Gerard Robbins, 9th Dan
First person of African descent to receive 9th Dan from Korea |
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Gerard Robbins
Competitve Record
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 |
Dr. Chungwon Choue |
Dr. Un Yong Kim |
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Grandmaster Trân Triêu Quân |
Mr. Chol Gyu Kim |
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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 |
GM Kang Dong Won |
Master Benny Rivera, |
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Master David D.Kim |
Master Ernie Reyes |
GM Won Chik Park |
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Carine Lahoud Murr |
Master Rafael Medina |
Master Ji Ho Choi |
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Master Enrique Deacon |
David Askinas |
Sabum Dalibor Medic |
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Tom Seabourne, Ph.D |
Flavio S. Joo Bang |
Master Rafael Medina |
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Master Rex Hatfield |
Sabum Daniel Hollinger |
Master George Somersall |
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Sabum Rafael Lopez |
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