekwondo Games, Taipei (HVY-Silver)
1979 North Am Pan Am Championships (HVY-Gold)
1979 World Taekwondo Championships (HVY-Silver)
1980 National Taekwondo Championships (HVY-Gold)
1981 Pan American Taekwondo Championships (HVY-Gold)
Author of "Taekwondo:Techniques and Tactics"

Herbert Perez
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1992 Olympic Gold Medalist
1991 Pan Am Games Silver Medalist
1991 World Silver Medalist
1987 Pan Am Games Gold Medalist
1987 World Cup Gold Medalist
1987 World Bronze Medalist
1986 Olympic Sports Festival Gold Medalist
7 Time National Champion
2 Time National Collegiate Champion
US Team Captain -1988-1992
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Robert F.Phillips

1973 New England Taekwondo Karate Championships - Silver
1974 Heeil Cho Allstar NKC - 2nd Place
1974 All American Taekwondo Championships - Madison Sq. Garden - Lightweight -1st Place
1975 First US and Northeastern Regional Open -Grand Champion
1975 Gen. Cho's International Taekwon-Do Championships - Silver
1975 1st AAU Nationanl Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1975 Captain / USA National Team /
2nd World Taekwondo Championships -Seoul, Korea
1976 2nd AAU National Taekwondo Championships - Silver

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Nia Abdallah
Official Website

*First American female to win an "official " Olympic Tae Kwon Do
medal (Silver), in the ladies featherweight division in Athens 2004
*First (currently competing) female to be nominated for inclusion
into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame / Ceremony to be held April 6th 2007
2007 Pan Am Games Trials (Light/Welter): 1st
2006 Pan Am Championships (Light): Silver
2006 Dutch Open (Light): Silver
2006 National Collegiate Championships (Welter): Gold
2006 U.S. Open (Forms): Gold
2006 Sr. National Team Trials (Light): 1st
2005 U.S. Senior Nationals (Light): Silver
2005 Senior National Team Member (Light)
2004 Olympic Games: Silver
2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Gold
2004 Olympic Fight-Off: Gold
2004 Pan American Olympic Qualifier: Gold
2003 Pan American Games: Bronze
2003 U.S. Open (Forms/Sparring): Gold
2003 Peru Open (Sparring): Gold
2003 U.S. Senior Nationals (Forms): Silver
2003 U.S. Senior Nationals (Sparring): Silver
2003 Pan American Games Qualifier: Gold
2002 Quebec Open (Sparring): Gold
2002 U.S. Open (Forms): Silver
2002 U.S. Open (Sparring): Gold
2002 Team Trials: Bronze
2001 U.S. Senior Nationals (Forms): Gold
2001 U.S. Senior Nationals (Sparring): Gold

Steven Lopez

Winner of 5 World Chmpionships
Olympic Games 2 Gold / 1 Bronze
*Gold medal win in Sydney was reportedly controversial Source

May Pejo-Spence

1987: US National Taekwondo Championships Fly - Bronze
1988: US National Taekwondo Team Trials Fly - Gold
1988: Olympic Games Fly - Bronze
1988: Pan American Taekwondo Championships Fly - Gold
1989: US National Taekwondo Championships Fly - Gold
1989: US National Taekwondo Team Trials Fly - Gold
1989: US Olympic Festival Fly - Silver
1989: World Taekwondo Championships Fly - Bronze
1991: US National Taekwondo Championships Fly - Gold
1991: US National Taekwondo Team Trials Fly - Gold
1991: US Olympic Festival Fly - Gold
1995: National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships Bantam - Bronze
1998: National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships Fly - Gold
1998: National Collegiate Taekwondo Team Trials Fly - Gold
1999: US National Taekwondo Championships Fin- Silver
1999: US National Taekwondo Team Trials Fin - Bronze

Danielle Pelham

2009 World Taekwondo Championships Bantam - Gold

Mark Lopez

17th World Taekwondo Championships 2005 feather - Gold
2008 Beijing Olympics - Silver

Diana Lopez

10th Women's World Taekwondo Championships 2005 - feather - Gold
2008 Beijing Olympics - Bronze

Jaydes "Jay" Warwick

United States Taekwondo Team Co-Captain from 1981-1989
1988 Seoul Olympics Bronze Medalist (Demonstration)
8 times USA National Taekwondo Champion
2 time Pan American Games Gold Medalist
5th Pan American Taekwondo Champs - Ecuador 1986 (Welter-Gold)
8th World Taekwondo Championships - Spain 1987 (Welter - Bronze)

Mandy Meloon

10th Women's World Taekwondo Championships 2005 - (Fin - Bronze)
US National Taekwondo Championships 2003 (Fin -Gold)
2002 World Cup Japan (Fly - Silver)
2002 Belgium Open (Fly -Gold)
2001 Argentina Open Taekwondo Championships (Fly - Gold)
1998 World Cup Taekwondo Championships (Fly - Gold)

Dana Hee

1988 Olympic Demonstration Sport Gold Medalist - Seoul, Korea

Debra Holloway

World Taekwondo Championships (bantam - Bronze)
Olympic Games - Silver

Scott M. Rohr

4th World Taekwondo Championships - W. Germany 1979
(Lt.Heavy - Bronze)

Kevin Padilla

Member of the USA National Team from1988-1992
Mexico Open Championships, Mexico City 1987 (Bantam - Gold)
1992 National Lightweight Champion & USTU Male Athlete of the Year
World Cup Games Spain 1990 - Silver
Pan American Championships San Juan, Puerto Rico 1990 - Bronze
Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open 1989

Yong Joon Kong

1983 9th National AAU Taekwondo Championships - (Welter -Gold)
Younger brother of GM Yong II Kong and GM Yong Bo Kong

Chris Spence
(Photo / Chuck Stepan)

1988: USTU Nationals - Bantam - Gold
1988 USTU 1st Presidents Award
1987 13th National Taekwondo Championships - USA - Feather-Gold
1987 Pan American Taekwondo Championships - <64 Kilos - Gold
1987 8th World Taekwondo Championships - Spain - Feather -Bronze
1986 World Cup Taekwondo - Colorado Springs USA - Feather - Bronze
1986 5th Pan American Taekwondo Championships - Ecuador - Feather -Gold

Greg Baker
(Photo / Chuck Stepan)

1988 Seoul Olympics -Lightweight - Bronze
1987 Wotld Cup Taekwondo- Championships Finland - (Light Silver)
1989 Wotld Cup Taekwondo- Championships Egypt - (Light Bronze)
1982 3rd Pan American Taekwondo Championships - Puerto Rico - (Feather Silver)

Doug Baker
(Photo / Chuck Stepan)

1986 12th National Taekwondo Championships - USA - Feather-Silver
1987 USTU National Taekwondo Championships - USA - Feather - Silver
1990 USTU National Taekwondo Championships - USA - Light - Gold
1991 USTU National Taekwondo Championships - Middle -Bronze

Jason Han

Competed in 3 World Taekwondo Championships 1999, 2001, 2005
Titan Games - (Featherweight Gold)
U.S. Open Taekwondo Games - (Welter - Gold)

Han Won Lee

1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
1992 Olympic Team Captain

John Lee

6th World Taekwondo Championships 1983 - Denmark (Light-Hvy - Bronze)
1st Place Middle Weight - Henry Cho's All American Open 1978

Dennis Robinson
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1st National A.A.U. Taekwondo Championship - Lightweight - Gold
Member of the First USA National AAU Taekwondo Team (1975)
2nd World Taekwondo Championships 1975 - Seoul Korea - Bronze
(Photo at left taken from film clip of match at 2nd World TKD Championships
/ Property of the Taekwondo Hall of Fame)
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 10th, 2009

Ernie Reyes, Sr.

3rd World Taekwondo Championships - Chicago - 1977- (Lgt.-Bronze)

Mark Williams

5 Times Grand Champion - Henry Cho's All American Open - '83, '85,
88, '90 & '92 - Winner of numerous other Grand Championships
1992 U.S, National Champion

Terrance Watson

1st National A.A.U. Taekwondo Championship - Middleweight - Gold
Member of the First USA National AAU Taekwondo Team (1975)
Competitor / 2nd World Taekwondo Championships 1975 - Seoul Korea

Kim Royce

World Cup Taekwondo 1986 - Colorado (USA) - Hvy - Silver

Terry Poindexter

Olympic Bronze

Jennifer Laney

Olympic Bronze

Sharon Jewel

Olympic Bronze

Billy Petrone

4th World Games Taekwondo - Netherlands 1993 (Middle - Bronze)
World Cup Taekwondo - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Middle - Bronze)
Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open 1996, and 1997

Panagiotis Bardatsos

7 Time U.S. National Champion
Canada Open Championships 1998 (Middle - Gold)
Olympic Weight Division Tourney 1998 (Heavy - Gold))
Denmark Open Championships 1997 (Middle - Bronze)
Japan Open Championships 1995 (Middle- Silver)
1997 USTU Male Athlete of the Year

Jin Won Suh

2 times member of US National TKD Team
11th Pan American - Tae Kwon Do Championships
/ Lima, Peru - Bantam - Bronze

Jeff Smith

won the World Professional light-heavy weight Karate Championship
in Berlin, Germany, on September 21st, 1975
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 10th, 2007

Gordon Franks

Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion
won the World Professional Super-light-weight Karate Championship
in Berlin, Germany, on September 21st, 1975

Pat Worley

Competed in S. Henry's Cho's 1970 Tournament of Champions
and most major traditional Korean style tournaments on the East
Coast. Grand Champion (Numerous Events)
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 10th, 2009

Larry Lunn
About Lower Photo

Member Jhoon Rhee Professional Taekwondo Team
Member USA Team / Canada's Battle of the Champions - Circa 1976

Darryl Gaston
About Lower Photo

International .Taekwon-do World Champion (Hvy Div.)

William Swift

Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open 1970 (MSG)

William Oliver*

This 2 time Grand Champion of Henry Cho's All American Open (1981/82)
gave a dazzling performance whenever he competed. He was selected to
participate in the All American Open Tournament of Champions alongside
Mike Warren, Joe Hayes, Albert Cheeks, Gerard Robbins, Jeff Smith and
other Taekwondo greats.

Skipper Williams
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1973 - 7th Annual National Championship, Atlanta, GA - Grand Champion
1974 - 8th Annual National Championships, Atlanta, GA - 1st Place Middleweight
1975 - Open Karate/Taekwondo Championship - Grand Champion
1975 - Open Karate/Taekwondo Championship -Forms 1st Place
1975 - John Woo Chung'a 1st Annual Alabama Invitational - Forms 1st Place
1975 - 2nd`U.S. Masters Tae Kwon Do Tournament, Norfolk, VA. 1st Place Forms
1980 - Music City Open Championship - Grand Champion
1980 - Music City Open Championship - Forms, 1st Place
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Keith Kelly
About Lower Photo

Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open Championships (1995)
1998 National AAU Taekwondo Champion - Palm Beach County

Mitch Bobrow
(Photo / Chuck Stepa

A student of the late Grand Master Ki Whang Kim
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007
Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open (MSG) 1969

George Thanos

A student of the late Grand Master Ki Whang Kim.
Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open Championships (1975)
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 10th, 2009

Bernard Floyd

A student of the late Grand Master Ki Whang Kim. Winner of numerous
traditional events including the 1974 North American Pro-Am Championships.

Marshall Collins

Grand Champion - 1974 Taekyun Championships - Philadelphia

Alton "Itch" Wilkinson*

Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)

James Roberts

8 Times Forms Champion All American Open

Rick Feizbakish

Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open Championships (2000)

Howard Jackson

Chuck Norris

2 times Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open
(MSG) 1967/68

Dai Won Moon

US Competitor / Coach Mexico National Team -
1st World Taekwondo Chmps.

Byong Yong Yu
(Photo / Byong Yu)

Henry Cho's All American Open - Grand Champion (MSG) 1971
Henry Cho's Tournament of Champions - 1st Place (MSG)1971
Winningest Asian competitor in the history of USA competition

Riley Hawkins

Grand Champion of the first American Invitational Taekwondo Championship
hosted by Ki Whang Kim.in Silver Spring MD, defeating Mitch Bobrow for the
title in 1969. Other Grand Champions winners over the years included, Joe Hayes,
Mike Warren and Mark Williams

Tony Blanchard

Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open (MSG) (1987)
Member USA Team / Canada's Battle of the Champions - Circa 1976
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 10th, 2009

Bob Chaney

Traditional Taekwondo Tournaments (Midwest Region)

Julio LaSalle

Grand Champion - Henry Cho's All American Open 1966

Nathaniel Perry

Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)
Mahn Suh Park - Philadelphia, PA.

Steven Chambliss

Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)

James A. Lee

Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)

Keith Green

Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)

Phyliss Evetts

A student of Jim Butin and Demetrius Havanas who dominated the Southwest USA
scene in the early 70's winning 7 events in a row including the US Championships,
Western US, Mardi Gras, Denver Open, and Kansas Open

Linda Denley

Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)

Byron Jones

North American Taekwondo Championships - Grand Champion

Marcos Solar

Strong competitor in the early 60's - defeated Chuck Norris at Ki Whang Kim's
Tournamemt in 1967

Mike Arroyo

Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)

Joe Corley

Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007
Tournament Director/
Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion

Hector Eugui

Wendell Robinson

Furman Marshall

founder of Simba Dojang
Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)

Wayne Van Buren

Traditional Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)

Tom Guerin

ATA Top Ten Competitor for 12 years
Top Four Finalist 4 Times

Fred Wren

Sam Montgomery

Traditional & Open Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)

Ayoka Brown

National AAU Taekwondo Champion 1978
Participant in 1st Pre-World Games - Seoul Korea 1978

Oren Gautreaux

Sanaz Shabazi

7th World University Taekwondo Championships 2002 Berkley California (Mid - Gold)

Heidi Gilbert

7th World University Taekwondo Championships 2002 Berkley California (Heavy - Gold)

Elisha Voren

7th World University Taekwondo Championships 2002 Berkley California (Fly - Gold)

Scott Conrad
(Photo Chuck Stepan)

Grand Champion Henry Cho's All American Open (1991)

Angel Aranzamendi
(Photo Al Cole)

2 time US National Champion (1992 & 1993)
1994 USA Fly Wt. Team Member
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Edwin Rhodes
(Photo / Chuck Stepan

Henry Cho's All American Open 1st Place Black Belt (Senior Division)

Wayne Broadway

Henry Cho's All American Open 1978 - 1st Place Black Belt Lightweight

Adolfo Velasco

Phil Cunningham

Tommie Mickins

Marsha Hall

1979 National Taekwondo Championships - Dayton, Ohio - Gold

Marcella Byrd
(Photo / Chuck Stepan)
About Lower Photo

1979 National Taekwondo Championships - Dayton, Ohio - Silver
Winner of numerous other traditional Taekwondo events

Keith Yarlborough

Stewart Gill

2002 US Team Trials (Heavy): Gold

Roy Kurban

Traditional & Open Taekwondo Tournament Champion (Numerous Events)

Garth "Noel" King

1st Durham Open Taekwondo Championships 1973 - Grand Champion
1st Pan Am Taekwondo Games 1978 - Mexico City - Bantam - Bronze

Chuck Loven*

Student of Pat Burleson who was top ranked nationally in
profesional competition from 1969-1973. Also was a
tournament promoter and highly respected referee.

Michael Coles

Member Jhoon Rhee Professional Taekwondo Team

Bob Burbidge*

received his black belt from Chuck Norris and won the world famous Internationals
3 times, National Western U.S. Championship, Colorado State Championship, the
Four Season Championship, and many others.

William Kim

World Competitor - 1st Pre-World Taekwondo Games, Korea

Ethan Woodson

Member 2005 AAU National Taekwondo Team
/ 2005 German TKD Open - Bronze

Jason Han

Member USA Team - 17th Men's World Taekwondo Championships

Darnell Garcia

Cassidy Holland

2004 Silver Medal World Champion - Weapons 2005-06 /ATA
Colorado State Champion - Forms & Weapons
3 time Top Ten World Competitor - Forms & Weapons

Ken Robinson

Jamie Hamilton

Member 2005 AAU National Taekwondo Team

Mickey Rico

Nationally ranked in the top 10 / ATA
3 Years State Champion

Barbara Kunkel

Six-time U.S. National Taekwondo Team Trials Gold medallist (1993-98)
U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships Gold medallist (1997)
Denmark Open Taekwondo Championships Gold medallist (1997)
U.S. Olympic Weight/Pan Am Games Team Trials Gold medallist (1999)
Captain of Pan American Games (2000)

Thanh Vo
(Photo / Chuck Stepan)

Forms Grand Champion - Henry Cho's All American Open (1990)
(Student of Master Amos Johnson)

Brian Dvorak

2006 Colorado State Champion - Forms / ATA
2006 World Top Ten Competitor - Weapons

Christina Bayley

Was on the USTU/USAT National Team for many years as well
as placing at the World University Championships in 1993

Huyen Dao

One of the top forms division competitors in the USA
2 Times Forms Grand Champion - Henry Cho's All American Open
(Student of Master Amos Johnson)

ALL OTHER COUNTRIES A-Z

Afghanistan	Australia	Azerbajian	Belgium	Brazil	Brunei	Canada
China	Colombia	Costa Rica	Croatia	Denmark	Dom. Republic	Ecuador
Egypt	France	Germany	Great Britain	Greece	Hawaii	Honduras
Hong Kong	Hungary	India	Indonesia	Iran	Republic of Ireland	Italy
Ivory Coast	Jordan	Korea	Kuwait	Lebanon	Lesotho	Malaysia
Mexico	Nepal	Netherlands	Nigeria	Norway	Paraguay	Phillipines
Peru	Qatar	Russia	Saudi Arabia	Singapore	Spain	Switzerland
Taipei	Taiwan	Thailand	Trin. & Tob.	Turkey	Uganda	U.K.

