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Kosloski is a black belt sparring competitor who won 2nd place in the 2011 Pan Am Open Taekwondo Championships He also won the 2011 USA Taekwondo World Class Black Belt Sparring Competition (10-11 Finweight) without any of his opponents scoring a kick or punch against him. This distinction
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Ghassan Timani has been a major player in Colorado Taekwondo since before he took over the school in 1995. He has served over a decade as an officer of the Colorado State Taekwondo Association, currently as Treasurer. He has been quoted in a number of print articles on martial arts and In
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Ghassan has now passed the school on to Master Pottle, who has overseen its continued success and growth. Since then, the Korean Academy of Taekwondo has continued to expand. Master Emelio Tio moved to Texas where he opened an independent KAT Texas branch. Master Pottle has also opened a
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February 1980 by Grandmaster Jae Kyu Chung. The school has produced numerous tournament champions and has trained thousands of students throughout the years. They have also contributed several non-peer reviewed articles on the physics and mechanics of martial
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Cornell University, where he is mentioned several times in their club history He was also captain of the first ever Ivy/Northeast Collegiate Taekwondo League All Star Team. He also is the Taekwondo faculty member at
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Distance, called “The Donut of Danger”. Students in the school have also written articles on using
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