TAEKWONDO 

Brandon takes TKD at the Sunland Martial Arts Academy GRAND MASTER KIM is his instructor

TKD trains one to focus and concentrate on achieving goals.  It is not just a sport but a way of life.

BRANDON HAVING STARTED AT AGE 10 (NOW 17 YRS OLD) HAS WORKED HARD AND HAS COME A LONG WAY IN TKD, .

MASTER KIM                                                              MASTER WU

THANK YOU MOM AND DAD

 BLACK BELT TEST JUNE 12th 2006

FOUR  GUEST MASTERS JUDGING THE BLACK BELT PROMOTION

KICKING                                                                                                                                              FORMS

                                                                                                                                                  Adrianna, Brandon, Javier

THREE ON ONE SPARRING DURING THE BLACK BELT TEST

BREAKING BOARDS WITH FEET

MASTER KIM HOLDING AS BRANDON IS

BREAKING BOARD USING HIS HEAD                                         Breaking board with hand

ONE MORE HAND                                                                             

ONE MORE FOOT

NOW THE REAL ADVENTURE IN TKD BEGINS.... THE DEGREES OF BLACK BELT                                                                                                                       

       Breaking with Elbow during Blue belt test                                                                                  

  GETTING THE BLUE BELT

GETTING THE GREEN BELT

PRACTICING FORMS AS AN ORANGE BELT 2002

A COUPLE OF HIS FRIENDS IN TKD A FEW YEARS AGO

Jonathon, Gilbert, Robert, Brandon                                           Harry and Brandon

 HARD PRACTICE EQUALS AN EASIER COMPETITION ?

COMPETING-TIME TO PUT ALL THE PRACTICE TO THE TEST

Sunland Martial Arts also has a competition once a year (click here)

Master Kim requires each student to participate in at least three events before they can test for their Black belt. 

The events are fun and show many students the sport side of TKD for the first time.

Each event may have multiple disciplines the students may compete in, such as forms, sparing, weapons, judo sweep, and others. These are determined by the event host. They are put into categories according to age, size and belt level.

How well they do is determined by how well  they can focus and put into practice what they have been taught in the studio, and can do so, not only in the test ring against one or two others ( determined by the discipline being tested ), but in front of hundreds of on looking participants, and fans.

Competitions also let them know what they have to work on more in the studio before the next time they go.

What to compete in is determined by the student and is more of a test of themselves and how they handle the results than anything else.

MEDAL COUNT SO FAR:   19 GOLD   2 SILVER   9 Bronze and 2 trophies

                               There are no losers                                            OUR YOUNGER TEAM AT ONE OF THE EVENTS

BRANDON  IN THE JUDO SWEEP                                   A YOUNGER BRANDON BETWEEN EVENTS