United States of America

U.S Virgin Islands

Guam

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

Vietnam

Austria

Argentina

Ethiopia

Gabon

Cuba

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

North Korea

Yugo.

Tonga

AFGHANISTAN

Phil Cunningham Jr.
Pioneer of Taekwondo in Afghanistan

Mohammad Mirzayee	2005 17th Fajr International Taekwondo Tournament, Tehran, Iran - Fin - Bronze

ALBANIA

Elton Burnazi

2005 Croatia Open - 54k Bronx
2006 Austria Open - 54k Bronx

Argentina

Pioneer Instructors of Argentina
(1967)
Kim Han-Chang
Choi Nam-Sung
Chung Kwang-Duk
Yang Dae-Chol
Lee Chong-Seo

HISTORIC MOMENTS OF TAEKWONDO
IN ARGENTINA

PEOPLE AND EVENTS OF ARGENTINE TAEKWONDO
By Master Manuel E. Adrogué
Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame

ARGENTINA PLAYER RESULTS
IN
ITF WORLD COMPETITION
By Master Manuel E. Adrogué

ARGENTINA

Figari Federico	XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships male 57. kg Gold

AUSTRALIA

CHONG CHUL RHEE
Pioneer of Australian Tae Kwon Do

L-R Tae Ho Uhm Assistant Coach, Hassan Iskandar Team Manager/Head of Team Female,Taekwondo
Australia President Jae young Kwak, Gold Medalist Tina Morgan and Australian National Coach Daniel
Trenton Sydney 2000 Silver Medalist.. Complete Team List (Above Photo Courtesy of Hassan Iskandar)

Ryan Carneli in red, World Cup Silver Medallist
against Spain in the final match.

Silver Medalist Kyile Treadwell in blue in the
final World Cup match against Spain - Enlarge

Gold Medalist Tina Morgan kicking Sibel Guler
of Turkey in their final World Cup match

Hassan Iskandar

Technical Advisor
Taekwondo Hall of Fame / AUSTRALIA
About Hassan Iskandar

Martin Hall	Undefeated state and national Australian featherweight champion for a period of ten years from 1972 to 1982 : 1979 3rd World Championships - Stuttgart, Germany - Bronze 1976 2nd Asian Championship -Melbourne, Australia - Bronze 1975 2nd World Championships ¾ Seoul, Korea - Bronze Coaching Record 2004 Olympics – Athens (Carlo Massimino) 2000 Olympics - Sydney, Australia (Lauren Burns, Gold Medallist) 2000 Korean Association V’s Australia—Melbourne, Australia 2000 French Open - Lyon, France 2000 US Open - Hawaii, USA 1999 WTF Olympic Team Selection - Sydney, Australia 1999 World Championships - Edmonton, Canada 1999 World Cup - Sindelfingen, Germany 1998 Spanish Open - Barcelona, Spain 1998 US Open ¾ Anaheim, USA 1998 Chosun Cup International - Melbourne, Australia 1997 World Cup - Cairo, Egypt 1996 Asian Championships - Melbourne, Australia 1991 World Championships - Athens, Greece 1990 Asian Championships -Taipei, Taiwan 1989 World Championships - Seoul, Korea 1987 World Championships - Barcelona, Spain 1986 Asian Championships - Darwin, Australia
Lauren Burns	National Champion 1991-1993- 1994-1996-1997-1998-1999 2000 Olympic Gold Medal 2000 U.S. Open Silver Medal 1999 U.S Open Gold Medal 1999 Belgium Open Silver Medal 1999 Mexican Open Bronze Medal 1998 Canadian Open Bronze Medal 1998 Choson Cup Silver Medal 1997 World Championship Bronze Medal 1996 World Cup Bronze Medal 1995 Belgium Open Gold Medal 1995 IOC Seoul International Gold Medal 1995 Italian Olympic Festival Bronze Medal
Carmela Hartnett	National Champion - 1984-1985-1986-1987-1988-1989- 1990-1991-1992-1993-1994-1995. 1996 Asian Championships Bronze Medal 1995 British International Open Gold Medal 1995 Singapore international Invitation Gold Medal 1995 Malaysia international Open Gold Medal 1994 German international Open Bronze Medal 1994 Islamic International University Championships Gold Medal 1994 British international Open Gold Medal 1994 Singapore Invitation Gold Medal 1994 New Zealand international Open Gold Medal 1993 Malaysia International Open Gold Medal 1993 Stuttgart international Open Gold Medal 1993 English Open Gold Medal 1992 Dutch Open Bronze Medal 1988 Asian Championship Silver Medal 1986 Asian Championship Bronze Medal
Lisa O'Keefe	National Champion 1996-1997-1998-1999 2000 Olympic Team Member 2000 World Cup Bronze Medal 1999 World Championship Bronze Medal 1998 Choson Cup Silver Medal 1996 World Cup Bronze Medal 1995 Singapore Open Gold Medal 1995 New Zealand Open Gold Medal
Denise Parmley	National Champion 1984-1985-1986-1987-1988-1989- 1992-1993 1992 Olympic Games Demo Sport Bronze Medal 1990 Asian Championship Silver Medal 1986 Asian Championship Gold Medal
Lydia Zakkas	National Champion 1989-1991-1993-1994-1995 1996 Asian Championship Silver Medal 1995 Taipei Invitation Gold Medal 1995 British Open Bronze Medal 1995 Austrian Open Bronze Medal 1994 Asian Champs Bronze Medal 1994 Goodwill Games Bronze Medal 1994 IOC Seoul International Gold Medal
Warren Hanson	National Champion 1991-1993-1995-1996-1997-1988-1999 2000 Olympic Team Member 2000 U.S. Open Champs Silver Medal 1999 U.S. Open Championship Gold Medal 1998 Choson Cup Gold Medal 1998 World Cup Bronze Medal 1998 Belgium Open Silver Medal 1995 Italian Cup Silver Medal 1995 Belgium Open Bronze Medal 1994 IOC Seoul International Silver Medal
Carlo Massimino	National Champion 1994-1995-1998-1999-2001-2003 2004 Olympic Team Member 2004 Asian Olympic Qualification Silver Medal 2003 Croatian Open Gold Medal 2003 Dutch Open Silver Medal 2002 World Cup Silver Medal 2002 Asian Championship Bronze Medal 2000 Olympic Team Member Medal 1998 Mexican Open Bronze Medal 1998 Choson Cup Bronze Medal 1998 Spanish Open Gold Medal 1998 U.S. Open Gold Medal 1997 Dutch Open Gold Medal 1997 Scandanavian Open Bronze Medal 1997 Rhur Cup Gold Medal 1996 Japan Cup Bronze Medal 1994 KBS Cup Bronze Medal

Alfie Delorso	National Champion 1980-1983-1984-1985-1987-1990- 1991-1992-1994 1987 World Championship Bronze 1994 Asian Champs Bronze 1984 Asian Championship Bronze
Geoff Rees	National Champion 1977-1978-1979-1980-1981- 1982-1986 1986 World Cup Bronze 1982 Asian Championship Bronze 1978 Asian Championship Silver
Daniel Trenton	National Champion 1995-1996-1997-1998-1999- 2001-2002-2003 2004 Olympic Team Member 2004 Asian Olympic Qualification Bronze Medal 2003 Croatian Open Silver Medal 2002 World Cup Silver Medal 2002 Asian Championship Silver Medal 2000 Olympic Silver Medal 2000 U.S. Open Champs Bronze Medal 1999 World Championship Bronze Medal 1999 U.S. Open Gold Medal 1999 Dutch Open Silver Medal 1998 U.S. Open Bronze Medal 1998 Choson Cup Gold Medal 1998 Spanish Open Bronze Medal 1996 Asian Championship Silver Medal 1996 Japan Cup Gold Medal 1996 World Cup Bronze Medal
Paul Lyons	National Champion 1986-1987-1988-1989-1992- 1993-1998-1999 2000 Olympic Games Team member 1992 Olympic Games Demo Team member 1999 Spanish Open Bronze Medal 1998 Spanish Open Gold Medal 1998 U.S. Open Bronze Medal 1997 Scandanavian Open Gold Medal 1997 Rhur Cup Gold Medal 1988 Asian Championship Bronze Medal 1986 Asian Championship Bronze Medal
Nick Tsolious	National Champion 1989-1990-1991-1994-1995- 1996-1997-1998-1999 1998 Asian Championship Bronze Medal 1994 Asian championships Bronze Medal 1998 U.S. Open Bronze Medal 1996 German Cup Bronze Medal 1996 Scandanavian Cup Bronze Medal 1994 IOC Seoul International Bronze Medal
Tina Morgan	2006 World Cup Taekwondo Championships Bangkok Thailand - Gold See Full Australia Team
Ryan Carneli	2006 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships - Bangkok Thailand Silver
Kylie Treadwell	2006 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships - Bangkok Thailand Silver
Daniel Jukic	2005 World Taekwondo Championships -Madrid, Spain - Welter - Bronze
Carmen Marton	2005 World Taekwondo Championships -Madrid, Spain - Light - Bronze
Daniel Trenton	2000 Sydney Olympics Silver Medalist
Shane Morrison	2004 Masters Pan-Pac Games - Gold Coast - Patterns - Gold 2004 Masters Pan-Pac Games - Creative Patterns - Gold 2004 Masters Pan-Pac Games - Mixed Team - Silver 2004 Masters Pan-Pac Games - Patterns Team - Bronze

TOP COACHES

Young Yul Oh	Head Coach 1988 Olympic Demonstration Games Seoul Korea Produced the first Australian player to win a Silver medal at World Championships Produced the first Australian player to win a medal at World Cup Was the first Australian coach to produce multiple World Championship medal winners at the same World Championship. Produced members to National team positions over thirty times. Predominant era of coaching success 1975 - 1988
Jack Rozsinzsky	Produced multiple medal winners to World and Asian Championships Produced a number of Australia’s modern era leading coaches Produced members to National team positions over twenty times Predominant era of coaching success 1975 - 1988
Ross Hartnett	2000 Olympic Head Coach Australia’s first full time National Head Coach and National Coaching director 1997 – 2001 Produced Multiple Benchmark event medal winners Produced one of Australia’s first athletes to win a Gold Medal at Asian Championships Produced Australia’s first Athlete to win a Gold Medal at a WTF sanctioned major International Open. Produced members to National team positions over thirty times Predominant era of coaching success 1984 - 2001
Joon No	Was the second Australia coach to produce multiple World Championship Medal Winners at the same World Championship Produced Multiple Benchmark event medal winners Produced a number of Australia’s modern era leading coaches Produced members to National team positions over thirty times Predominant era of coaching success 1987 - 2002
Rod Black	Produced World Cup Medal Winner Produced members to National team positions over fifteen times

AUSTRIA

Historic Moment In Taekwon-Do
1st ITF Meeting in Vienna, Austria /1986

Seat L-R (?),Yul Hong Sung,Rhee Ki Ha, General Choi, Park Jung Tae, Yun Ku Yun, Chung
Kwang Duk and (?) Standing Far right is Yan Eric Lehn. Tallest person rear between General
Choi & Rhee Ki Ha is Mounir Ghrawi. (Photo courtesy of Mounir Ghrawi)

Lukic Levena	17th World Taekwondo Championships 2005 Madrid Spain - Women / Fly - Bronze

AZERBAIJAN

Maleika Vitali	2005 17th Fajr International Taekwondo Tournament, Tehran, Iran - Welter - Gold
IIkin Shahbazov	2006 European Taekwondo Championships - Bonn, Germany -62 KG - Gold

BELGIUM

TAEKWONDO HALL OF FAME ®
BANQUET & AWARDS CEREMONY

PHOTOS & 2007 RESULTS!

Maleika Vitali	2005 17th Fajr International Taekwondo Tournament, Tehran, Iran - Welter - Gold
IIkin Shahbazov	2006 European Taekwondo Championships - Bonn, Germany -62 KG - Gold
Laurence Rase	2006 European Taekwondo Championships - Bonn, Germany +72 KG - Gold

BRAZIL

GM Cho Sang Min
Father of Taekwon-do In Brazil

Grand Master Cho Sang Min
GM Sang Min Cho
Pioneer of TaeK

"The Early Years"

BANG TAEKWONDO CLUB

Grand Master Kun Mo Bang
"PIONEER OF TAEKWON-DO IN BRAZIL"
Photos Courtesy GM Flavio S. Joo Bang

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Pioneer Instructors and Champions

Historia do Taekwon-do
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SANG MIN
CHO

Grand Master Sang Min Cho is known in most of the media and books as the "Father of
BrazilianTKD". On July of 1970, he was sent to Brazil, by the ITF and Gen. Choi Hong Hi.
He was 7th DAN at the time and opened a TKD School called "Academia Liberdade" in
Sao Paulo. During the 70s, just a few years after Grand Master Cho arrival in Sao Paulo
there was a massive immigration of Korean masters to that giant city. By early 80s, there was
around 50 Korean Masters teaching in that state. GM Cho introduced TKD to the Brazilian
Police, and for many years worked hard to develop and promote the art. Today he is retired
from teaching and lives in Los Angeles, California. It's interesting to mention that almost four
decades later his first TKD School (Academia Liberdade) in Sao Paulo still open and is
owned by Grand Master Cho's brother-in-law. It's the oldest TKD School in South America.
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame ® April 6th, 2007

Bang Kun Mo

Graduated in Law (Yonsei University, KOREA) and Physical Education (UNIMAR, Brazil)
Member of Rotary International (ex-SG 2 times and ex-GDA of the RI District 4510 Governor)
Member of Masonary (level 33th)
Professor of the University of Marilia, Brazil
Pioneer of Brazilian Taekwondo
Founded the Bang Taekwondo Club in Brazil in 1971
(the most famous and major net clubs in Brazil)
Former the First Brazilian Black Belts
Former the First Brazilian National Champions
Kukkiwon International Advisory Committee Member
Introduced Taekwondo in University of Physical Education
Received many awards from: - WTF, Kukkiwon, Korea Education Ministery,etc.

JUNG DO LIM

Master Jung Do Lim is reported by some to be the first Korean to teach TKD in Brazil in the
late 60s,even though in the most media the name mentioned is Sang Min Cho (came in 1970).
Master Jung Do Lim arrived as 5th DAN in the state of Bahia (north of Brazil) in 1968, he was
a member of the KTA and Moo Duk Kwan and started to teach TKD in that same year at the
University of "Cruz das Almas", and later in the city of Salvador (capital of Bahia).possibly
because he settled in an isolated region of Brazil and was not as active in the media as well in
TKD politics, he ended up been excluded of most books as the father of Brazilian TKD.
Master Lim formed several black belts in that region and was reportedly teaching until the 90s.

YEO JUN KIM

Master Yeo Jun Kim current Vice President of the Brazilian Taekwondo Confederation
has been committed and very active in Brazilian TKD for the past three decades.He was
a successful competitor in the 80s and in partnership with his brother Yeo Jin Kim owns
the famous "Academia Liberdade" in Sao Paulo, the oldest TKD School in Brazil, opened
by his brother-in-law, Grand Master Sang Min Cho in 1970. Master Kim is deeply
involved in TKD politics, in 1994 he founded the "Uniao Brazilera de TKD" or UBT
which was a national TKD organization parallel to the CBTKD (main national federation).
Master Kim is now a 7th DAN and the current president of FETESP (Sao Paulo TKD -
Federation). He returned to the CBTKD and is considered to be the future successor of
Master Yon Min Kim to control TKD in Brazil

WOO JAE LEE

Master Woo Jae Lee arrived in Brazil as a 6th DAN on March of 1972, sent by the ITF and
General Choi Hong Hi and opened the first TKD School in Rio de Janeiro. Master Lee was
the biggest promoter of TKD in Brazil during the 70s. On January of 1973, he organized the
first TKD competition ever in Brazil (in Rio) and short after arranged a team of 10 masters
from Korea to come to Brazil and travel all over the country doing public demonstrations
in schools, TV, military bases, and police headquarters. At the end, each one of those masters
members of the demo team chose a state to settle and open a TKD school. Master Lee also
was the publisher of a martial arts magazine called "DO" and a famous book named "Aprenda
Taekwondo" (Learning Taekwondo). In 1974 he became the first President of the first national
TKD organization (Departamento Tecnico de TKD). Master Lee retired from TKD in the 80s
and still lives in Brazil.

