OCTOBER 2010 TESTING RESULTS!

Congratulations to everyone who tested! The belt ceremony will take place Friday, October 29, during your regular class times.

YELLOW BELT

Alex Austin

Brett-L Strong – OUTSTANDING

Clay Skaggs

David Skaggs

Even Szentgyogyi – OUTSTANDING

Joey Austin

Jonathon Mani

Kristen Sarkisian – OUTSTANDING

Parkertazz Strong

Sara Sarkisian

YELLOW STRIPE

Arya Danesh – OUTSTANDING

Henry Fried

Kai Moran – See Office

Len Moran – See Office

Lucas Szentgyogyi – OUTSTANDING

Parnya Danesh

Sara Weinberg

PURPLE BELT

Astro Halliday – See Office

Elijah Goodwin

Gabriel McGrade

Gyula Kangiszer

John Phillip Singleton - OUTSTANDING

Josh Park – OUTSTANDING

PURPLE STRIPE

Andrew Chung

Ava Hinojosa

Evan Aizenman

Hendrik Koster

Lucas Hron

ORANGE BELT

Brandon Damico – OUTSTANDING

Isaac Amsterdam

Jake Damico – OUTSTANDING

Shayne Liggins

Swapnil Dash

ORANGE STRIPE

Cameron Cooper

Jacob Accardo

BLUE BELT

Advik Paharia

Benjamin Simon

Catherine Denton

Erik Garcia

Ethan Kim

Henry Kraft – OUTSTANDING

Hunter Griswold

Jackson Gross

Xavier Franco – See Office

BLUE STRIPE

Chacta Brice

Shanna Merhdad – See Office

Y-Thien Lam

GREEN BELT

Alex Alas-Arellano

Benjamin Lee

GREEN STRIPE

Ariella Ahdout

Renata Lovetman

Robert Sheehan

Shaun Ahdout

GREEN DOUBLE STRIPE

Afsaneh Safavi

Crystal Miles

Jack Lue

Layla Chessman

Renee Spei

RED

Benjamin Schlange

RED STRIPE

Ryan Abrishami

RED DOUBLE

Brian Weinberg

Kimberly Sheehan

Fun Foto of the Week

Yong Chong performing a backflip at the WUMAO 2009 Tournament Demonstrations.

If you have any good photos that you'd like to submit, email them to me at junchong411[at]gmail.com. Enjoy!

Fun Foto of the Week!

Grandmaster Jun Chong, Master Jim Goller, and Mrs. Ada Chong celebrate Hawaiian-style at the Master's Reception 2009 the night before the15th annual WUMAO tournament.

If you have any good photos that you'd like to submit, email them to me at junchong411[at]gmail.com. Enjoy!

Fun Foto of the Week

This week's fun foto of the week is actually a video of our fabulous Wilshire demo team performing at our June 2010 Open House. If you haven't seen them in action, make sure to attend the 16th annual WUMAO tournament tomorrow at Pasadena City College! Demonstrations start at 1pm!
Check out all our fun videos on our youtube channel!

If you have any good photos that you'd like to submit, email them to me at junchong411[at]gmail.com. Enjoy!

Fun Foto of the Week

I'm having way too much fun posting videos on our Fun Fotos of the Week now!

Alright. So for those who don't know, Grandmaster Jun Chong's first movie was a starring role in a Korean film back in the late 70's. When it was distributed to the United States, the smart people of them movie industry decided to change the title to "Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave" (as Bruce Lee had just passed away), but mind you the movie has nothing to do with Bruce Lee and all they did was add sound effects of all the "aws" and "owowows" that Master Chong did not dub.

In any case, Yong Chong found this fight clip from the film on youtube.com, and although it's a cheesey-sounding clip, the action still shows how talented the young Jun Chong was. If you ever do get to rent the film, you'll see the old Wilshire school featured in the film! Enjoy!

If you have any good photos that you'd like to submit, email them to me at junchong411[at]gmail.com. Enjoy!

Testimonial by Black belt Dexter Parker

"Principles of TaeKwonDo (1st dan essay)"
by Master Dexter Parker, 4th dan

I feel that the basic principles of Taekwondo is to make a better person out of the practitioner. Through intense study and research of this art, I've noticed a change in many types of people, but always for the better. It is a delicate art form but also a science because, just like science does something to change the environment and its people, so does Taekwondo over a period of time.
Secondly, I feel that Taekwondo is one, if not the most, devastating forms of martial arts today for self defense. It is for this reason we must train a person to use it for good and not for evil. Martial arts is like a weapon, much like a gun or knife, and its outcome is based on the person who uses it. Our job is to train people to handle this weapon correctly through mental training and growth in order to put it in the right hands. This is the deepest principle of the art.