Co-Director and Head Instructor, C.W. Taekwondo at Boston, 1999-present
Head Instructor, MIT Sport Taekwondo Club, 2000-present
Instructor, MIT Physical Education, Sport Taekwondo Class, 2000-present
Director, Ivy/Northeast Collegiate Taekwondo League, 2002-present
Instructor, Tufts University Physical Education, Taekwondo Class, 2000-2002
Instructor and Coach, University at Buffalo Taekwondo Club, 1997-1999
Assistant Instructor/Captain, Cornell Sport Taekwondo Club, 1995-1997

Coaching/Instructor Awards

Coach of the Year, National Collegiate Taekwondo Association , 2004
1st place, National Collegiate Overall Division 2004, as coach of MIT Sport Taekwondo
INCTL League Champion as coach of MIT Sport Taekwondo, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
US Cup Team Assistant Coach, 2003
Letter of Commendation from the Kukkiwon, 2001
Award of Appreciation, University at Buffalo Taekwondo, 1999

Sparring Medals

Gold Medal - US Cup (fin), US Cup Team, 2003
Bronze Medal - Park Pokal in Sindelfingen, Germany (fin), 2003
US National Team Trials (fin), 2002
US Open Championships, 2002
Bronze Medal - US National Championships (fin), 2002
US Open Championships, 2001
Gold Medal - US Cup (fin), US Cup Team, 2000:
Silver Medal - Taekwonmudo Championships (fin), Paris, France, 2000
US Open Championships, 1998
Bronze Medal - US National Collegiate Team Trials (fin), 1998
Bronze Medal - US National Collegiate Championships (fin), 1998
Gold Medal - New York State Championships (fly), 1997
Bronze Medal - US Collegiate National Championships (fly) 1996
Gold Medal - New York State Championships (fly), 1996

Forms Medals

Gold Medal - US National Championships, Forms (4th Dan), 2004
Silver Medal - US Open Championships, Forms (3rd Dan), 2002
Silver Medal - US National Championships, Forms (2nd Dan), 2000
Silver Medal - US National Collegiate Championshpis, Forms (2nd Dan), 1998
Gold Medal - US National Collegiate Championships, Forms (all Dans), 1997
Gold Medal - New York State Championships, Forms, (1st Dan), 1997
Silver Medal - US National Championships, Forms (1st Dan), 1996
Gold Medal - New York State Championships (1st Dan), 1996

Ivy Northeast Collegiate Taekwondo League

Competed in the INCTL between 1993-1997 as part of the Cornell University Sport Taekwondo Team in forms and sparring.
Cornell A-team MVP, 1996-1997 Season. Cornell Sport TKD team won the INCTL League Cup 4 out 5 years, and placed 3rd in the
country at the NCTA championships twice during that period.

Learned Tang Soo Do as a child (as Chinedum never lets me forget!), but fell in love with Taekwondo while attending Cornell University, where I learned from Master Han Cho and all of my teamates in the prolific Cornell Sport TKD program. Cornell's TKD program at that time averaged an annual enrollment of 200+ students and had a strong culture. While at Cornell, I
competed in the Ivy Northeast Collegiate TKD League, a collegiate TKD league founded by Masters Sung Chul and Jun Chul Whang of West Side Taekwondo, who have also been my competition coaches over the years since I graduated.

The sense of comaraderie in the INCTL, both within teams and across different teams within the league, was really special, and inspired me to continue
to compete and teach after graduating. Since then, I have tried to stay involved with training and teaching Taekwondo, first at the University at Buffalo TKD Club, then helping to get C.W. Taekwondo at Boston off the ground with my friends and former Cornell teamates, and also founding and coaching the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club with the help of MIT student Christina Park. I
have remained active as a competitor at the regional, national and international level. I continue to balance my training for competition with my efforts as an instructor at CW, a coach at the MIT Sport TKD Club, and as a director of the INCTL.

Vibrant and fun, always meeting new people and working out alongside old friends.

In those rare free moments that I have, I enjoy a good book, movies from all genres but especially Asian cinema, a game of tennis, or chilling with friends.

Taekwondo is about community - connecting with people who share your passion for the art and sport of TKD, and self discovery - forcing you to honestly assess yourself and change through hard work.

Competition workouts that leave me limp, crazy late-night sparring and training sessions, countless hours on email, getting a drink after practice (that's a "bear" or two to those in the know), promotion tests, parties chez Ben and Adrian, email blitzes from Chinedum, policy proposals by Chris, "Being Dan Chuang", Mel's funky ki-up and chocolate confections (not related), Kristian's bionic running men, Ji's "light" contact sparring, Chris T the "method" man with his tactical sparring, Mike's dizzying steps, Fabio's ridiculous narabang, Fredson's ups, Jayson getting about 150% stronger each year,
Imani rolling her eyes at Daddy G, Liza letting me know I've said something wrong, Kathy's machine gun sparring (can't .. keep ... up), Marc's suave style (not just in sparring) and killer right leg, Christina's BK (that's back kick, yup), Caroline's deadly push kick, Hamilton the motor-mouth (kidding ...), Kyria's trademark hook kick, Pano "can you pleeeze wear a helmet", and our very own cardio kick boxing Olympian webmaster instructor club president "jedi mind trick" master and workout machine Chinedum, who has been there night in and night out pushing and making everyone better.

Testing for my black belt at Cornell; unreal summers spent in Ithaca with friends training at the Lansing dojang; that crazy summer of 2001 training in ~100 degree heat night after night at "the church" with Kathy; Chinedum and Marc; qualifying for my first US National Team Trials by beating the previous year's national champion; winning the first INCTL cup as coach of the MIT Sport TKD team; opening our dojang's doors in Cambridge, MA; traveling to Athens to watch Chinedum compete in the
Olympics.

"Every one is bad ... until they're good."