YONG MIN KIM

Master Yong Min Kim arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1974, to become rich and famous. It all
started because of his spectacular demonstrations. He had a stunning technique, incredible
speed, especially on the spinning hook kick, and a lot of charisma with people. In the early
90s, he had a weekly participation in a national TV show for children and later a comic
book was named after him: "Master Kim". He became a star outside the Martial Arts world.
In the 80s, he got involved in TKD politics and was left by Master Woo Jae Lee to control
the National TKD Organization, since them has been more than 20 years. TKD politics are
a hot topic these days because he is still in power and controlling the "Confederacao
Brazileira de TKD" (CBTKD). Master Kim is now 9th DAN

JOO YUL OH

Former Korean National champion and trainer of 5 world champions, Master Joo Yul Oh
arrived in Brazil in 1977, first in Sao Paulo (for 2 years) and then to Recife (capital of
Pernambuco in the north of Brazil) where he settled for the next 9 years teaching TKD.
In the mid 80s Master Oh became the trainer of Brazil's national team and was responsible
for an immense improvement in the technical level culminating with a greater performance
in international competitions. Master Oh was a publisher of a magazine call "Sports TKD"
in the 80s and also was the first in Brazil to manufacture TKD equipment and protection
for sparing. He's now 8th DAN and lives in the US where he owns a school in Florida.

RODNEY
AMERICO REIS

Master Rodney Reis was a student of Woo Jae Lee in Rio de Janeiro and became the first
Brazilian TKD star in the 70s. He won 3 times the heavy weight national title and contributed
a lot with the development of TKD in Brazil, in those ground-breaking years. He ran a
successful TKD school in Rio for more than 2 decades. He was the most traditional Master,
refusing to incorporate the new techniques and changes made by the WTF in the following
years. Master Reis retired from TKD teaching in the late 90s. In 2008 the Rio de Janeiro
TKD Federation created a competition that carrys his name in recognition for his work.

FLAVIO MOLINA

Flavio Molina was a student of Woo Jae Lee in Rio and a 3 times middle weight national
champion. In the late 70s he became the most famous Brazilian TKD fighter to come out
of that era; he competed in the 1982 World Championships in Ecuador, but did not medal.
Besides TKD, he was a model for TV commercials and is the "Father of Thai Boxing in
Rio de Janeiro". Molina's life took a tragic direction: first he end up participating in a
famous Mixed Martial Arts match against a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter and because he was
not familiar with grappling, he lost. After that he retired and became a special operations
police officer specializing in aerial rescue. Molina saved the lives of many people, including
high profile politicians. He died in the 90s in a terrible accident, falling from a helicopter
during an exhibition for a TV show. He is a TKD hero in Brazil!

Flavio
S. Joo Bang

First Brazilian WTF International Poomsae Referee
Created the first Brazilian Taekwondo Confederation Website and administration systems
Manager of the major Brazilian Taekwondo Competitions
2007 - Taekwondo Supervisor of the XV Pan-american Games (Brazil)
2003 - 2007 Director of the Communication & Marketing Department of the
Brazilian Taekwondo Confederation (CBTKD)
2006 - 2007 Personal assessor of the Brazilian Taekwondo
Confederation (CBTKD) President
2005 - 2009 Technical Director of the Sao Paulo State Taekwondo Federation (FETESP)
2009 - President of the Sao Paulo State Taekwondo Federation (FETESP)
2009 - Technical Advisor TAEKWONDO HALL OF FAME ®

CARLOS LODDO

Master Carlos Loddo was the "King of Brazilian TKD in the 80s". He had a huge impact in
the Brazilian TKD during that period, a 6 times national champion, 2 times Brazilian Cup
Champion, and the first Brazilian to win a medal in international competition at the World
Cup in Colorado (1986). Master Loddo was creative and ahead of his time; the first
Brazilian TKD fighter to hire a professional trainer to assist with his preparation, he modern-
ized Brazilian training by replacing the traditional way of fighting with the new modern
techniques from the WTF and the results of Loddo's advances were dramatic. As a trainer
and coach, he was responsible for at least 60 national titles and many were his own students.
He was the founder of the FETAD (in Brazilia) Brazil's capital, city where he lived.
He learned TKD from Korean Master Soo Myung Choi. Master Loddo refused to move
up in rank staying at 1st DAN. He retired in early 90s to become a Philosophy teacher in a
Canadian University. Recently he moved back to Brazil.

..in 1986 Natl. Champs.

ANDRE ALEX
LIMA

Master Andre Lima is the most recognized TKD man to come out of South America. He
was a student of Masters Soo Myung Choi and Carlos Loddo and didn't compete much
inside Brazil. Lima first burst into Brazil's scene in the mid 80s, doing some astonishing
TKD demonstrations shows in prime time National TV. He jumped off of the third floor of
a building; then jumped over a car to break a board and finished the demo smashing a pile
of 20 tiles with his head. He is recognized in Brazil as the pioneer of TKD in Ceara State
which is located in northern Brazil. In the late 80s, he moved to Europe where he competed
widely wining several titles including the Opens of France, Belgium, Germany and etc. He
also competed in the US where he settled with his wife, Christianny Paiva Lima 5th DAN,
and daughter Aycka Lima 2nd DAN. They own the Lima Taekwondo Academy in
California. Master Lima is now a 6th DAN and well-know in the TKD community for
hundreds of appearances in martial arts magazines in the 80s and 90s, a book called
"Combat Kicking", and also for his work in movies; in 2007 he was the lead in the
movie "Beyond the Ring".

Champions

Natalia
Falavigna Silva

Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame ® April 10th, 2009
2009 - Bronze WTF World Taekwondo Championships
2009 - Gold Universiade
2008 - Gold German Open
2008 - Bronze Olympic Games – China
2007 - Bronze WTF World Taekwondo Championships - China
2007 - Silver Panam Games - Rio de Janeiro
2006 - Bronze Netherlands Open
2006 - Gold Belgium Open
2006 - Gold World University Championships
2006 - Gold Korea Open International Championships – KOREA
2006 - Silver PATU Panamerican Taekwondo Championships - Argentina
2006 - Gold South American Games – Argentina
2005 - Gold WTF World Taekwondo Championships - Spain
2004 - 4th place in Olympic Games
2003 - Gold I Torneio Ibero-Americano – Spain
2003 - Silver Universiade - KOREA
2002 - Silver World University Championships - USA
2002 - Silver WTF World Cup - Japan
2002 - Gold South American Games – Brasil
2001 - Bronze PATU Panamerican Junior Championships – Chile
2001 - Bronze WTF World Taekwondo Championships – KOREA
2000 - Gold WTF World Taekwondo Junior Championships - Ireland

Fabio Goulart

1989 - Campeonato Brasieiro - Gold
1990 - Campeonato Brasieiro - Gold
1990 - 7th Pan-American TKD Championships - Puerto Rico - Middle - Gold
1991 - Pan-American TKD Championships - Cuba -Gold
Mestre faixa-preta 7th.DAN (WTF) (CBTKD)
Técnico da Seleção Brasileira em 1994
Diretor de taekwondo do Santos Futebol Clube
Diretor técnico da Confederação Brasileira de taekwondo.
Autor do primeiro livro de taekwondo no Brasil
"Taekwondo, técnicas básicas de competição

Leonildes Santos

First Brazilian Female to medal in a World Taekwondo Championship
1995 12th World Taekwondo Championships (Phillipines) - Feather - Silver
1996 World Cup Taekwondo Championships (Rio) - Feather - Bronze
1996 10th Pan American Championship (Havana) - Feather - Gold
1998 7th US Open Taekwondo Championships (USA) - Feather - Gold

Carmen Carolina

First Brazilian Taekwondo Player in Olympic Games -
Sydney, Australia, 2000
1996 Brazilian National Championships - Gold
1997 Brazilian National Championships - Gold
1997 South American Taekwondo Championships, Paraguay - Silver
1997 Brazilian Cup - Gold
1998 Brazilian Cup - Gold
1998 Brazilian National Championships - Silver
1998 South American Games - Ecuador - Gold
1999 Pan American Olympic Trial, USA - Gold
2000 Brazilian National Championships - Gold
2001 Brazilian National Championships - Silver
2002 Brazilian National Championships - Silver
2002 South American Games - Brasil - Gold
2002 -World Cup, Japan - Bronze
2007- London Open - Gold
2007- Portugal Open, Portugal - Silver
2008 Brazilian National Championships - Silver
2009 Brazilian National Team Trials - Gold
Elected Player of the Year by Brazilian Olympic Committe in 2000
Member of the Brazilian national Team from 1996 to 2004
Participated in Pan American Pre-Olympic, Mexico 2003
Participated in World Junior Taekwondo Championships, Spain, 1996
Participated in World Taekwondo Championships, Hong Kong, 1997
Participated in Pan American Championship, Peru, 1998
Participated in World Taekwondo Championships, Canada, 1999
Participated in World Cup, France, 2000
Participated in World Cup, Vietnam, 2001

Belmiro Giordani

1991: Brasilian National Championships -Gold & Outstanding Competitor
1992: US-Open Championships -Silver
1993: Brazilian National CHampionships -Gold
1994: Brazilian University Championships - Gold
1995: South American Championships -Ecuador - Gold
1995: Brazil Cup -Gold
1996: Brazilian National Championships -Gold
1997: Brazilian National Championships -Gold
1998: Pan American Games - Peru - Silver
1998/1999: Seletivas Olímpicas-Gold & Outstanding Competitor
2000: German Open -Gold
2000: Natl. Team Trials For Athens Olympics - Gold / ""Best Player Award"
Participated in the World Cup Canada 1999
Participated in the World Cup Germany 1998

Carlos Izidoro

3 Times Brazilian National Champion
2004 Pan American Championships - Santo Domingo - Gold
2006 World University Championships - Valencia - Silver
2006 South American Games (Argentina) - 1st place
2006 Netherlands Championships - Bronze
3 Times Brazilian National Champion
Brazilian Olympic National Team athlete from 2003 to 2007
Participated in 2005 World Taekwondo Championships, Madrid
Participated in Pan American Championships, 2006, Buenos Aires
Participated in Pan American Games, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Participated in 2007 World Taekwondo Championships, Beijing

Diogo Silva

2 Times Brazilian National Champion
2007 Pan American Games (Rio) - 1st place
2006 South American Games - (Brazil) - Gold
2003 Pan American Games (Santo Domingo) - 3rd place
2002 South American Games - (Argentina) - Gold
1998 World Youth Taekwondo Championships - Gold

Jorge Goncalves

1991 10th World Taekwondo Championships (Athens) - Feather - Bronze

Milton Iwama

7 Times Brazilian National Champion
1993 11th World Taekwondo Championships (NY) - Feather - Silver
1992 South American Champion (Brazil) - 1st place

Allyson Yamaguti

1993 11th World Taekwondo Championships (NY) - Fly- Silver

Lucio A.de Freitas

1996 10th Pan American Championship (Havana) - Heavy - Silver
1991 Pan American Games (Cuba) - 2nd place

Marcio :Wenceslau Ferreira

3 Times Brazilian National champion
2005 17th World Taekwondo Championships -Spain - Bantam - Silver
2006 South American Championships (Argentina) - 1st place
2007 Pan American Games (Rio) - 2nd place

Carlos Costa

9 Times Brazilian National Champion
2 Times - South American Championships - 1st place
2 Times - Pan American Championships - 3rd place
1997 World Cup (Egypt) - 3rd place

Astiane Pereira de Lima

8 Time Pernambucana Gold medalist 98/99/2001/2002/2003/2004/2005
Tri-campeao Norte Nordest - 2000,2001,2002
2000 - Campeonato Brasieiro DF - 4th Lugar
2000 - Intererstadual Maceio - Gold
2001 - Brasileira MG - Silver
2001- I Seletiva Copa do Mundo (Franca) PR - Gold
2001 - Brazil Open PR - Silver
2001 - Copa Brazil MG - Silver
2001 - II Selectiva Copa do Mundo (Franca) MG - Silver
2002 - I Selectiva Jogos Sul Americano MG - Silver
2003 - I Etapa Brasil Circuito Olimpico Santos - SP - Gold
2003 - II Etapa Brasil Circuito Olimpico Victoria ES - Bronze
2004 - III Selectiva Olimpica PR - Gold
2004 - IV Selectiva Olimpica MG - Bronze
2004 - Brasileira Campeonato PE - Gold
2004 - Brazil Open SP - 67kg - Gold
2004 - Brazil Open SP - 63 kg - Silver
2004 - Campeonato Pan Americano Republica Dominicana - Bronze
2004 - Premio Melhores do Ano

TAEKWONDO NEWS

Dong Keun Park to be among those honored at the Taekwondo
Hall of Fame Banquet and Awards ceremony on April 6th, 2007

BRUNEI

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PHOTOS & 2007 RESULTS!

Bok Man Kim
Pioneer of Taekwon-do In Brunei
About Bok Man Kim

Historic Moments In Brunei

Bintang Harian- August 30th, 1969
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BULGARIA

KIM UNG CHUL
Pioneer of Taekwon-Do in Bulgaria
1986
Followed by Sok Min Chol

	Ankov Venelin	XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships male 71. kg Gold
	Batcheva Nedialka	XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships female 51. kg Gold
	Koleva Amaliya	XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships female 57. kg Gold

CANADA

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Pioneers of Tae kwon do In Canada

GM Chong Soo Lee
1964

GM Kyong Tae Lee
1968

GM Jong Soo Park
1968

ABOUT CHONG SOO LEE
1st in Canada

ABOUT KYONG TAE LEE
2nd in Canada

ABOUT JONG SOO PARK
3rd in Canada

"The Early Years"

Jong Soo Park and students in the early 70's
About GM Jong Soo Park

Pioneer Chong Soo Lee (Circa 1976)
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Battle of Champions Canada vs USA (Circa 1976)
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Mike Warren, Ray Nikiel, Master Ki Whang Kim
Master Chong Lee and the great Albert Cheeks
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The driving force behind the Canadian Team was
Stan Nikiel. who performs a jump kick against his
brother Ray at the Metroplitan Boulevard school.
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Ray Nikiel, Chuck Norris, Pat Worley,
and Canada's fabulous Daniel Richer
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Ray Nikiel Flying High
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A typical sight at end of the day of competition!
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Ray Nikiel and Jean Picard
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA -1973
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Grandmaster Chong Lee
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Darrell Henegan became the first North American in history
defeat Korea for Gold in a World Championship event at the
1st World TKD Games in Santa Clara, Calif. in 1981
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Ray Nikiel and G/M Chong Lee

Ray Nikiel

Ray Nikiel was a member of Grand Master Chong Lee's first class when he started teaching in
Montreal earning his blackbelt in the first Tae Kwon Do blackbelt exam in Canada. Ray was
also one of the first Canadians to attain the rank of Fifth Dan Master Instructor. Ray was
Chong Lee's chief instructor for more than twenty years and during that time taught more than
50,000 students who have won more than 50 Gold Medals in Canadian, Pan-Am, and World
Championships. Included in the list of champions are Darrell Henegan, Jersey Long and Serge
Langlois who were the only Canadians to win medals (Gold, Silver, and Bronze, respectively)
at the First World Games in Santa Clara, Calif. in 1981. He has trained the RCMP in Montreal
and the Amerindian Police Force in Roberval, Quebec. As a competitor, Ray captained the
Canadian team that dominated the competition scene during the 70's both in Canada and the
U.S. During that time he bested Mike Warren (once in seven attempts), Joe Hayes twice and
Louis Delgado, one of the only fighters ever to defeat Chuck Norris. Ray traveled the world
extensively, fighting, demonstrating, promoting and teaching Tae Kwon Do. Ray organized the
historic "Battle of Champions" which featured the Canadian Team vs the USA's incredible
Mike Warren, Albert Cheeks, Gerard Robbins and the legendary Joseph Hayes. Click Here
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007

Stan Nikiel

Stan Nikiel was a member of Chong Lee’s team that gave the first Taekwondo
demonstrations in Canada at the Korean Pavilion during Expo 67 in Montreal.
Like his brother, Ray, he traveled throughout Canada and the United States
competing in open tournaments that often saw Tae Kwon Do fighters at a disad-
vantage in the primarily Japanese-style competitions. Stan quickly realized that
in these open tournaments the cards were stacked against the TDK stylists. His
philosophy quickly changed. “If you knock out your opponent, it doesn’t matter
what the judges say, you won”. Stan was disqualified for excessive contact in al-
most every tour nament he entered after that. His six-foot height often landed
him in with the heavyweights despite being only 140 pounds, as divisions were
split according to “smallest in the front and tallest in the back“. His whip-like
kicks landed, more often than not, too strongly in the faces of his opponents.
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Darrell Henegan became the first North American in Taekwondo history to defeat Korea in a Gold Medal match
for a World Championship title. "The person who not only told me I could do it but Also showed me the
way was Ray Nikiel, my teacher and friend for more than 30 years." says Darrell. Between 1984 and 1996,
Darrell started a professional career in Kickboxing. With a record of 25-2-0 (20 KO’s), he won two World Cham-
pionships (FFKA and ISKA) and successfully defended his titles eight times. In 1996 Darrell returned to Tae Kwon
do. By winning the Canadian Championships in 1999 and 2001, he became the only Canadian to win Gold Medals in
four consecutive decades (1979 - 2001). Darrrell says, "The teacher and pupil can do nothing without the
Master, ...and Grandmaster Chong Soo Lee is the Tae Kwon Do Pioneer of all of us here in Canada."
Darrell also says "All of this would not have been possible without the unwavering desire for perfection
I inherited from my mother, the great Jazz Vocalist, Ms. Ranee Lee." Darrell says his mother was recently
awarded the Order of Canada for Outstanding Achievement. Click Here For More
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007

