Congratulations to Aleena Duong, Kelsey Ha, Kody Han, Eddie Jeong, and Alex Twu for placing in the top 5 teams and qualifying USA for the Pan Am Games at the qualifying event in the Dominican Republic!

Head over to the USA-Taekwondo homepage to see this awesome writeup of USA’s own AJ!

Three-Time World Champion Adalis Munoz Born Out Of Dirt-And-Gravel Training

Thank you everyone for your support in attending our 3 USA National Poomsae Team fundraiser seminars in the past couple of weeks. Great appreciation toward our National Team coaching staff (Coaches Jung Jin, Barbara Brand, and Long Nguyen) for volunteering their time to travel to these events to conduct the seminars and raised funding for our National Poomsae Team. Thanks to many of the local National Team members for also coming out to help support the event.

These events would not be possible without our great hosts:
– Grandmaster Jin (Eagles Taekwondo)
– Master Erin Carpenter and Master Ryan Bishop (Farrell’s Martial Arts)
– Master Sean Jung (US Taekwondo Center Monument)

Don’t miss our next fundraiser seminar on June 2nd in Grapevine, Texas (lead by Coaches Barbara Brand and Thu Doolittle). There will also be other local National Team members coming to help as well. Registration is open on https://www.usat.hangastar.com

, and we hope to see you there!

Thank you Master Sloan (Taiga Taekwondo) and Master Sang Mee Ko (World Martial Arts) for hosting 2 successful fundraiser seminars for our U.S. National Poomsae Team on February 24 and March 5. Also, great appreciation goes out to our U.S. National Poomsae Team coaching staff (Coaches David J. Turgeonand Sky Hanul Choi) for volunteering their valuable time to conduct these 2 events.

Over $3,000 was raised at the TaigaTKD seminar, while another $1,500 was raised at the WMATKD seminar!

Don’t forget to check out our next seminar on April 21st in Southern California (registration available on www.usat.hangastar.com).

The National Poomsae Team is pleased to announce that the next National Poomsae Team Seminar of the year will be held at Eagle Taekwondo in Tustin, CA on Saturday, April 21, 2018.

Traditional forms will be taught as well as well as the new Beegak forms, led by National Poomsae Team Associate Coach Jung Hwang Jin. Two special guests will be present as well: GM Lee, director of the Korea National Demonstration Team, and Master Kwang Ho Park, 2x Under 30 Individual World Champion (2014, 2016). More information is available at https://poomsaeusa.wordpress.com/us-national-poomsae-team-seminar-tustin-ca-april-2018 and registration is now open on http://usat.hangastar.com.

With great momentum built for our first 2018 National Poomsae Team fundraiser seminar this weekend, we are pleased to announce our 2nd and 3rd seminar coming up! Don’t miss the opportunities to train with our National Poomsae Team Coaches David J. Turgeon and Barbara Brand.
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US National Poomsae Team Fundraising Seminar #2
Feb 24, 2018
Arnold, MO 
Instructor: Coach David J. Turgeon
Featuring: Recognized and New Beegak Poomsae
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US National Poomsae Team Fundraising Seminar #3
Mar 4, 2018
US National Poomsae Team Fundraising Seminar
Yorktown, VA
Instructor: Coach Sebastian “Sky” Choi
Featuring: Recognized Poomsae
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More information is available at https://poomsae-usa.com/upcoming-events/ and registration are now open on http://usat.hangastar.com.

The National Poomsae Team is pleased to announce that the first National Poomsae Team Seminar of the year will be held at Legacy Martial Arts in Columbia, SC on Sunday, Jan 14, 2018.

Traditional forms will be taught as well as well as the new Beegak forms, led by National Poomsae Team Coach David Turgeon. More information is available at https://poomsae-usa.com/us-national-poomsae-team-seminar-columbia-sc-january-2018/and registration is now open on http://usat.hangastar.com.

Congratulations to the 2017 USA Senior National Team on a fantastic showing at the WT President Cup – a G2/G1 event with 1,600+ athletes, on Oct. 4-5! With an action packed 2 days of competition in both Recognized and Freestyle, Team USA finished first place in the standings with 11 Golds, 6 Silvers, and 1 Bronze.

Medal results:

31 – 40 Female – Jessica Ayres – GOLD

Congratulations to the cadet and junior members of the team who competed at the 2017 Pan American Cadet and Junior Poomsae Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica on August 29-31.  Team USA poomsae finished with 5 gold, 4 silver and 10 bronze!

Male Poomsae Team Standing: 1st Place!
Female Poomsae Team Standing: 2nd Place
Male Poomsae Athlete of the Year: Ryan Real
Male Poomsae Coach of the Year: Daniel Chuang

Ryan Real – GOLD
Colton Sidell – BRONZE

Our 2017 USA National Poomsae Team Training Camp & Fundraiser was a great success, held on Aug, 12-13! We had a record breaking number for our camp with over 120 athletes, national team members, alternates, and coaches. Together, we were able to have a great 2-day camp, where athletes of all ages and experiences got to train with world class athletes and coaches. The camp helped raised $4,412.50 (after expenses), which will all go toward the National Team Poomsae Team.

The National Team also got to train together, establish strong dynamic, and start great preparation momentum toward Pan Am Championships and President Cup coming up.

Special thanks to the following:
– National Team Coaches Dan Chuang, David J. Turgeon, Barbara Brand, and Huy Nguyen for your valuable time working with all athletes.
– Stanford Taekwondo and Team-M Taekwondo for your warm hospitality hosting the event at such a wonderful venue and managed setup/breakdown.
– To all athletes and instructors for coming out. We hope you had a great time and look forward to seeing you at our next event!