Gerard Robbins, 9th Dan

First person of African descent to receive 9th Dan from Korea




       
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First Official USA National AAU Taekwondo 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,
Gary Mule, Clark Murphy, Robert Phillips and John Holloway
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Gerard Robbins (right) in 2nd World Taekwondo Games at Kukkiwon in 1975





                                                                                                                                    Gerard Robbins
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1st National USA  A.A.U. Taekwondo Black Belt Poomsae Gold Medalist - 1975
1st National USA  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)
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







ACKNOWLEDGMENTS



Mr. Hyung Sun Lee
International Section Chief
KUKKIWON

Dr. Chungwon Choue
President
World Taekwondo Federation

Dr. Un Yong Kim
IOC Vice President (R)
Founding President WTF


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Grandmaster Trân Triêu Quân
ITF President
International Taekwon-do Federation

Mr. Chol Gyu Kim
Executive Board Member
International Taekwon-Do Federation


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GM Kim Bok Man

GM Choi Chang Keun

GM Jong Soo Park


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GM Young II Kong

GM Sang Min Cho

GM Sam Soo Han


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GM Pyung Gyu Cho

GM Kyung Ho Min

GM Kyung Ho Min


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GM Kim Pyung Soo

GM Jhoon Goo Rhee

GM Joon Jae Lee


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Master Mounir Ghrawi
Author / Pioneer

GM Kang Dong Won
Traditional Taekwon-Do Magazine

Master Benny Rivera,
President
/ PTC


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Master David D.Kim
Coach 1973 USA Taekwondo Team

Master Ernie Reyes
West Coast Martial Arts Assn. 

GM Won Chik Park
US Grandmasters TKD Society


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Carine Lahoud Murr
President Lebanese Taekwondo Fed.

Master Rafael Medina
U.S. Armed Forces Taekwondo

Master Ji Ho Choi
President PATU


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Master Enrique Deacon
President Peru ITF Taekwon-Do

David Askinas
CEO / USATaekwondo

Sabum Dalibor Medic
V.P. Austrian Taekwon-Do Fed.


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Tom Seabourne, Ph.D
1979/USA National Gold Medalist

Flavio S. Joo Bang
President F.T.E.S.P.

Master Rafael Medina
CISM World TKD Silver Medalist


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Master Rex Hatfield
President NCTA

Sabum Daniel Hollinger
President ITF-Suisse

Master George Somersall
New Age Tae kwon do Hapkido


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Sabum Rafael Lopez
5 Time Spain I.T.F. Team Member


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