Dawn
Lefebvre

Dawn Lefebvre is a 6th Degree Black Belt former Canadian National Champ,winning the
1st Canadian Taekwondo Championships in 1986. She has trained under the Founder of
Taekwondo in Canada Grand Master Chong Lee since 1972. She opened a successful
Taekwondo school in 1987 when she relocated from Montreal to Whistler. The school
specializes in WTF Olympic style Taekwondo. Her dream was to open up a school in
a small town because she loved the sport so much. She desired to share her passion with
others and hoped they would come to feel that Tae`Kwon Do is a life long journey. She
has also taught Tae-Bo kick-boxing, a combination of martial art kicks and punches
moving to the rhythm of music. Her accomplishments inspired and motivated Canadian
women and demonstrated to them that they could be successful in anything they tried. She
was one of the first women in Canada to excel in Tae Kwon Do. A fierce competitor
with a gentle heart, Dawn was instrumental in increasing the number of women participa-
ting Tae Kwon Do in Canada. - Submitted by Ray Nikiel Click Here For More
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007

Karine Sergerie
"Canada's Best"

Karine Sergerie

NATIONAL

2008 Olympic Games Beijing 2008 -67 Kilos - Silver
2007 World Championship Team Trials - Gold
2007 Senior Nationals - Gold
2007 Pan Am Games Trials - Gold
2006 Senior Team Trials - Gold
2006 World Cup Team Trials - Gold
2006 Senior Nationals - Gold
2005 Senior Nationals - Gold
2004 Junior Canadian Nationals - Gold
2004 Olympic Weight Event - Gold
2004 Senior Nationals - Gold
2003 Olympic Weight Event - Gold
2003 Senior Nationals - Gold
2002 Olympic Weight Event - Gold
2002 Senior Nationals - Gold
2001 Junior Nationals
2000 Junior Nationals - Silver
1999 Gold Junior Nationals - Gold

INTERNATIONAL

2007 Pan Am Olympic Qualifications- Silver
2007 Pan Am Games - Gold
2007 World Championships - Gold
2007 US Open - Gold
2006 Pan Am Championships
2006 Commonwealth Championships - Gold
2006 Pan Am Games Qualification - Gold
2006 Korea Open Championships - Silver
2006 US Open- Silver
2006 Paris International - Gold
2006 French World Cup - Gold
2005 World Championships - Bronze
2004 Pan Am Championships - Bronze
2003 French World Cup- Silver
2003 World Championships- Silver
2002 World Cup - Bronze
2002 French World Cup - Bronze

AWARDS :

Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007
2007 "Maurice" Québec female International Athlete
2006 Most Valuable Player Pan Am Championships
2005 Taekwondo Spirit National Championships
2004 Most Valuable Player National Championship

Shannon Condie

Sports Canada Carded Athlete 2004 - 2007
Senior National Team Member 2002, 2004 - 2007
Olympic Weight Division 2007 - Gold
Olympic Weight Division 2006 - Gold
Olympic Weight Division 2005 - Gold
Olympic Weight Division 2004 - Silver
Olympic Weight Division 2002 - Bronze
Junior National Champion 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004
Junior World Bronze Medalist 2004
2007 U.S. Open Championships; Orlando, Florida - Bronze
2007 Universiade; Bangkok, Thailand - Partici\pant
2007 World Championships; Beijing, China - Participant
2007 Pan Am Games; Rio De Janiero, Brazil - Silver
2006 Pan Am Championships; Buenos Aires, Argentina - Participant
2006 Commonwealth Championships; Brisbane, Australia - Gold
2006 - Pan Am Qualification Game; Cali, Columbia - Bronze
2006 Korea Open Championships; Seoul, Korea - Silver
2006 Women’s International Goodwill Olympic Tournament - Gold
2006 U.S. Open Championships; Dallas, Texas - Bronze
2005 Paris Open Championships; Paris, France - Gold
2005 World Championships; Madrid, Spain - Participant
2004 Senior Pan Am Championships; Santo Domingo, D.R. - Bronze
2004 Junior World Championships; Suncheon, Korea - Bronze
2003 Junior Pan Am Championships; Brazil - Participant
2002 U.S. Open Championships; Miami, Florida - Gold

Daniel Richer

Canadian National Team Member (USA vs Canada 1975-77)
Competed in Henry Cho's Tournament of Champions (1976)
One of Chong Lee's original Black Belts

Bob Richer

Canadian National Team Member (USA vs Canada 1975-77)
One of Chong Lee's original Black Belts

Jean Picard

Canadian National Team Member (USA vs Canada 1975-77)
One of Chong Lee's original Black Belts

Denis Langlois

Canadian National Team Member (USA vs Canada 1975-77)
One of Chong Lee's original Black Belts

Guy Filion

Canadian National Team Member (USA vs Canada 1975-77)
One of Chong Lee's original Black Belts

Serge Langlois

One of Chong Lee's original Black Belts (Exceptional Junior Champion)

1st World Games

with Coach Ray Nikiel

I.S.K.A.Champ

Darrell Henegan

Taekwondo Record
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007
1979, 1980,1983,1984, - Canadian Championships - Gold
1980 - North American Championships - Gold
1981 - Named "Top Male Competitor of the Year"
1981 - World Games - Gold Medalist
1982 - Canadian Nationals - Silver
1978, 1984 Canadian Nationals - Gold
1982 - Invitational North American Championships - Gold
1983 - Named "Most Impressive Black Belt"
1985 - Pan American Open - Gold
1996 - Pan American Open - Silver
1998 - National "C" Carding - Silver
1980 - North American Championships - Gold
1986 - Canadian Nationals - Bronze
1997 - USA Open - Silver
1998 - Canadian Championships N.B. - Silver
1998 - Canadian National Team Trials - Gold
1999 - Pan American Games (Winnipeg) - Bronze
1999 - Regional Pan Am Olympic Qualifying (Miami) - Bronze
2000 - Canadian Nationals (Hamilton, Ont.) - Gold
2001- 23rd Canadian Natl. Team Trials - Gold
2001 - Olympic Divisional Nationals (Montreal, Que.) - Gold

Professional Kickboxing Record

1984 - Provincial PKA Heavyweight Champion
1985 - Provincial PKA Super Heavyweight Champion
1986 - Canadian I.S.K.A. Heavyweight Champion
1987 - North American F.F.K.A. Champion
1988 - World F.F.K.A. Champion
1989 - Successfully Defended World F.F.K.A. Title (against Larry Cureton)
1991 - Successfully Defended World F.F.K.A. Title (against Neil Singleton)
1992 - Successfully Defended World F.F.K.A. against Denis Schoette & Sergio Batarelli)
1993 - World I.S.K.A. Cruiserweight Champion (fought Przemyslaw Saletta)
1993 - Successfully Defended I.S.K.A.and F.F.K.A. Titles
1994 - Successfully Defended I.S.K.A. Titles against Gary Deprico and Glenn Pools
1995 - Successfully Defended I.S.K.A. (against Mohamed Jamaa)
1996 - Successfully Defended F.F.K.ATitle (against Horace Craft)

Rick Parris

4th ITF World Taekwondo Championships - Scotland - Gold - 1984

Don James

Competed in 1st ITF World Taekwondo Championships - Canada - 1974

Doahee Lee

Competed in 1st ITF World Taekwondo Championships - Canada - 1974

Alphonso Gabbidon

Competed in 1st ITF World Taekwondo Championships - Canada - 1974

Harry Gomez

Member of Jong Soo Park Taekwon-do Team (70's) - Heavweight

Jacob Starr

Member of Jong Soo Park Taekwon-do Team (70's) - Middleweight

Dino hennings

Member of Jong Soo Park Taekwon-do Team (70's) - Lightweight

Jennifer Minogue

2003 Junior National Canadian Championships - Bantam - Gold
2003 Pan-Am Junior Championship - Bantam - Bronze
2004 Junior National Canadian Championships Bantam - Gold.
2005 Junior National Canadian Cmapionships - Bantam Silver

Christopher Iliesco

2006 Junior National Canadian Champuonships - Light - Silver
2007 Senior Canadian National, Championships - Light - Gold
2007 US Open Senior Championships- Light - Silver

Raymond Mourad

dominated the Bantam Division for 5 or 6 years in Canada
and in International competition

Dawn Lefebvre

1986 1st Canadian National Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1986 1st US Open Taekwondo Championships, NY - Gold
1986 3rd World/Pan American Taekwondo Championships - Ecuador Gold
1987 2nd Quebec Provincial Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1987 2nd Canadian Taekwondo Championships - Gold
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007

Jersey Long

6th World Taekwondo Championships - Denmark 1983 / Middle - Silver
1st World Games Taekwondo - Santa Clara U. 1981 (USA) / Mid- Silver

Martin Macdougall

87 National Championships Bronze
95 National Championships Silver
96 National Championships Silver\
97 National Championships Gold
97 Olympic Carding 68-80kg Silver
98 National Championships Gold
99 National Championships Gold
2000 Olympic Carding 68-80kg Gold
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Melvin Hibbs*

2-time Canadian National Medallist - 2000, 1994
4-time Canadian Forces National Champion - 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000
Pan-American Open Silver Medallist, California - 1996
Competed in World Military Games, Croatia - 1999

Jacques Morin

One of Chong Lee's first students and one of the first persons to attain
Fifth Dan Master Instructor status in Canada

Gianni Di Giacinto

2005 Olympic Weight Event Mississauga, ON - Silver
2004 National Championships Kingston, ON - Gold
2003 National Championships Montreal, QC - Silver
2002 National Championships Stephenville, NF -Gold
2001 National Championships Edmonton, AB - Gold
2001 Olympic Weight Event Montreal, QC - Silver
2000 National Championships Hamilton, ON -Bronze
2000 Olympic Weight Event Montreal. QC -Silver

Ken MacKenzie

1997 - Silver Medalist (Sparring) National GTF Championship Silver (Sparring)
1997 - Bronze Medalist (Patterns) North American GTF Championship Bronze (Patterns)
1997 - Silver Medalist (Sparring) North American GTF Championship Silver (Sparring)
1999 - Silver Medalist (Sparring) North American GTF Championship Silver (Sparring)
2002 - Bronze Medalist (Patterns) International General Choi's Cup Bronze (Patterns)
2002 - Silver Medalist (Sparring) Atlantic Canadian ITF Championship Silver (Sparring)
2002 - Silver Medalist (Sparring) ITFNB Invitational Championship Silver Medalist (Sparring)
2003 - Gold Medalist (Sparring) NS Provincial ITF Championship Gold (Sparring)
2003 - Bronze Medalist (Patterns) Eastern Canadian Championship Bronze (Patterns)
2003 - Gold Medalist (Sparring) Eastern Canadian ITF Championship Gold (Sparring)

Paul Germain

Aquiring data

Pierre Lacquerre

Aquiring data

Pierre Guénette

Aquiring data

Alain Dumaine

Aquiring data

Juan Antonio Sanchez

1st International Canadian Open (1998) - Gold

CHINA - I.T.F.
International TaeKwon-do Federation

Mr. Song Shuo Jing
Founder of TaeKwon-Do ITF In China
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Mr. Li Guangsong, President
China International Taekwon-do Federation
Pioneer of TaeKwon-Do ITF In China
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CHINA - WTF
World Taekwondo Federation

Chen Zhong

1988 Olympic Gold Medalist
1997 East Asian Games - 3rd 67kg
1997 National Championships - 1st 65kg
1997 National Champions Tournament - 1st 65kg
1998 Asian Championships - 2nd 65kg
1998 National Championships - 1st 67kg
1998 National Champions Tournament - 1st 67kg
1998 Asian Games - 3rd 67kg
1999 World Military Games - 1st +67kg
1999 World Championships - 3rd +67kg
2000 Asian Championships - 1st +67kg
2000 Olympic Games - 1st +67kg
2001 National Games - 1st +67kg
2001 World Cup - 1st 72kg
2001 World Championships - 2nd 72kg
2002 World Cup - 1st 72kg
2002 Asian Games - 2nd 72kg
2003 National Championships - 1st +72kg
2003 World Championships - 3rd +72kg
2004 National Championships - 1st +72kg
2004 Olympic Games - 1st +67kg class

Lo Wei

2004 Olympic Games - 1st -67kg class

Wang Yang

10th Women's World Taekwondo Championships (2005) Spain - <51kg -Gold

Lin Liu

7th World University Taekwondo Championships 2002 Berkley California (Welter- Gold)

Yu Hou

2009 World Taekwondo Championships -57KG Gold

Ying Ying Hang

2009 World Taekwondo Championships -73KG Gold

COLOMBIA

PEDRO VICENTE PINZON
Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Colombia

Carol Bejarano	13th Bolivarian Games Taekwondo 1997 - Female - Lightweight - Gold

COSTA RICA

Historic Moments

AQUILES WONG KUNG YANG
Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Costa Rica

Costa Rica team members relax at Master Choi's TKD
Academy in Seoul Korea in 1975. Click to Enlarge

Alejandro Chacon.Zumbada with
trophy for 1st Natl. Championship
held in Costa Rica '72. Click Here

Alejandro Chacon Zumbada wins the Bronze at the
2nd World Taekwondo Championships in Korea in
August 1975 Click to Enlarge

Alejandro Chacon Zumbada, Guillermo Hope Marin
& Ricardo Cruz Sauma with president Un Yong Kim
in August 1975 Click to Enlarge

Alejandro Chacon Zumbada, Guillermo Hope Marin
& Ricardo Cruz Sauma at the gate of the Kukkiwon
in August 1975 Click to Enlarge

Alejandro Chacon Zumbada, Guillermo Hope Marin
and Ricardo Cruz Sauma in Master Choi's Academy
in August 1975 Click to Enlarge

Costa Rica at the 2nd World Taekwondo Championships

Alejandro Chacon Zumbado (left) of Costa Rica after a match at the 2nd World TKD Championships
Alejandro ultimately won the Bronze medal at this historic event. (photo courtesy of Alejandro C. Zumbado)

Costa Rica Officials /
3rd World Taekwondo Championships
Chicago, USA 1977

Ricardo E. Cruz Sauma, Head of Team
3rd World Taekwondo Championships, Chicago USA 1977
About Master Sauma

Juan Luis Lee Quiroz, Team Manager
3rd World Taekwondo Championships, Chicago USA 1977

Diego Hernandez Osorio Jimenez, Team Coach
3rd World Taekwondo Championships, Chicago USA 1977

Julio Corredera Barrantes, Assistant. Coach
3rd World Taekwondo Championships, Chicago USA 1977

Julio Alverado Arouz, Assistant Coach
3rd World Taekwondo Championships, Chicago USA 1977

Alejandro Chacon Zumbado
Technical Advisor TKD Hall of Fame

Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007
1972 First National Costa Rica Taekwondo Championshps - Gold
1973 National Costa Rica Taekwondo Championshps - Middle - Gold
1974 National Costa Rica Taekwondo Championships - Middle - Gold
1975 National Costa Rica Taekwondo Championships - Middle - Gold
1975 2nd World Taekwondo Championships (Seoul Korea) - Mid - Bronze
1976 National Costa Rica Taekwondo Championships - Middle - Gold
1977 National Costa Rica Taekwondo Championships - Middle - Gold
1977 Participated to 3rd. Taekwondo World Championships / USA

*First person promoted to Black Belt in Costa Rica by Aquiles Won Kun Yang
*First Costa Rican to win a medal in a World Taekwondo Competition
*Promoted to 4th. Dan Black Belt Degree in May 17, 1980
*Taekwondo instructor 1975 - 1985 at the TKD Moo Duk Kwon Academy
*Served as Taekwondo Representative for Costa Rica Sport Guvernment
*Organized several Costa Rica Tournaments and National Championships.

German Naranjo Montero

Competed in 3rd World Taekwondo Championships (Fly) Chicago, USA '77

Manuel Guzman Castillo

Competed in 3rd World Taekwondo Championships (Ban) Chicago, USA '77
1978 1st Pan American Taekwondo Championships Mexico- (Ban) - Silver

Jorge Chavarria Chaves

Competed in 3rd World Taekwondo Championships (Fea) Chicago, USA '77

Luis Carlos Duran Q.

Competed in 3rd World Taekwondo Championships (Lgt) Chicago, USA '77

Guillermo Hoppe Marin

Competed in 3rd World Taekwondo Championships (Welt) Chicago, USA '77

*Jesus Adilio Lopez Castillo

Competed in 3rd World Taekwondo Championships (Hvy) Chicago, USA '77
About Master Jesus Adilio Lopez Castillo

Costa Rica Officials/
1st Pan AmericanTaekwondo Championships
Mexico City, Mexico 1978

Dai Won Moon - Technical Director

Jesus Adilio Lopez Castillo
Costa Rica Team Head
1st Pan Am Taekwondo Championships Mexico - 1978

Jorge Arturo Vargas
Assistant Head of Team - Costa Rica
1st Pan Am Taekwondo Championships Mexico - 1978

Delbert Maitland, Delegate - Costa Rca
1st Pan Am Taekwondo Championships Mexico - 1978

Marvin Quesada, Delegate - Costa Rica
1st Pan Am Taekwondo Championships Mexico - 1978

Jose Alex Velasquez., Delegate
1st Pan Am Taekwondo Championships Mexico - 1978

Roberto Pauly Laspiur (right) at the end of the 1st
Pan American Taekwondo Games - Mexico City '78

Randall Fernandez

1978 1st Pan American Taekwondo Championships Mexico- (Lgt) - Silver

Carlos Fco. Alizondo

1978 1st Pan American Taekwondo Championships Mexico- (Fea) - Bronze

Victor Hugo Batista

1978 1st Pan American Taekwondo Championships Mexico- (Fly) - Bronze

Roberto Pauly Laspiur

1978 1st Pan American Taekwondo Championships Mexico- (Middle) - Silver

Gustavo A. Batista

1978 1st Pan American Taekwondo Championships Mexico- (Fin) - Silver

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DUSAN KRUZIC
Introduced Taekwondo to Zagreb,Yugoslavia in 1967
In 1967 the Croatian Karate Federation invited Dusan Kruzic of
Germany to teach a one week course in Taekwon-do. Prior to thst
Shotokan karate was taught in Yugoslavia.

