"One of the special things you'll find at CW Boston is the group of instructors. They are uniquely talented, energetic and diverse and each has a well established history of teaching and leading students both one-on-one as well as in group classes. Their common heritage gives them a coherence that is invaluable in martial arts instruction. At the same time, each has taken a slightly different path in their own Taekwondo lives that brought them to Boston and the club. All told, their combined perspective and expertise from art to sport and back is simply without equal"

Brian began Taekwondo in 2001 at CW Taekwondo at Boston. He received his black belt in October 2003, rank certified by the Kukkiwon, the World Taekwondo Headquarters. Brian currently teaches sparring classes at CWB. He finds himself challenged to improve during each workout and enjoys the friendly atmosphere of the club. Brian works full time as a Senior Credit Analyst for Middlesex Savings Bank.

Chinedum started Taekwondo in 1994 at Cornell University with Grandmaster Han Don Cho and has progressed under his tutelage to 4th degree black belt. He competed actively with the Cornell team and later with the MIT team before moving on to coaching and instructing at MIT along with team coach Daniel Chuang. He continues to compete on the national level, as well as on the international stage where he is coached by Jun Chul and Sung Chul Whang of Westside Taekwondo. He represents his country, Trinidad and Tobago, in the welterweight category and has competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, as well as the 2001, 2003 and 2005 World Championships. He finds great joy in the practice and teaching of Taekwondo both as an art and as a sport. Currently, he is serving as club president. Outside of the dojang he does post-doctoral research on soft condensed matter physics at Harvard University.

Dan Chuang earned his first through fifth degree black belts under Master Han Don Cho of Ithaca, NY, certified by the Kukkiwon, the World Taekwondo Headquarters. Dan currently acts as the head instructor for C.W. Taekwondo at Boston, in addition to being the head coach of MIT's Sport Taekwondo Club, which was ranked the top collegiate club in the nation in 2004. He was also named the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association's Coach of the Year. Dan also serves as the Secretary General of the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association, and as a director of the Ivy Northeast Collegiate Taekwondo League. He also served as the men's team head coach for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain, where he had the pleasure of coaching his friend and training partner, Chinedum Osuji.

As a competitor, Dan has earned competition awards at the collegiate, national, and international levels. His awards include a national gold medal in black belt forms and a national bronze medal in black belt sparring. He was twice a member of the US Cup Taekwondo team, competing in France and Germany. When he's not training or teaching, Dan works full time as engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Kris started Taekwondo in 1993 at Cornell University with Grandmaster Han Don Cho. He moved to Boston in 1996 and after two year of of studying at other schools, formed CWB with 6 other Cornellians. Over the years, he has taught nearly every class at CWB and is also the club treasurer. Kris enjoys spreading the sense of community and friendship he found at Cornell to a new generation of enthusiastic taekwondoists. Outside of the dojang, he is a freelance software architect focusing in the biotech industry.

Mel Minear