Credentials

• Kukkiwon Certified 7th Dan Black Belt

• Kukkiwon International Master Instructor (2nd Class)

• Kukkiwon Poom/Dan Examiner (2nd Class)

• Level 3 USA Taekwondo Coach

• AAU Taekwondo National-Level Coach

Accolades at a Glance

• 🥋 2000 AAU Regional Champion – 3 Gold Medals

• 🥋 2005 U.S. President’s Cup – Gold Medalist

• 🥋 2023 U.S. Taekwondo Open – 5 Gold Medals

• 🥋 2025 Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Hangmadang – 3 Gold Medals 

• 🥋 2025 California Open – 2 Gold Medals

Professional Highlights

• Over 40 years of Taekwondo experience

• Trained under 9th Dan Grandmaster Kim (1980)

• Trained under Olympic Gold Medalist Kuk Hyun Chung (1995–2000)

• Coached and developed 14+ National Champions (Since 1996 to Present)

• Founded of Pure Taekwondo (2004)

• Head Coach of the Stanford Taekwondo Program (15 years)

• Co-Director of the Stanford Taekwondo Open (12 years)

• Launched Google’s Mountain View Taekwondo Program (2016)

• Guided 21 athletes to AAU West Coast Regional and National titles (2025)