Pioneers of Tae Kwon Do In Croatia
Dusan Kruzic (1967)
Park Sun Jae (1968)
Nikola Pecko (1968)
Andrija Mijacika (1973-2002)
Miroslav Brezan
_{May 25, 1968 Master Park Sun Jae gave the first public demonstration
of Taekwondo}

02.15.2004 - First change of WTF President in 30 YEARS! ~ ITF President, Sun Jae Park
(at the time Italian Taekwondo Federation) was unanimously elected Acting President of the WTF
(World Taekwondo Federation) in a meeting of the WTF Executive Council held at the Radisson
Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand - source: bctaekwondo.org

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Natasa Vezmar, Coach Ivica Klaic and Sandra Saric

BELGIAN OPEN

Master Miroslav Brezan began Taekwondo in 1967. He is one of the principal pioneers of Taekwondo in Croatia
and Karlovac and a founder of Taekwondo Club “Karlovac”. In those segments he achieved his biggest successes
as a sportsman, expert and sport official. For more on Master Miroslav Brezan click here Photos Miro Brezan

Marijeta Zeljkovic of Croatia distinguished herslf as one one the most accomplished players in both the
youth and adult divsions. She was first Junior National Champion of Croatia winning 3 consecutive years
1992, 1993, and 1994. She then won 2 consecutive national.gold medals as an adult in 1994 and 1995.
In 1994 she won silver in the bantam weight class at the European Championships in Croatia. In 1996
she won another gold at the World Military Games (CISM) in Croatia followed by bronze medals at the
Europeaan Championships held in Helsinki and World Cup Taekwondo Championships in Egypt in 1997.
Photo top left by Miro Brezan

Ivica Klaic before 25 years of age

Ivica Klaic
Pioneer Player/Coach
Croatian Taekwondo
Currently Coaching

1982 1st former Yugoslavia Junior National Championships - Gold
1982 1st former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1984 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1985 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1986 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1987 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1987 Mediterranean Cup - Silver
1988 Competed in '88 Seoul Olympic Games (for former Yugoslavia)
1988 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1988 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1989 Open Austria Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1989 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1991 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1991 World Taekwondo Cup - Bronze
1991 Open Turkey Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1991 Open France Taekwondo Championships - Gold
first ever (unofficial) international medal for Croatia
1992 1st Croatian National Championships – Gold
1992 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1993-1994 as a coach of Croatian National Male Team
won 4 European medals (1+0+3)
1997-2004 as a coach of Croatian National Female Team
won 45 international medals (8+14+23)

Robert Tomasevic in 1988

Robert Tomasevic

1982 1st former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1984 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1984 European Taekwondo Championships, Germany, Middle - Bronze
1985 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1988 European Taekwondo Championships, Turkey, Welter - Bronze
1988 Competed in '88 Seoul Olympic Games (for former Yugoslavia)
1988 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1990 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1990 European Taekwondo Championships, Denmark, Middle - Bronze
1992 - 1st Croatian National Championships - Gold

Ivan Rados

1985 former Yugoslavia Junior National Championships - Gold
1988 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1990 European Taekwondo Championships, Denmark, Heavy - Bronze
1992 European Taekwondo Championships, Spain, Heavy - Bronze
(first ever official international medal for Croatia)
1993 National Championships - Gold
1994 National Championships - Gold

Dragan Jurilj

1987 former Yugoslavia Junior National Championships - Gold
1990 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1991 World Cup Taekwondo, Welter - Bronze
1992 1st Croatian National Championships – Gold
1992 Competed in '92 Barcelona Olympic Games
1993 National Championships - Gold
1994 National Championships - Gold
1994 European Taekwondo Championships, Croatia - Welter - Gold
1995 National Championships - Gold

Opening ceremony of the European
Taekwondo Champs (Zagreb 1994)
where Zeljeko won the Bronze.

Zeljko Jurcic

1988 former Yugoslavia Junior National Championships - Gold
1989 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1990 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1991 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1992 - 1st Croatian National Championships - Gold
1993 National Championships - Gold
1994 National Championships - Gold
1994 European Taekwondo Championships, Zagreb, Fin - Bronze
1995 National Championships - Gold
1996 National Championships - Gold
1997 National Championships - Gold

Ana Katalinic

1989 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1991 former Yugoslavia National Championships - Gold
1992 - 1st Croatian National Championships - Gold
1993 National Championships - Gold
1994 European Taekwondo Championships, Croatia, Fly - Bronze
1997 National Championships – Gold

Miet Filipovic

1992 1st Croatian Junior National Championships - Gold
1992 Competed in '92 Barcelona Olympic Games
1993 National Championships - Gold
1994 National Championships - Gold
1995 National Championships - Gold
1995 World Taekwondo Championships, Philippines - Bronze
1996 World Cup Taekwondo, Brazil, Light - Bronze
1996 World University Taekwondo Championships, Russia, Light - Bronze
1996 European Taekwondo Championships, Finland - Bronze
1996 National Championships - Gold
1997 National Championships - Gold
1997 World Taekwondo Championships, China - Bronze
1997 Mediterranean Cup - Silver
1997 US Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1997 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
1998 World University Taekwondo Championships, Mexico, Feather - Bronze
1998 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1998 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
1998 National Championships - Gold
1999 National Championships - Gold
1999 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2000 World University Taekwondo Championships, Feather - Silver
2000 Korea Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2000 National Championships - Gold
2001 National Championships - Gold
2001 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2002 France Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2002 National Championships - Gold
2003 National Championships - Gold
2003 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2004 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2004 European Taekwondo Championships, Norway - Lightweight - Gold
2004 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Silver
2004 National Championships - Gold
2005 National Championships - Gold
2005 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver

Igor Radojcic

1992 - 1st Croatian Junior National Championships - Gold
1993 Junior National Championships - Gold
1994 Junior National Championships - Gold
1995 Junior National Championships - Gold
1997 National Championships - Gold
1997 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Feather - Bronze
1999 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Bantam - Bronze
2000 National Championships - Gold

Marijeta Zeljkovic

1992 1st Croatian Junior National Championships - Gold
1993 Junior National Championships - Gold
1994 Junior National Championships - Gold
1994 European Taekwondo Championships, Croatia, Bantam - Silver
1994 National Championships - Gold
1995 National Championships - Gold
1996 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Bantam - Gold
1996 European Taekwondo Championships, Helsinki - Bronze
1997 World Cup Taekwondo Egypt Bantam - Bronze

Damir Medjeral

1992 - 1st Croatian Junior National Championships - Gold
1995 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Feather - Bronce
1995 National Championships - Gold
1996 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Feather - Bronce

Tomislav Bucanac
Currently Competing

1993 Junior National Championships - Gold
1995 Junior National Championships - Gold
1996 Junior National Championships - Gold
1998 National Championships - Gold
1999 National Championships - Gold
2000 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2000 National Championships - Gold
2002 National Championships - Gold
2002 European Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2003 Universiade, Korea - Bronze
2003 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2006 National Championships - Gold

Renata Crkvenac

1993 Junior National Championships - Gold
1995 Junior National Championships - Gold
1995 National Championships - Gold
1997 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Italy, Middle - Silver
1998 National Championships - Gold
1999 National Championships - Gold
1999 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Welter - Silver
2002 Belgija Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2002 National Championships - Gold
2004 National Championships - Gold

Dejana Gajic

1993 Junior National Championships - Gold
1997 National Championships - Gold
1998 National Championships - Gold
1999 National Championships - Gold
1999 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia - Bronze
2000 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2000 World University Taekwondo Championships, Silver

Iva Gavez

1994 European Taekwondo Championships, Croatia, Middle - Silver
1994 National Championships - Gold
1995 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
1995 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1996 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Middle - Gold
1996 World University Taekwondo Championships, Russia, Middle - Silver
1996 National Championships - Gold
1997 National Championships - Gold
1997 World Cup Taekwondo - Bronze
1997 US Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1998 World University Taekwondo Championships, Mexico, Middle - Bronze
1998 European Taekwondo Championships, Netherlands, Middle - Bronze
1998 National Championships - Gold
1999 National Championships - Gold
1999 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Middle - Silver
1999 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
1999 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2000 National Championships - Gold
2000 World University Taekwondo Championships, Middle - Bronze
2000 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Bronze

Ivona Skelin

1994 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Silver
1996 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Feather - Gold
1996 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1996 National Championships - Gold
1997 National Championships - Gold
1997 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1998 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1998 World Cup Taekwondo - Bronze
1998 National Championships - Gold
1999 National Championships - Gold
1999 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Bantam - Silver
2000 National Championships - Gold
2000 World University Taekwondo Championships, Bantam - Bronze
2000 European Taekwondo Championships, Greece, Bantam - Bronze

Natasa Vezman vs Nadin Dawani
2004 Athens Olympics

Natasa Vezmar

1994 European Taekwondo Championships, Croatia - Silver
1994 National Championships - Gold
1995 National Championships - Gold
1995 World Taekwondo Championships, Philippines - Bronze
1996 National Championships - Gold
1997 National Championships - Gold
1997 World Taekwondo Championships, China - Bronze
1998 European Taekwondo Championships, Netherlands - Gold
1998 World University Taekwondo Championships, Mexico - Bronze
1998 German Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
1998 National Championships - Gold
1999 National Championships - Gold
1999 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Heavy - Gold
1999 German Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
1999 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
1999 World Taekwodno Qualifiers for Olympic Games, Heavy - Gold
2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Heavy - 4. place
2000 European Taekwondo Championships, Greece - Bronze
2000 World University Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Bronze
2000 Korea Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2000 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2000 Open Switzerland Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2000 National Championships - Gold
2001 National Championships - Gold
2001 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2002 European Taekwondo Championships, Turkey - Gold
2002 World Cup Taekwondo, Heavy - Silver
2002 US Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2002 France Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2002 Polish Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2002 Tunisian Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2002 National Championships - Gold
2003 National Championships - Gold
2003 World Taekwondo Championships, Germany - Heavy -Silver
2003 German Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2004 European Taekwondo Championships, Norway - Gold
2004 European Championships for Teams, France, female - Silver
2004 European Taekwodno Qualifiers for Olympic Games, Heavy - Gold
2004 Competed in 2004 Athens Olympic Games
2004 National Championships - Gold
2005 National Championships - Gold
2005 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Silver
2005 German Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Bronze

Eva Politeo

1994 Austrian Open Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Gold
1995 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Bronze
1996 European Junior Taekwondo Championships - Silver
1996 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1996 National Championships - Gold
1997 National Championships - Gold
1997 European Junior Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1997 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Bronze
1997 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
1998 European Taekwondo Championships, Netherlands, Bronze
1998 National Championships - Gold
1999 National Championships - Gold
1999 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia - Bronze
1999 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2000 World University Taekwondo Championships - Bronze

Mici Kuzmanovic

1994 European Junior Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1994 Austrian Open Taekwondo Championships (jun) - Gold
1995 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2000 National Championships - Gold
2000 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2000 World University Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Bronze
2001 World Taekwondo Championships, Korea - Heavy - Bronze
2003 World Taekwondo Championships, Germany - Heavy - Bronze
2004 European Taekwondo Championships, Norway - Bronze
2006 National Championships - Gold
2006 Belgian Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2006 Croatian Open Taekwondo Championships, Heavy - Gold
2006 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2007 National Championships - Gold

Hrvoje Breges

1995 National Championships - Gold
1995 Olympic Taekwondo Festival, Italy - Bronze
1995 Open Germany Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1996 National Championships - Gold
1996 European Taekwondo Championships, Helsinki - Bronze
1997 Mediterranean Cup - Bronze
1997 National Championships - Gold
1998 National Championships - Gold
1998 World Cup Taekwondo - Bronze
1999 National Championships - Gold
2000 National Championships - Gold
2001 National Championships - Gold
2003 National Championships - Gold
2003 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Gold

Krunoslav Markulin

1996 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1996 Croatia Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1996 Slovenia Open Taekwondo Championships – Gold
1996 Chech Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1997 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1998 World University Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1998 National Championships - Gold
1999 National Championships - Gold
1999 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia - Bronze

Ivana Vujcic
Currently Competing

1996 European Junior Taekwondo Championships - Silver
1997 Brazil Open Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Gold
1997 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Gold
1998 World Junior Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
1998 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Gold
2000 National Championships - Gold
2000 Austrian Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2002 World Taekwondo Cup - Bronze
2002 Polish Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2002 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2002 European Taekwondo Championships, Turkey - Bronze
2004 National Championships - Gold
2005 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Silver
2006 National Championships - Gold
2007 Dutch Open Taekwondo Championships, Fly - Bronze
2007 Croatia Open - Gold

Branimir Cacic

1998 Junior National Championships - Gold
2000 National Championships - Gold
2003 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Welter - Bronze
2005 National Championships - Gold
2006 National Championships - Gold
2007 National Championships - Gold

Lana Banely
Currently Competing

2000 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships (junior) – Silver
2001 European Junior Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2001 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Gold
2002 World Junior Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2002 World Taekwondo Cup - Bronze
2002 European Taekwondo Championships - Silver
2002 National Championships - Gold
2004 European Championships for Teams, France, female – Silver
2004 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2005 National Championships - Gold
2005 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
2007 Belgian Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold

Sandra Saric

2000 World Junior Taekwondo Championships, Middle - Silver
2001 European Junior Taekwondo Championships, Spain - Welter -Gold
2002 National Championships - Gold
2003 National Championships - Gold
2003 Open Italy Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2003 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships, Welter - Silver
2003 World Taekwondo Championships, Germany - Welter - Silver
2004 Competed in 2004 Athena Olympic Games
2004 European Taekwodno Qualifiers for Olympic Games - Gold
2004 European Championships for Teams, France, female - Silver
2005 National Championships - Gold
2005 World Taekwondo Championships, Spain - Welter-Bronze
2006 German Open Taekwondo Championships, Welter - Gold
2007 World Taekwondo Championships, China - Welter - Bronze
2007 German Open Taekwondo Championships, Welter - Bronze
2007 Belgian Open Taekwondo Championships, Welter - Bronze
2007 World Olympic TKD Qualifications, Manchester, GB - Bronze
2008 European Taekwondo Championships, Italy - Gold
2008 German Open TKD Championships - Gold
2008 Beijing Olympic Games - Bronze
2009 World TKD Championships, Copenhagen - Bronze
2009 International Masters NRW, Bonn - Gold
2009 National Championships - Gold

Azra Zukanovic

2000 Junior National Championships - Gold
2001 European Junior Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2002 Junior National Championships - Gold
2003 Junior National Championships - Gold
2003 European Junior Taekwondo Championships - Silver
2004 European Championships for Teams, France, female - Silver
2004 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships, Fin - Silver
2004 National Championships – Gold
2005 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships, Fin - Bronze
2006 World University Taekwondo Championships, Fly - Silver

Josipa Kusanic

2000 Junior National Championships - Gold
2005 European Taekwondo Championships, Latvia - Bronze
2005 Austria Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
2005 Polish Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2006 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2006 National Championships - Gold
2007 National Championships - Gold
2007 Croatia Open - Gold
2007 Universiade, Thailand - Silver
2007 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2008 German Open TKD Championships - Bronze
2008 National Championships - Gold
2009 National Championships - Gold
2009 Austrian Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 German Open TKD Championships - Bronze

Tomislav Miscancuk
Currently Competing

2000 Junior National Championships - Gold
2003 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia - Gold
2004 National Championships - Gold
2005 National Championships - Gold
2005 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2006 National Championships - Gold
2007 National Championships - Gold

Kristijan Kralj

2000 European Taekwondo Championships, Greece - Bronze
2002 Fajr International Taekwondo Tournament, Iran - Bronze
2002 National Championships - Gold
2003 National Championships - Gold
2005 Austria Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2007 Austria Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2007 Croatia Open - Bronze

Matija Santic

2002 World Junior Championships, Greece, Welter - Bronze
2002 Junior National Championships - Gold
2002 National Championships - Gold
2004 National Championships - Gold
2004 European Taekwondo Championships, Norway, Feather - Silver
2005 European Taekwondo Championships, Latvia, Feather - Bronze
2005 Polish Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2005 National Championships - Gold
2007 Croatia Open - Gold
2008 Croatia Open TKD Championships - Silver
2008 National Championships - Gold
2009 National Championships - Gold
2009 Belgian Open TKD Championships - silver

