by Phuoc Dang | Jun 1, 2019 | New School
New School OwnerMr. William (Bill) Kyner 3rdDegree Sr. Black BeltExcel Martial Arts Jacksonville, AL Mr. Kyner took his first class at Ted Turgeon’s Taekwondo in October of 2010, not realizing that just seven years later on December 25, 2017 he would become the new...
by Phuoc Dang | Jun 1, 2019 | New School
New School Owner M. Marai Jimenez 4th degree Black Belt Frisco Taekwondo America (formerly Lacy’s Elite Taekwondo) Frisco, TX Ms. Jimenez (or some version of it by students … or “Jimmy” as her Texas school owner friends call her) officially became a school owner...
by Phuoc Dang | Sep 6, 2018 | Rank announcement
Mrs. Jenny Lacy Becoming Taekwondo America’s Newest 8th Degree Black Belt at the September 2018 National In 1985, after sitting and watching her husband for countless classes, Mrs. Lacy decided to try her first taekwondo class. As she tells it “long ago, in a land far...
by Phuoc Dang | Sep 6, 2018 | Rank announcement
Mr. Jason Kesler Will Earn His 7th Degree at the September 2018 Nationals Mr. Jason Kesler Fishers Elite Martial Arts Will Earn His 7th Degree at the September 2018 Nationals Mr. Kesler took his first class as a favor for a friend and enjoyed it immensely. After two...
by Phuoc Dang | Sep 6, 2018 | Rank announcement
Mr. Robby Lacy will be the First to be awarded 9th Degree Black Belt at the September 2018 Nationals Mr. Robby Lacy Taekwondo America’s First 9th Degree Black Belt Where it all began … Mr. Robby Lacy took his first taekwondo class in April 1977 (one month before the...
by Sean Baxter | Feb 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mr. Michael Dominach awarded his 7th Degree Black Belt at the January 2018 Nationals Mr. Michael Dominach, owner of Dominach’s Taekwondo Academy in Independence KY, started Taekwondo in January of 1991. He finds it almost unbelievable that this new rank marks 27...
by Sean Baxter | Jan 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mr. Jason Byrd began his martial arts journey early in 1993 at Mr. and Mrs. Lacy’s Taekwondo school in Roanoke Virginia. Because it was about an hour drive each way for his family he could only make it to class a couple of times a week until he got his drivers...
by Sean Baxter | Sep 16, 2017 | Rank announcement
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis began taking Taekwondo in 1985 at Faulkner State College in Bay Minette Alabama. After transferring to the University of South Alabama she started taking classes from Mr. Warren Davis and Mr. Rick Hoadley. Mrs. Davis began teaching Taekwondo in...
by Phuoc Dang | Sep 16, 2017 | Rank announcement
Mr. Sean Baxter, owner of Concord Taekwondo America, is awarded his 7th Degree Black Belt Karate Kid came to the neighborhood theaters the summer Mr. Baxter turned 18. After a childhood of wielding homemade bo-staffs with friends inspired by Black Belt Theater and...
by Sean Baxter | Sep 15, 2017 | Rank announcement
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