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taekwondo hall of fame®

The Taekwondo Hall of Fame (a registered trademark, TKDHOF) is an international organization of National, Regional; and Continental Directors who are themselves members of World Taekwondo (WT), International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), World TaeKwon-Do Alliance (WTA), and other major taekwondo associations. The technical advisors are responsible for identifying, recognizing and honoring persons and groups who have significantly contributed to the development, growth, and advancement of taekwondo as a martial art and global sport. The president and founder of the Taekwondo Hall of Fame is Gerard Robbins.

The Taekwondo Hall of Fame headquarters is located in New Jersey, USA with technical advisory staff located in Korea, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Afghanistan, Russia, Ireland, India and elsewhere.

About the founder

· 9th Dan (Jidokwan #317) First person of African descent to receive 9th Dan from Korea

· Founder / Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame®

· First Taekwondo Black Belt named "All American" by Amateur Athletic Union of the United States ('75)

· Director of the Following Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame Ceremonies


August 25, 2011

Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Headquarters Seoul, Korea

· October 18, 2013

Las Vegas, Nevada USA

· February 24, 2014

Tehran, Iran

· April 11, 2015

Toronto, Canada

· May 8th, 2015

Chelyabinsk and St Petersburg Russia

· September 25, 2015

Zagreb, Croatia 

· March 1, 2016 (Taekwondowon)

Muju, South Korea

· September 22, 2017

New York, USA

· June 17 22, 2018

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

· August 24, 2019

Bangkok, Thailand

- PARTIAL COMPETITIVE HISTORY –

1972 - 1973

1972 - 1973

1972 - 1973

  •  Grand Champion, Penn Taekwondo Championships, Norristown, PA, ('72)
  • 2nd Pl. Breaking , Richard Chun Universal Open Taekwondo Championships, ('72)
  • Grand Champion, Pu Gill Kwons Universal Championships, Atlantic City, NJ, ('73)
  • Grand Champion, Mahn Suh Park Taekyun Championships, ('73)
  • First Place Heavyweight, Mahn Suh Park Taekyun Championships, ('73)


 

1974 - 1975

1972 - 1973

1972 - 1973

  •  1st Place Forms U.S. Open United Taekwondo Championships, 

Cincinnati, Ohio('74)

  • 1st Place Forms, Kyong Lee College Championships, Toronto ('74)
  • Member of USA Team "Battle of Champions" USA v Canada - Montreal ('75)
  • Grand Champion Nam Son Paek's Championships ('75)
  • Grand Champion Brooklyn International Championships ('75) 

1975

1972 - 1973

1976 - 1978

  • Grand Champion Ik Jo Kang's Taekwondo Championship - NY ('75)
  • Grand Champion Howard Lee's Taekwondo Championships ('75)
  • Grand Champion Won Keun Bai's Taekwondo Championships ('75)
  • Member USA Team "Battle of Champions" USA v Canada - Montreal, Canada ('75)
  • Gold Medalist 1st USA National AAU Taekwondo Heavy Sparring ('75)

1976 - 1978

1976 - 1978

1976 - 1978

  •  Gold Medalist 1st USA National AAU Taekwondo Championships Poomsae ('76)
  • Competed in 2nd World Taekwondo Championships Seoul, Korea ('75)
  • Grand Champion Ki Chung Kim' s Championships (Master's Division) ('75)
  • 1st Place Forms Worley's Mid America Championships ('76)
  • Competed in 1st Pre-World Taekwondo Games Seoul, Korea ('78)

1978

1976 - 1978

1978 - 1979

  • First Place Heavyweight, Henry Cho's All American Open Championships, ('78)
  • Gold Medalist National Taekwondo Championships ('78)
  • Gold Medalist 1st Pan Am Taekwondo Championships - Mexico City ('78)
  • Grand Champion All American Open Championships - NY ('78)
  • 2nd Forms All American Open Championships - NY ('78)

1978 - 1979

1976 - 1978

1978 - 1979

  • Grand Champion West Coast Open Championships - Los Angeles CA. ('78)
  • Grand Champion 1st Caribbean Taekwondo Championships ('78)
  • 1st Place Poomsae 1st Caribbean Taekwondo Championships ('78)
  • Grand Champion 2nd Caribbean Taekwondo Championships ('79)
  • Silver Medalist AAU National Taekwondo Championships ('79)

1981 - 1982

1981 - 1982

1981 - 1982

  • Grand Champion Won Keun Bai's Taekwondo Championships ('81)
  • First Place Heavyweight, Won Keun Bai's Championships, ('81)
  • First Place Heavyweight, Henry Cho's All American Open Championships, ('81)
  • Grand Champion Atlantic Open Karate Championships ('82)
  • Grand Champion Suk Jun Kim's U.S. Open Taekwondo ('82)

1983 - 1986

1981 - 1982

1981 - 1982

  • Bronze Medalist Suk Jun Kim's U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships ('83)
  • Gold Medalist 2nd New Jersey State Taekwondo Championships ('83)
  • Grand Champion Eagle Cup Taekwondo Championships ('84)
  • Grand Champion Y. B Choi's 12th Annual Taekwondo Championships ('86)
  • Gold Medalist Garden State Games - Taekwondo Division ('86)

1986 - 1988

1981 - 1982

1986 - 1988

  •  Gold Medalist Garden State Games - Karate Division ('86)
  • 1st Place Forms Worley's Mid America Championships ('86)
  • Silver Medalist Keystone State Championships ('87)
  • Grand Champion Ki Yun Yi's Taekwondo Championships ('88)
  • Bronze Medalist U.S.T.U New Jersey State Games ('88) 

1986 - 1988

  • Featured in numerous martial arts publications including Taekwondo Times,
    Traditional Taekwon-do, Black Belt Magazine, Karate Illustrated, and Official Karate.
  • Member - The Korea Society/ New York
  • Member- Korean Business Central 
  • International Advisor -Korea Martial Arts Society

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