Filip Grgic

2003 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships (Junior) - Bronze
2003 Junior National Championships - Gold
2005 Open Dutch Taekwondo Championships (Junior) - Silver
2005 Junior National Championships - Gold
2006 Junior National Championships - Gold
2006 German Open Taekwondo Championships (Junior) - Silver
2007 World Taekwondo Championships, China - Bantam -Gold
2007 Belgian Open Taekwondo Championships, Bantam - Gold
2007 Dutch Open Taekwondo Championships, Bantam - Bronze
2007 German Open Taekwondo Championships, Bantam - Bronze
2007 Senior National Championships, Bantam - Gold
2007 Croatia Open - Silver
2008 Austrian Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 National Championships - Gold
2009 International Masters NRW, Bonn - Gold
2009 World Taekwondo Open, Mexico - Silver

Martina Zubcic

2004 World Junior Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2004 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Silver
2005 European Taekwondo Championships, Latvia - Bantam - Gold
2005 Austria Open Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Bronze
2005 Junior National Championships - Gold
2006 World Cup Taekwondo, Thailand, Bantam - Bronze
2006 European Taekwondo Championships, Germany, Bantam - Bronze
2006 Belgian Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2006 Junior National Championships - Gold
2006 National Championships - Gold
2007 National Championships - Gold
2007 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2007 Belgian Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2007 Croatia Open - Gold
2008 European Olympic TKD Qualification, Turkey - Gold
2008 European Taekwondo Championships, Italy - Silver
2008 German Open TKD Championships - Gold
2008 Beijing Olympic Games - Bronze
2009 Universiade 2009 - bronze
2009 World Taekwondo Open, Mexico - Gold
2009 Dutch Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 Croatia Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 International Masters NRW, Bonn - Gold
2009 Paris Open TKD Championships - Bronze
2009 National Championships - Gold

Ana Zaninovic (r)

Ana Zaninovic

2004 Open Germany Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Bronze
2005 National Championships - Gold
2005 German Open Taekwondo Championships, Fly - Gold
2005 Austrian Open Taekwondo Championships, Fly - Gold
2006 Austria Open Taekwondo Championships - Gold
2007 National Championships - Gold
2007 World Taekwondo Championships, China - Fly - Silver
2007 German Open Taekwondo Championships, Fly - Gold
2007 Open Belgium Taekwondo Championships, Fly - Bronze
2007 Paris Open - Bronze
2008 Dutch Open TKD Championships - Gold
2008 Belgian Open TKD Championships - Gold
2008 National Championships - Gold
2008 Paris Open TKD Championships - Gold
2008 Croatia Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 International Masters NRW, Bonn - Bronze

Lucija Zaninovic

2004 Junior National Championships - Gold
2005 Austria Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
2006 World Cup Taekwondo, Thailand, Fin - Bronze
2006 Open Germany Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2006 National Championships - Gold
2007 National Championships - Gold
2007 Croatia Open - Bronze
2008 German Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2008 Austrian Open TKD Championships - Gold
2008 Croatia Open TKD Championships - Silver
2008 National Championships - Gold
2009 National Championships - Gold
2009 International Masters NRW, Bonn - Gold

Damir Radovic

2003 Junior National Championships - Gold
2004 Junior National Championships - Gold
2004 Belgian Open Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Bronze
2004 German Open Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Bronze
2005 Junior National Championships - Gold
2006 National Championships - Gold
2007 Croatia Open Taekwondo Championships - Bronze
2008 National Championships - Gold

Petra Matijasevic

2003 Junior National Championships - Gold
2004 Junior National Championships - Gold
2005 Junior National Championships - Gold
2005 Polish Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
2007 Croatia Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
2007 National Championships - Gold
2008 National Championships - Gold
2008 World University Taekwondo Championships, Serbia - Bronze
2008 German Open Taekwondo Championships – Silver
2008 National Championships - Gold
2008 Croatia Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 Universiade, Belgrade - Silver
2009 World Taekwondo Open, Mexico - Gold
2009 Austrian Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 Belgian Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 Croatia Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 Intl Masters NRW, Bonn - Gold
2009 Korea Open TKD Championships - Silver
2009 Chuncheon Open TKD Championships - Bronze

Nives Ambrus

2004 Open Germany Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Bronze
2005 Austria Open Taekwondo Championships (junior) - Bronze2006
European Taekwondo Championships, Germany, Bantam - Bronze
2006 National Championships - Gold
2009 Croatia Open TKD Championships - bronze

Ivana Zagar

2001 European Junior TKD Championships - Gold
2002 National Championships - Gold
2004 Belgian Open TKD Championships - Silver
2009 Croatia Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 Dutch Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 German Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 International Masters NRW, Bonn - Gold
2009 Austrian Open TKD Championships - Silver
2009 Belgian Open TKD Championships - Silver
2009 National Championships - Gold

Marina Sumic

2005 European Cadets TKD Championships - Silver
2006 World Junior TKD Championships - Bronze
2006 Paris Open TKD Championships (junior) - Silver
2007 European Junior TKD Championships, Azerbaian - Silver
2007 Belgian Open TKD Championships (junior) - Gold
2007 Cuncheon Open TKD Championships (junior) - Gold
2007 German Open TKD Championships (junior) - Bronze
2007 Croatia Open TKD Championships - Silver
2007 Junior National Championships - Gold
2008 Junior National Championships - Gold
2008 Croatia Open TKD Championships - Gold
2008 Austrian Open TKD Championships - Silver
2009 Dutch Open TKD Championships - Gold
2009 World Taekwondo Open, Mexico - Bronze
2009 International Masters NRW, Bonn - Bronze

CISM / WORLD MILITARY
TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
CROATIA

8th World Military Taekwondo Championships - 1996
(Best Female Team of the Championships)

Coaches Ivica Klaic (left) and Andjelko Vucenik (far right) with Croatian female team members Branka Ramljak,
Marijeta Zeljkovic, Ivona Skelin, Nikolina Basic, Iva Gavez, and Natasa Vezmar

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

Damir Medjeral	7th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Iran 1995 - Feather Bronze 8th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1996 - Feather - Bronze
Marijeta Zeljkovic	8th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1996 - Bantam - Gold
Ivona Skelin	8th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1996 - Feather- Gold 11th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1999 - Bantam - Silver
Iva Gavez	8th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1996 - Middle- Gold 11th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1999 - Middle - Silver
Nikolina Basic	8th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1996 - Fly - Silver
Branka Ramljak	8th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1996 - Welter - Bronze
Natasa Vezmar	11th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1999 - Heavy - Gold
Natasa Sostaric	9th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Italy 1997 - Fly - Bronze
Zeljka Asoli	9th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Italy 1997 - Feather - Bronze
Marijeta Celic	11th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1999 - Feather - Silver
Renata Crkvenac	1997 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Italy, Middle - Silver 1999 World Military Taekwondo Champ.(CISM), Croatia, Welter - Silver
Jasminka Ibrahimovic	9th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Italy 1997 - Heavy - Silver
Eva Politeo	11th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1999 - Fly - Bronze
Dejana Gajic	11th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1999 - Light - Bronze
Igor Radojcic	9th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Italy 1997 - Feather - Bronze 11th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1999 - Bantam - Bronze
Krunoslav Markulin	11th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 1999 - Light - Bronze
Tomislav Miscancuk	15th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 2003 - Fly - Gold
Branimir Cacic	15th World Military Taekwondo Championships (CISM), Croatia 2003 - Welter - Bronze

CUBA

	Gessler Viera Abreu	2007 Beijing World Taekwondo Championships - Featherweight - Gold

Hwang Ho Yong
Father of TaeKwon-Do ITF In Czech

MORE ON CZECH TAEKWON-DO

DENMARK
Photos below by
Thorkild Amdi Christensen/DTaF

Surachet Singsorn

Under 54 kilos
Belgium Open: 2009 bronze
European Championships: 2008 bronze
Korea Open: 2008 silver
Dutch Open: 2008 bronze
Nordic champion: 2008
Danish champion: 2008

Philip Reyes

Under 58 kilos
Austria Open: 2009, silver
Belgium Open: 2009, bronze
World Championships: 2007, quarter final
Danish Champion: 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003,
2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 and 1997

Redouane Chtatou

Under 63 kilos
Danish Champion six times / Under 63 kilos

Cüneyt Hamid

Under 68 kilos
Austrian Open: 2009, gold
Scandinavian Open: 2007, gold
Wonderful Copenhagen: 2007, gold
European Championships: 2006, silver
Danish Champion: 2006, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000 and 1999

Lennart Van Deurs
Theilgaard

Under 74 kilos
Austria Open: 2009, bronze
European Championships: 2008, quarter final
Trelleborg Open: 2009 bronze, 2001 gold
Scandinavian Open: gold in 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 1999 and 1996
Danish Champion: 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004 and 2003

Anders Karlsen

Under 80 kilos
Austria Open, 2009 gold
Dutch Open: 2009, 2004 and 2003 bronze
US Open: 2003 gold, 2004 silver, 2001 bronze
German Open: 2001 gold
Belgium Open: 2006 silver
Korea Open: 2001 bronze
Trelleborg Open: 2009 and 2007 bronze
Nordic champion: Four times
Danish champion: Five times

Mark Hansen

Under 87 kilos
Danish Champion: 2009
Wonderful Copenhagen: 2009, gold
Dutch Open: 2009, bronze

Zakaria Asidah

Plus 87 kilos
Wonderful Copenhagen: 2009, gold
German Open: 2009, silver
Austria Open: 2009, bronze
Danish Champion: 2009
World Championships: 2003, silver
Competed at the Athens Olympics in 2004

Sandra Christensen

Under 49 kilos
Wonderful Copenhagen: 2009, silver, 2007 and 2008, bronze
Scandinavian Open: 2005, gold and 2007 silver
Trelleborg Open: 2009 and 2008, bronze and 2006, silver
Nordic Championships: 2009 silver, 2008 and 2007, bronze
Danish Champion: 2009

Laila Jensen

3rd European Taekwondo Championships 1980 (Copenhagen) -
Female - Flyweight- Gold

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Jose R. Reyes
padre del Taekwon-do en republica dominicana

The Early Years

A Taekwon-do class in the early years in the Dominican Republic

Jaime Morales and General Choi Hong Hi in 1978

Tony Senrra (L) and Jaime Morales during national team training in 1981

Jaime Morales

Alumno del maestro Norberto Puello
Former Secretary General of the International Tae Kwon Do Society
1976 International Caribbean Tae Kwon Do Championship, Kingston Jamaica. 2nd Place
1977 North Caribbean & South Open Tae Kwon Do Chmps. Guaynavo, Puerto Rico - 3rd. Place
1977 Tae Kwon Do National Chmps. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - 1st Place Demo
1978 International Tae Kwon Do Team Championships, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - 1st Place
1978 International Tae Kwon Do "Benny Rivera School" Tournament, Santo Domingo vs Puerto Rico - 2nd Pl.
1978 2nd World Taekwon-do (ITF) Championship, Oklahoma City USA - Heavy - Gold
1978 2nd World Taekwon-do (ITF) Championship, Oklahoma City USA - Team - Silver
1978 International Moo Duk Kwan Tournament USA Versus D.R. - Santo Domingo - 1st Place Team
1979 2nd Caribbean Tae Kwon Do Championship. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands - 3rd. Place
1981 2nd Caribbean Battle Championships Ponce, Puerto Rico - 1st Place Sparring
1981 International Tae Kwon Do Competition "Tiger Paul Karate Modern." Montreal Canada - 2nd Place
1981 1st International Martial Arts Tournament. Santo Domingo Dominican Republic - 1st. Place
1981 Mexico vs. Dominican Republic Intl. Tae Kwon Do Tournament.- Santo Domingo - 1st Place Team
1982 The Great Caribbean Battle Tae Kwon Do Tournament", Ponce, Puerto Rico - 3rd. Place
1982 3rd Pan American Tae Kwon Do Tournament WTF, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - 2nd Place

Jose R. Reyes	padre del taekwon-do en republica dominicana. Fundador del Instituto Jhoon Rhee en Republica Dominicana. Maestro de todos los instructores de Taekwon-Do de la Republica Dominicana desde 1967. Trajo por 1ra vez a republica dominicana a las mas grandes figuras del taekwon-Do Mundial entre ellos General Choi Hong Hi, Bruce Lee, Grand Master Jhoon Rhee, etc
Ramon Smith	Destacado peleador dominicano, sub-campeon del mundo Full Contact, reconocido por WAKO. Reconocido como unos de los mejores peleadores de FullContact y Taekwon-Do Participo en el documental de The Warriors Within, 1975. Realizo demostraciones con Bruce lee en Republica Dominicana en 1969.
Norberto Puello	8th Dan UITF, sub-campeon mundial liviano y miembro del equipo sub-campeon mundial Oklahoma, USA; 1978. 5 veces campeon latinoamericano y del caribe (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Republica Dominicana, Haiti, Washington). Referencia al grand Master Jhoon Rhee Presidente de UITF en Republica Dominicana. Doctor en Odontologia, Rector de la Universidad Odontologica Dominicana; activo en el Taekwon-Do. Participo en el documental The Warriors Within, 1975. Fundador del Instituto Dominicano de Taekwon-Do, 1976
Julio Vasquez	Dominican National Team Member at the World Championships in Ecuador 1982 Dominican Summer Games 1981 - Hvy - Gold Pan American Games, Indianapolis, USA 1987 - Bronze
Yulis Gabriel Mercedes	2008 Summer Olympics -58 kg Class - Silver Medalist 2007 Pan Am Games - Rio de Janeiro 58 kg Gold 2003 Pan Am Games Santo Domingo 58 kg - Bronze 1999 World Championships Bronze Edmonton Finweight Bronze

ECUADOR

Mauricio Icaza	U..S. Open Taekwondo Championships 1998 / Orlando Florida - Fin - Gold

EGYPT

Amr Khairy winning another gold medal

Amr Khairy
Vice Chairman / WTF Technical Committee

1985 - 7th World Taekwondo Championships - Middle - Bronze
1989 - 9th World Taekwondo Championships - Welter - Bronze
1989 - World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Middle - Silver
1991 - 10th World Taekwondo Championships - Heavy - Bronze
1991 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Heavy - Silver
1986 - World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Middle - Gold
1986 - 1st World University Taekwondo Championships - Middle - Gold
1990 - 2nd World University Taekwondo Championships - Heavy- Gold

Tamer Bayoumi

Coached by Egypt's legendary champion Amr Khairy,Tamer Bayoumi
won the Bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics. It is the first medal
Egypt has ever won in an Olympics in Taekwondo.
2000 World Taekwondo Cup Fly-Bronze
2004 African Olympic Qualification Tournament Fly-Gold

Omar Ashour

1989-1992 Member of the Egyptian National Team (Junior)
1989 1st International Jr. Taekwondo Championships Feather - Silver
1989 World Junior Taekwondo Championship, Colo. Springs - Feather - Bronze
1990 Egypt Open Taekwondo Championships - Cairo - Bantam - Gold
1990 Egypt Junior Championships - Cairo - Light - Gold
1991 Competitor. Korea International, Bantam Weight, Seoul, South Korea
1991 Egypt Black-Belt Championship, Cairo - Bantam - Gold
1992 1996 Member of the Egyptian National Team (Senior)
1992 Egypt Open Championships - Cairo - Bantam - Gold
1993 Competitor World Taekwondo Championship - Fly - New York, USA
1993 Greece International Taekwondo Championships Athens, - Bantam - Gold
1993 Los Angeles International Taekwondo Championships, - Bantam - Silver
1995 Competitor. Al-Ahram International Championships - Feather - Cairo, Egypt
1995 Africa Taekwondo Championships - Cairo - Feather - Silver
1995-1998 Egypt National Universities Championships - Cairo -Feather & Light - Gold

Enass Elsaid Anis

1989 1st International Jr. Taekwondo Championships Colorado. Springs USA

Eman Sultan

Arab Taekwondo Games - Algeria - Gold
French Taekwondo Internationals - Gold
Dutch Open Taekwondo Championships - Silver
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Khalid El-Henawy

1990 World University Taekwondo Championships - Bantam - Silver

Tamer Abd El Monem

1997 World Taekwondo Championships - Lightweight -Gold
1996 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Light - Silver

Yahia Kamal Alam

1994 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Gold
1991 World Taekwondo Championships - Middle- Silver
1996 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Heavy - Silver

Talat Mabruk Farahat

1996 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Fly- Gold

Khaled Fawzy

1989 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Welter - Gold

Ismail Ala

1990 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Light - Bronze

Mostafa Abrak

1986 - 1st World University Taekwondo Championships - Heavy - Silver

Atia Rania (Women)

1990 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Fly - Bronze

Mahmoud Shalabi

1993 African Taekwondo Championships Bantam - Gold
1997 World Cup 1997 Feather - Silver

Ahmed Zahran

1993 - 11th World Taekwondo Championships - Welter - Bronze

El Kisky

1990 - 2nd World University Taekwondo Championships - Silver - Light

Ashraf Abouelnour

1987 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Welter - Bronze

Abd Ei Gilil Mona (Women)

1991 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Fin - Silver

Ahmed Barsim

1996 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Welter - Bronze

Enass Elsaid Anis (Women)

1994 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Fly - Silver

Khaled A. El-Sheik

1985 2nd World Taekwondo Games - Bronze - Bantam

A.M. Kassem Manar (Women)

1994 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Fly - Silver

Tallat M. Farahat

1994 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Fly - Silver

Farag Elamary

1986 World Cup Taekwwondo Championships Light - Silver

Eman Sultan

2004

Ethiopia

Robert Walson
Pioneer Instructor of Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
1974

FRANCE

Pascal Gentil

10th European Taekwondo Championships 1994 - Croatia Hvy - Gold
2000 Sydney Olympic Games > 80 kg - Bronze
2005 17th Fajr International Taekwondo Tournament, Tehran, Iran - Hvy - Gold

John Trouliet

2005 17th Fajr International Taekwondo Tournament, Tehran, Iran - Hvy - Gold

Michael Borot

7th World University Taekwondo Championships 2002 Berkley California (Mid - Gold)
2006 European Taekwondo Championships - Bonn, Germany +84 KG - Gold

Gwladys Epangue

2009 World Taekwondo Championships -67 KG - Gold

Gabon

Chung Won Park
Kyung Ho Shin
Pioneer Instructors of Gabon
1977

GERMANY

Gergely Salim	Senior European Taekwondo Championships (1994) Fin- Gold
Dirk Jung	6th World Taekwondo Championships - Denmark (1983) Hvy - Silver
Pinar Budak	2006 European Taekwondo Championships - Bonn, Germany <59 KG - Gold
Levent Tuncat	2006 European Taekwondo Championships - Bonn, Germany -58 KG - Gold

GREAT BRITAIN

Aaron Cook

2009 World Taekwondo Tour 2009 Mexico -80kg Gold
2009 Korean Open Championships - Chuncheon, Korea -80kg silver
2009 Belgian Open Championships Herentals, Belgium -78kg silver
2009 BTCB National Championships - Manchester, Great Britain -78kg gold
2008 Belgian Open Championships 2008 Herentals, Belgium -78kg gold
2008 BTCB National Championships Manchester, Great Britain -78kg gold
2008 European Olympic QualificationIstanbul, Turkey -80kg bronze
2008 Junior World Championships- Izmir, Turkey -78kg gold
2008 Dutch Open Championships - Eindhoven, Netherlands -78kg bronze
2007 German Open Championships - Bonn, Germany -72kg gold
2007 Dutch Open Championships -Eindhoven, Netherlands -72kg bronze
2007 French Open Championships Paris, France -80kg bronze
2007 BTCB National Championship Manchester, Great Britain -78kg gold
2006 Commonwealth TKD Championships (Jr) Brisbane, Australia -73KG gold
2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival -Sydney, Australia 73kg Gold
2007 Junior World Championships- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -68kg bronze
2007 Junior European Championships - Baku, Azerbaijan -73kg gold
2005 Cadet European Championships - Palermo, Italy -65kg gold

Annabel Murcott

Annabel Murcott is the first female in the Taekwon-do Association of Great Britain
(T.A.G.B.) to be a 6th Degree She is perhaps one of the winning competitors of all
time in Great Britain. Her competitive drive which spans for more than 23 years is
matched only by her dedication to teaching. Annabel recently won 1st place in both
fighting and patterns in the 2007 World Championships held in Great Britain.
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Dave Oliver

British free sparring champion during the mid-70's and a British
International. A member of the British team that won a Silver medal
at the ITF European Tae Kwon Do Championships in Rotterdam,
Holland in 1976. More on Dave Oliver

Sarah Stevenson

World Championships 2005 Madrid - Women's 72 Kilograms Silver
World Championships 2001 Korea - Women's -72 Kilograms Silver
(former Junior World and European Champion)
2006 European Taekwondo Championships - Bonn, Germany -72 KG - Gold

Martin Stamper

Olympic Taekwondo British Championships 2005 Male – 62kg - Gold

Paul Walker

TAGB English Veterans Patterns Champion
TAGB World Veterans Sparring - Bronze
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GREECE

Pioneers of Taekwondo in Greece
1960's

Stamatis Kassis from Athens

Yiorgos Stylianidis from Thessaloniki

	Kokonezis Nikolaos	XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships Male 78gk> Gold
	I. Mamekas	10th European Taekwondo Championships - Zagreb Croatia (1996) Fin- Gold
	Alexandros Nikolaidis	2004 Olympic Taekwondo Games - Men's Heavyweight >80kg - Silver
	Giannis Mamekas	2003 Dutch Open Taekwondo Championships, Netherlands - Male <62kg - Silver
	Morpho Drossidou	1993 World Men's and (4th)Women's Championships - NY, USA Welter -Silver
	Katerina Bassi	1993 World Men's and (4th)Women's Championships - NY, USA Mid - Silver
	Elissavet Mystakidou	1993 World Men's and (4th)Women's Championships - NY, USA Hvy -Bronze
	Ruben Montesinos	17th World Taekwondo Championships 2005 - Madrid - Heavy - Gold
	Ganna Soroka	2006 European Taekwondo Championships - Bonn, Germany -51 KG - Gold

GUAM

Vince Flores	11th South Pacific Taekwondo Games - Guam (1999) Fly- Welter - Gold

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Kook Do CHUN
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American Taekwondo Jidokwan Hawaii Academy in the early years
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Danny MAKER
Taekwondo Hall of Fame
Technical Advisor

Open Hawaii Light Heavy weight champion in 1972, 1973 and 1974
France Heavy Weight Champion in 1982 and 1983
European Bronze Medal Champion in 1982
Member of the French National Team from 1982 to 1984
International Referee 3rd Degree
6th Degree Black Belt from January 5th 2001.
Tahiti Taekwondo Federation President from 1982 to 1995.
Trained the Polynesian Police Force From 1982 to 1995.
Instructed more than 3000 students in Tahiti.

William Kim

First National Champion of Hawaii - 1978
Represented USA In 1st Pre-World Games in Seoul, Korea - 1978

Dae Sung Lee

Winner of numerous national titles

HONDURAS

Steven Hernandez	Central American Taekwondo Championships 1995 / Tegucigalpa, Honduras- Fin - Gold

HONG KONG

Bok Man Kim
Pioneer of Taekwon-do In Hong Kong
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HUNGARY

I.T.F. Masters and Grand Masters in Budapest, Hungary during the largest seminar held
in Europe (by General Choi Hong Hi, father and founder of Taekwon-Do) - March 2001

INDIA

Historic Moments In India

Jimmy R. Jagtiani
Father of Tae Kwon Do In India

In the 70's & '80's GM Chang Seong Dong demonstrated throughout
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Jimmy Jagtiani the leading pioneer of Taekwondo in
India lecturing police officers in India in 1975
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His Excellency Bum Suk Lee, Amb. of the Republic of
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Jimmy Jagtiani w/ Great Grandmaster Chong Woo Lee
and other Taekwondo officials at WTF Hqts. in 1978
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G/M Chang & Abhai Singh with numerous
national team players in Delhi, India, 1990
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G/M Chang Mumbai, India (1983)
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G/M Chang during seminar in Mumbai, India (1986)
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G/M Chang giving a seminar in India in 1983
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G/M Chang with student who
became first president of India
Taekwondo Federation (1977)
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G/M Chang with natl. player Shirodkar, Nilesh
and the Coach Killan in Mumbai, India (1986)
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G/M Chang conducting a referee seminar
in Mumbia, India in 1990.
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Fmr. Natl. Player Khemchandand, current
Vice President of the TKD Federation of
India, his wife, and G/M Chang.
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G/M Chang w/ the Abassador of Korea in
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INDONESIA

Bok Man Kim
Pioneer of Taekwon-do In Indonesia
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Pino Indra Perdana	19th SouthEast Asian Games, Indonesia 1997- Feather-Gold

IRAN

Kim Soo Ryon
Pioneer of Taekwondo In Iran
1970

Historic Moments In Iran

Ninous Tuman silver medal winner (standing second from left) with Iraninan National Team at the
3rd Asian Taekwon-do Championships held in Hong Kong on September 10th, 1978

HISTORY OF TAEKWONDO IN IRAN

Ninous Tuman	1978 3rd Asian Taekwon-do Championships, Hong Kong - Silver
Hadi Saei	2005 17th World Taekwondo Championships 2005 - Lightweight - Gold
Mohammad Motamedi	2005 17th Fajr International Taekwondo Tournament, Tehran, Iran - Bantam - Gold
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed	2009 World Taekwondo Championships - Feather - Gold

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Rhee Ki Ha and first students of Taekwon-do in the Republic of Ireland

Stephen
Cooley

Irish Taekwon-Do
Association

Mr. Stephen Cooley began his Taekwon-Do career in Dublin in 1979. Mr. Cooley graded un-
der Grandmaster Hee Il Cho for both I and II Dan Black Belt, Master Brendan- O’Toole for III
Dan, Grandmaster General Choi Hong Hi for IV Dan and Master Hector Marano, Master
PabloTrajtenberg, Grandmaster Van Bihn and Master Trân Triêu Quân for V Dan. Mr. Cooley
is Vice President of the Irish Taekwon-Do Association. ... More.

Donal
O'Donoghue

Irish Taekwon-Do
Association

Mr. Donal O'Donoghue commenced his Taekwon-Do career in Loughlinstown,Co.Dublin in
1986. Mr. O'Donoghue graded under Grandmaster Hee Il Cho for both I and II Dan Black-
Belt and under Master Brendan O'Toole, Master Val Douglas and Mr. Gerry Martin for III-
Dan. Mr. O'Donoghue has completed two International Instructor Training Courses under the
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Stephen Ryan

Irish Taekwon-Do
Association

Mr. Stephen Ryan began his Taekwon-Do career in 1993 in Ennis Taekwon-Do Club, which was
then under the instruction of Mr. Tim Forde IV Dan and is now under the Instruction of Mr. Ke-
vin Kinsella IV Dan. Mr. Ryan established Quin Taekwon-Do Club in July 2004. Mr. Ryan has
completed several International Instructor Training Courses, inluding one under General Choi-
Hong Hi. As a competitor Mr. Ryan has held National Champion titles in Pattern, Sparring and
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ISRAEL

Michel Madar
Founder of Taekwondo In Israel

Taekwondo has been founded in Israel by Michel Madar who opened the 1st Taekwondo Training Center
in 1977 in Jerusalem and then created Israel Taekwondo Federation in 1979. The 1st National Championships
took place in 1981 in Jerusalem. The 1st National Taekwondo Trainers Course started in 1990 in cooperation
with Jerusalem Municipalityunder the control of Wingate Israel National Sports Institute. In 1995 the Jerusalem
Municipality Sport Authority opened the Martial Arts Center in Teddi Stadium where National Taekwondo
Teams began to train. In 2003 the 1st International Jerusalem Taekwondo Open Championships has been
organized with the participation of foreign teams. Photos Courtesy of Israel Taekwondo Federation

Phillip Biudu and Michel Madar 1983

Michel Madar and Phillip Biudu 1983

Michel Madar and Class in Israel 1985

Michel Madar and Club in Israel 1986

Pioneers of Taekwondo In Israel

Michel Madar	International Referee - WTF & European Taekwondo Union National Olympic Coach - Wingate National Sports Institute Council Member - World Taekwondo Federation Former Executive Council Member - European Taekwondo Union Creator and Promoter of A-Class Champs. in Europe, Cadets European Championships and the WTF Web-TV project Worldwide Member - The Israel Olympic Committee Member - Israel Sports Ministry, Martial Arts Methods Recognition Committee Member - The Elite Sport Committee - Jerusalem Sport Authority
Avi Kaduri	Ahi Yehuda Club 6th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo International Referee-World Taekwondo Federation International Coach - World Taekwondo Federation Referee Commission Member - European Taekwondo Union National High Degree Coach - Wingate National Sports Institute Technical Commission Chairman - Israel Taekwondo Federation
Alain Benayoun	Hwarang Taekwondo Jerusalem Club 6th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo Former National Israel Team Coach - Israel Taekwondo Federation International Coach - World Taekwondo Federation National Coach - Wingate National Sports Institute Technical Commission Member - Israel Taekwondo Federation
Arie Baygun	Hariot Club 6th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo Technical National Israel Team Coach - Israel Taekwondo Federation Technical Commission Member - European Taekwondo Union National Coach - Wingate National Sports Institute Technical Commission Member - Israel Taekwondo Federation

INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS

Team that competed in World Olympic Selections 2007

Israel National Team going to Istanbul, Turkey 2008

	Elia Lalum (Madar)	Hwarang Taekwondo Jerusalem Club 1998 Bronze Medal - European Taekwondo Championships 1997 Bronze Medal - European Junior Taekwondo Championships Israel Olympic Team Member (2001) Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport Special Prize
	Loik Lalum	Hwarang Taekwondo Jerusalem Club 1998 Bronze Medal - European Taekwondo Championships Israel Olympic Team Member (2001)
	Noa Schmida	Ahi Yehuda Club Sydney an Athens Olympic Games Substitute Player 1998 Silver Medal - World Junior Taekwondo Championships 1999 Silver Medal - European Junior Taekwondo Championships Israel Olympic Team Member (2002) Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport Special Prize 2008 Olympic Coach
	Michal Travelos	Hariot Club Bronze Medal - European Junior Taekwondo Championships 5th rank - European Taekwondo Championships Gold Medal - Oldenzaal (Holland) Open Championships Israel Olympic Team Member (2002) Medals in A-Class Tournaments in Europe Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport Special Prize
	Tal Moria	Ahi Yehuda Club 1999 Bronze Medal - European Junior Taekwondo Championships Silver Medal - Spanish Open Championships Gold Medal - Toulouse (France) Open Championships Israel Olympic Team Member (2004) Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport Special Prize
	Yieham Sharabi	Ahi Yehuda Club 5th rank - 2007 World Taekwondo Championships Bronze Medal - Koos (Greece) Open Championships Bronze Medal - Toulouse (France) Open Championships Israel Olympic Team Member Medals in A-Class Tournaments in Europe
	Bat-El Geterer	Ahi Yehuda Club Gold Medal - Oldenzaal (Holland) Open Championships Gold Medal - Toulouse (France) Open Championships Telma Company Special Prize for Elite Sport Young Athletes Israel Athlete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in -57kg category Medals in A-Class Tournaments in Europe
	Tom Hovav	Hariot Club Silver Medal 2006 European Taekwondo Championships Medals in A-Class Tournaments in Europe Israel Olympic Team Member
	Ilan Goldshmidt	Hariot Club Bronze Medal 2005 World Taekwondo Championships Israel Olympic Team Member Medals in A-Class Tournaments in Europe

ITALY

Cladio Nolanao	2006 European Taekwondo Championships - Bonn, Germany -72 KG - Gold

IVORY COAST

KIM Yong-tae
Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Africa
_{Photo by Kim Pyung-soo}

*HISTORICAL NOTE

The 1st African Taekwondo Championships were held April 12-13, 1979 at Abidjan,
Ivory Coast The Participating countries were Benin, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory-
Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Maritius, Morocco, Togo, and Upper Volta. The results of
this historic event was Ivory Coast (Gold), Lesotho (Silver), Upper Volta (Bronze)

Remark Patrice	1st World Taekwondo Games - USA - 1981 - L/Middle - Bronze 2nd World Taekwondo Games - London, UK - 1985 - Welter- Bronze
Karim Akanda	1st Pre-World Taekwondo Games - Korea - 1978 - Bantam - Silver
BB Yao	1st World Taekwondo Games - USA - 1981 - L/Heavy - Silver
K. Sowlemane	1st World Taekwondo Games - USA - 1981 - Lightweight - Bronze
Boursier Michael	Competed in 1st World Taekwondo Championship - Korea 1973
Rene Beauville	Competed in 1st World Taekwondo Championship - Korea 1973

JORDAN

Abu Shoieb Y.	9th Pan-ArabTaekwondo Games (1999) Light- Gold

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Historic Moments In Korea

Jidokwan Members 1948
Courtesy of Kukkiwon / Submitted by Master Al Cole
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Taesoo-do Assn. Headquarters
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First Taekwondo Demo Tour in Europe
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Mas Oyama Honored In Korea
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Chong Woo Lee at Seoul Jidokwan
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General Choi Hong Hi and others including
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Gen. Choi Hong Hi in conference
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Birthday celebration for Supreme GM Chong Woo Lee
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Early Black belt testing conducted by the Korea Taesoo-do Association
Seoul, Korea July, 1966

Poomse (Hyung)
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GI students and their intructors after the test.
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PARK, Dong Keun
Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007
He was Member of the Korean National Team from 1962-1966,
and Team Captain from 1964-1966. He was undefeated in over
200 matches upon retiring into the Korean Amateur Athletic
Association Hall of Fame. He served as Head Coach of the
U.S.A. National Team in 1979, 1992, 1993 and 1994 He is
still considered by many to be one of the greatest Korean born
Taekwondo players of all time. He currently has a school located
in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. .More on Dong Keun Park

The 1962 Korean National Team w/ PARK,Yeon Hee, (L),
PARK, Dong Keun, (far R) & AHN, Dae Sup (3rd from left)

Great GrandMaster LEE Chong Woo with legendary
fighters Park Dong Keun and PARK Yeon Hee

Korean National Team Training
PARK Dong Keun (far right)

Seated (second from left), PARK Dong Keun, Kim Myong Soo,
Kim Soo, Chong Hwa, and Han at Kim Soo's School. Korean
Taekwon-Karate Academy in Seoul. Korea 1965 - Enlarge Photo
Photo by Kim Soo, Sr. Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame

Korea National Team 1964 at airport before leaving for Japan
Photo courtesy of Kim Soo, Sr. Advisor - Taekwondo Hall of Fame
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Photo courtesy of Young Kim - Fmr Head Coach, Korea National Team

Competition Structure in Early KOREA

Competition in Korea produced numerous geat champions because the
competitors were divided into (2) two groups, (1st and 2nd dans), and
(3rd and 4th dans). There were 6 weight divisions in each group. As a
result, each competition produced 12 champions. Main and Corner
referess would be 4th dans, while 5th dans and higher served as Jury.

Kim Soo, Founder & President,
Kim Soo Karate, Inc.
International Chayon-Ryu Martial Arts Assn.
Sr. Tech. Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame

1973 Korea National Team
First World Taekwondo Champions

C.K. Choi
In Action

First Korean National Tae Soo Do Champion (1963)
(3rd, 4th, 5th Degree Black Belt Heavyweight Division)
Taekwondo Hall of Fame Inductee
2007

AN, Dae Sup
In Action

Korean National Champion (1963-1966)
1ST recipient of the
Korea Amateur Athletic Association Hall of Fame Award
1964

SUH, Byung Hyun
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Korean National Champion (1963-1966)
2ND recipient of the
Korea Amateur Athletic Association Hall of Fame Award
1965

PARK, Dong Keun
In Action

Korean National Champion (1962-1966)

3RD recipient of the
Korea Amateur Athletic Association Hall of Fame Award
1966

Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007

PARK, Yeon Hee
In Action

Korean National Champion '60's
Park Yeon Hee in Action

KIM,.II Shik

Korean National Champion 60's

Cho Jeom-sun

Korean National Champion 1964 (Heavy-Weight)

LEE, Sung Wan

Korean National Champion 1964

KUK, Hyeon Jeong

KUK, Hyeon Jeong won the Gold Medal in Taekwondo in the 1988
Summer Olympic Games. He is listed in the GuinessBook of Sports
Records as winning the most World Championship titles (1987, 1985,
1983, 1982) by a single person and is undefeated in International
Competition.

KIM, Je Gyoung

1993 World Taekwondo Championships (Heavy - Gold)
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games - (Heavy - Gold)
1995 World Taekwondo Championships - (Heavy -Gold)
1996 US Open Taekwondo Championships (Heavy - Gold)
1998 Asian Taekwondo Championships (Heavy - Gold)
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CHOI, Young Sik

On October 30, 1966 at the age of 18 , he was awarded the Gold medal
for outstanding personal technique by President Park, Chung Hee in the
1st Presidential Flag Tournament of Soth Korea. He has won numerous
Gold medals in national and international competitions.

Jon Chung Kim

1970 Korea National Champion

Ki Chung Kim

2 Time Korea National Champion (Middle-Weight)

SUN Young Jun

7th World University Taekwondo Championships 2002 Berkley California (Fea. - Gold)

CHOI, Kil Hwan

7th World University Taekwondo Championships 2002 Berkley California (Bant - Gold)

PARK, Jae Yong

7th World University Taekwondo Championships 2002 Berkley California (Mid - Gold)

KIM, Jin Hee

2002 7th World University Taekwondo Championships (Fin - Gold)

KIM. Byung Cheol

1993 World Taekwondo Championships (Feather - Gold)

LEE, Sang Chul

Korean National Champion - Numerous

CHO, Jung Sung

Korea National Champion '60's

LEE, Jong Chul

1st Place Natl. Championships.of 75,76,77 & Best Player in 1973
Taekwondo Hall of Fame Technical Advisor

PARK,Seong Bok

2nd Korea Open Taekwondo Championships -
Chonju, Korea 1999 - Hvy - Gold

PARK,Yeon Hwan

7 Times Korean National Champion / Author

LEE,Ki-Hyung

1st World Taekwondo Championships (1973) - Lightweight - Gold

JANG, Jong Oh

98 World Cup Taekwondo Championships - Germany - Welter - Gold

CHUNG,Kuk Hyun

4 Times World Taekwondo Champion / '88 Olympic Gold

SUNG, Wook Lim
_{(Photo courtesy of Kukkiwon)}

8th World Taekwondo Championships (1987) Fin - Gold

KIM, Kyung-Hun

first official Olymipic Gold medal Hvy Champion
Sydney, 2000 - Watch the Video!

III Nam Ho

3rd Asian Taekwondo Championships - (1978) - Lightweight- Gold

Suk Kwang Ha

3rd Asian Taekwondo Championships - (1978) - Bantam - Gold

Jong Ki Kim

3rd Asian Taekwondo Championships - Flyweight - Gold

Jung Gook Kim

3rd Asian Taekwondo Championships (1978) Featherweight - Gold

SANG, Hyun Ma

3rd Asian Taekwondo Championships (1978) Heavyweight - Gold

CHANG, Jong Tae

3rd Asian Taekwondo Championships - Middleweight - Gold

Jun Cheol Yun

3rd Asian Taekwondo Championships -Finweight - Gold

YU, Yong Hap

2nd World Taekwondo Championships (1975) - Middleweight - Gold
3rd Asian Taekwondo Championships (1978) Welter- Gold

Jin Seung Tae

93 World Taekwondo Championships - (1973) Finweight - Gold

Joon-tae Kim

2009 World Taekwondo Championship - <74KG mens - Gold

Su-jeong Lim

2009 World Taekwondo Championship - <62KG wonmens - Gold

Yeon-ho Choi

2009 World Taekwondo Championship - <54KG mens - Gold

Hyo-ji Park

2009 World Taekwondo Championship - <46KG womens - Gold

Hup-seob Yeom

2009 World Taekwondo Championship - Bantam - Gold

KIM, Jin-hee

17th World Taekwondo Championships (2005) Spain - men´s <54kg - Gold

OH, Seon-taek

17th World Taekwondo Championships (2005) Spain - men´s <84kg - Gold

KO, Seok-hwa

17th World Taekwondo Championships (2005) Spain - men' s <58kg - Gold

HWANG Kyung-seon

10th Women's World Taekwondo Championships (2005)
Spain - <67kg -Gold

Hak Hwan Kim

7th World University Taekwondo Championships 2002 Berkley California (Welter - Gold)

KANG, Chae-Jung

11th Asian Taekwondo Championships, Manila (1994) Feather - Gold

Che Youn (female)

4 times World Champion,
3 times Asian Champion
Olympic Gold Medalist in Sydney.

CHANG Jung-San

10th Asian Taekwondo Championships, Manila (1992) Fin - Gold

Dae Chang Yang
_{(Photo courtesy of Kukkiwon)}

Taekwondo World Cup - Gold

Lee Sung-hye

2007 Beijing World Taekwondo Championships - <59 Kilo - Gold

Choi Yeon-ho

2007 Beijing World Taekwondo Championships - <54 Kilo - Gold

HA, Tae-Ho

8th Asian Taekwondo Championships, Nepal - (1988) Fin - Gold

Tae-Whan Son

2nd World Championships, Seoul Korea - (1975) - Bantam - Gold
(Photo at left taken from film clip / Property of the Taekwondo Hall of Fame)

Chang-Myong Sam
(photo courtesy Al Cole)

1988 8th Asian Taekwondo Championships -Nepal - Feather - Gold
1988 Olympic Gold Medalist - Feather
1987 World Cup Gold Medalist - Feather
1982 World Champion Gold Medalist - Feather
1982 5th Asian Taekwondo Championships - Singapore - Feather - Gold

CHOI, Jong Bok

1980 International Military Sports Council (IMSC) Bantam - Gold

Jeong Tae Kim

1st World Taekwondo Championships, Korea 1973 - Heavy - Gold
(fought USA's Mike Warren in final match) - *video being obtained

Jung-do Choi

Korea Team Member - 1st World Taekwondo Championships, 1973/ Korea

Chul-hwan Kim

Korea Team Member - 1st World Taekwondo Championships, 1973/ Korea

Chong-yeul Ia

Korea Team Member - 1st World Taekwondo Championships, 1973/ Korea

Uee-sung Kang

Korea Team Member - 1st World Taekwondo Championships, 1973/ Korea

Ki-hyung Lee

Korea Team Member - 1st World Taekwondo Championships, 1973/ Korea

Kyung-soo Park

Korea Team Member - 1st World Taekwondo Championships, 1973/ Korea

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Victorious North Korean Team
6th ITF World Taekwon-do Championships, Budapest Hungary 1988

People's Athlete Han Yon Uk
Special Technique -Gold Medalist

People's Athlete Hwang Yong Mi
Women's Gold Medalist -58K

Ri Yong II

6th ITF World Taekwondo Championship - Budapest, Hungary
Ranks First

Han Yu Ok

6th ITF World Taekwondo Championship - Budapest, Hungary
People's Athlete

Hwang Yong Mi

6th ITF World Taekwondo Championship - Budapest, Hungary
People's Athlete

Jon Jong Sam

6th ITF World Taekwondo Championship - Budapest, Hungary
Merited Athlete

Kim Yong Ok

6th ITF World Taekwondo Championship - Budapest, Hungary
Merited Athlete

Choe Ryon Hwa

6th ITF World Taekwondo Championship - Budapest, Hungary
III Degree Division - Silver

Kim Un Hyok

XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships male 50. kg Gold

Ri Chol Ok

XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships Female 75. kg Gold

Sa Ok Jin

XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships Female 75 kg Gold

Kim Pom Mi

XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships Female 69 kg Gold

An Yun Mi

XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships Female 63 kg Gold

Kim Yong Ok

XVI World Taekwon-Do (ITF) Championships Female 45 kg Gold

An Un Ok

1988 - VI World Senior Championships TKD ITF I Degree Female Patterns - Bronze

Choi Ryon Hi

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - III Degree Female Patterns - Gold

Li Zong Sim

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - I Degree Female Patterns - Gold

Chae Sin Myong

2001 XII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - II Degree Male - Patterns - Gold

Ho Yong Zu

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - up to 70 Female Sparring - Silver

Hon Yong Ju

1994 IX World Senior Championships Taekwon-Do ITF Female Power Test - Bronze

Hong Jong Hyon

1994 IX World Senior Championships Taekwon-Do ITF Male II Degree Patterns - Gold

Hong Chol Hyok

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - up to 52 Male Sparring - Gold

Hong Zong Hyon

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - II Degree Male - Patterns - Silver

Hwang

1999 - XI World Senior Championships TKD ITF - II Degree Female - Patterns - Gold

Kim Jong Hui

1988 - VI World Senior Championships TKD ITF I Degree Female Patterns - Gold

Kim Hye Gyong

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - up to 70 kg Female Sparring - Gold
1994 IX World Senior Championships Taekwon-Do ITF Female to 70 kg Sparring- Bronze

Kim Kwang Chol

1988 - VI World Senior Championships TKD ITF I Degree Male Patterns - Gold

Kim Jong Chol

1994 IX World Senior Championships Taekwon-Do ITF Male to 63kg Sparring- Bronze

Kim Chol Min

1997 X World Senior Championships TKD ITF - I Degree Male - Patterns - Bronze

Kim Myong Ok

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - III Degree Female - Patterns - Silver

Kim Sun Chol

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - up to 71 kg Male Sparring - Gold

Kim Yong Sun

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - Female up to 52kg - Gold
1997 X World Senior Championships TKD ITF - Female up to 63kg Sparring - Gold
1999 - XI World Senior Championships TKD ITF - IV Degree Male - Patterns -Gold
1999 - XI World Senior Championships TKD ITF - 63kg Female Sparring - Silver

Kim Hyang Nam

1997 X World Senior Championships TKD ITF - Female up to 58 kg Sparring - Bronze
1999 - XI World Senior Championships TKD ITF - 58kg Female Sparring - Silver

Kim Yong Gun

2001 XII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - IV Degree Male - Patterns -Silver

Kim Gwang Hi

1997 X World Senior Championships TKD ITF - II Degree Male - Patterns - Gold

Kim Yong Hi

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - IV Degree Female - Patterns - Gold
1992 VIII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - Female Sparring up to 70 kg - Silver

Kim Sun Nam

1988 - VI World Senior Championships TKD ITF I Degree Male Patterns - Bronze

Kim Kyong Sil

2001 XII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - IV Degree Female - Patterns -Gold
2001 XII World Senior Championships TKD ITF - Power Test -Female - Gold

Kim Yong Sil

1992 VIII World Senior Championships TD-ITF - Female up to 58 kg - Bronze

Kim Kyong

1999 - XI

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1978 Pre-World Taekwondo Games Seoul, Korea 1978

Dr. Marcia Hall America's "First Lady of Taekwondo"

1979 World Invitational Taekwondo Games Taipei, Taiwan

USA Players - Pre Olympic Style

Historic USA Moments

ALL OTHER COUNTRIES A-Z

Phil Cunningham Jr. Pioneer of Taekwondo in Afghanistan

Argentina

Pioneer Instructors of Argentina (1967) Kim Han-Chang Choi Nam-Sung Chung Kwang-Duk Yang Dae-Chol Lee Chong-Seo

CHONG CHUL RHEE Pioneer of Australian Tae Kwon Do

TAEKWONDO NEWS

Bok Man Kim Pioneer of Taekwon-do In Brunei About Bok Man Kim

Pioneers of Tae kwon do In Canada

Karine Sergerie "Canada's Best"

Mr. Song Shuo Jing Founder of TaeKwon-Do ITF In China More on Mr. Song Shuo Jing

Mr. Li Guangsong, President China International Taekwon-do Federation Pioneer of TaeKwon-Do ITF In China More on Mr. Li Guangsong

PEDRO VICENTE PINZON Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Colombia

AQUILES WONG KUNG YANG Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Costa Rica

Pioneers of Tae Kwon Do In Croatia Dusan Kruzic (1967) Park Sun Jae (1968) Nikola Pecko (1968) Andrija Mijacika (1973-2002) Miroslav Brezan May 25, 1968 Master Park Sun Jae gave the first public demonstration of Taekwondo

Hwang Ho Yong Father of TaeKwon-Do ITF In Czech

Ethiopia

Robert Walson Pioneer Instructor of Ethiopia Addis Ababa 1974

Gabon

Chung Won Park Kyung Ho Shin Pioneer Instructors of Gabon 1977

Pioneers of Taekwondo in Greece 1960's

Kook Do CHUN Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Hawaii

Bok Man Kim Pioneer of Taekwon-do In Hong Kong About Bok Man Kim

Jimmy R. Jagtiani Father of Tae Kwon Do In India

Bok Man Kim Pioneer of Taekwon-do In Indonesia About Bok Man Kim

Kim Soo Ryon Pioneer of Taekwondo In Iran 1970

Rhee Ki Ha Pioneer of Taekwon-do in the Republic of Ireland About Rhee Ki Ha

ISRAEL

Pioneers of Taekwondo In Israel

KIM Yong-tae Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Africa Photo by Kim Pyung-soo

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URGENT MESSAGE
GM Tran Trieu Quan Missing In Haiti

South Korea Army Special Forces
Taekwondo Demonstration

Great Grandmaster Nam Tae Hi
Receives Taekwondo's Highest Honor

TAEKWONDO HALL OF FAME ®
Encyclopedia of Champions & Masters

2nd World Taekwondo Championships
Kukkiwon - Seoul, Korea 1975

1978 Pre-World Taekwondo Games
Seoul, Korea 1978

Dr. Marcia Hall
America's
"First Lady of Taekwondo"

1979 World Invitational Taekwondo Games
Taipei, Taiwan

Phil Cunningham Jr.
Pioneer of Taekwondo in Afghanistan

Pioneer Instructors of Argentina
(1967)
Kim Han-Chang
Choi Nam-Sung
Chung Kwang-Duk
Yang Dae-Chol
Lee Chong-Seo

CHONG CHUL RHEE
Pioneer of Australian Tae Kwon Do

Bok Man Kim
Pioneer of Taekwon-do In Brunei
About Bok Man Kim

Karine Sergerie
"Canada's Best"

Mr. Song Shuo Jing
Founder of TaeKwon-Do ITF In China
More on Mr. Song Shuo Jing

Mr. Li Guangsong, President
China International Taekwon-do Federation
Pioneer of TaeKwon-Do ITF In China
More on Mr. Li Guangsong

PEDRO VICENTE PINZON
Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Colombia

AQUILES WONG KUNG YANG
Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Costa Rica

Pioneers of Tae Kwon Do In Croatia
Dusan Kruzic (1967)
Park Sun Jae (1968)
Nikola Pecko (1968)
Andrija Mijacika (1973-2002)
Miroslav Brezan
_{May 25, 1968 Master Park Sun Jae gave the first public demonstration
of Taekwondo}

Hwang Ho Yong
Father of TaeKwon-Do ITF In Czech

Robert Walson
Pioneer Instructor of Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
1974

Chung Won Park
Kyung Ho Shin
Pioneer Instructors of Gabon
1977

Pioneers of Taekwondo in Greece
1960's

Kook Do CHUN
Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Hawaii

Bok Man Kim
Pioneer of Taekwon-do In Hong Kong
About Bok Man Kim

Jimmy R. Jagtiani
Father of Tae Kwon Do In India

Bok Man Kim
Pioneer of Taekwon-do In Indonesia
About Bok Man Kim

Kim Soo Ryon
Pioneer of Taekwondo In Iran
1970

Rhee Ki Ha
Pioneer of Taekwon-do in the Republic of Ireland
About Rhee Ki Ha

KIM Yong-tae
Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In Africa
_{Photo by Kim Pyung-soo}