INSTRUCTORS From The Top
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On the 18th - 20th of November 2011 IX DAN Grand Master Van Binh together with VI DAN Mr. Rattet from White Tigers provided a Masters Instruction for both instructors and students on the US West Coast. Schools that attended where as far away as Fusion Taekwon-do from Medford Oregon, Mightyfist and Mission Sierra from San Jose and Hardings Martial Arts in San Ramon. The event was held in San Ramon at Mr. Harding's New Studio of 5000 square feet.
The event was full of fun and
instruction, as Master Van Binh is always full of surprizes and great
instruction. Grand Master awards black belts to 11 students/instructors
from 1st Dan to 5th. Thank you Grand Master for your great gift of instruction and great humor.
On Sunday November 20th Mr. Rattet gave his best performance providing instruction to all attending Black Belt in the training of Tournament Judging. Mr. Rattet a VI Dan and owner of White Tigers Taekwon-Do Studios gave a brilliant and dynamic instruction which will stay with all the current and rank increased Black Belts. Thank you Mr. Rattet for you great dedication to Taekwon-Do.
MSTKD INSTRUCTORS
Our Instructors originally gained their discipline in defining the martial art FORM and the details of fast Weapons MOVEMENT. We have added to that the POWER of Board Breaking, and the SPEED and AGILITY of a rigorous Self Defense found in Hapkido and Jujitzu. A student may become disciplined physically, and mentally in preparation for obstacles in this life through the use of TaeKwon-Do instruction. MSTKD Instructors are humbled, by the extraordinary movements in the study of Taekwon-Do found in the discipline of the International Taekwon-Do Federation. That which is studied in Nature can provide the means of how to develop dicipline in the life of the Soul.
General Choi found that Five particular Tenets are essential in the development of a diciplined human character. Those Tenents are Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self Control and an Indomitable Spirit.
The Tenets of TaeKwon-Do can gradually be developed as a result of much patience, practice and perseverence in overcoming physical and mental limitations' and changing those limitations into strengths.
Below are the three Instructors of Mission Sierra TaeKwon-Do - a brother and two sisters Sam, Sarah and Catherine Lewis. Their discipline was developed from a dedicated and quite serious preparation for TaeKwon-Do tournaments, competing one on one against some of the BEST students in American & Canadian TaeKwon-Do.
Sam Lewisa 3rd DAN Black Belt is the Chief Instructor at Mission Sierra TaeKwon-Do. Sam together with his two sisters started Mission Sierra Taekwon-Do and International Taekwon-Do Member School which is located in Silicon Valley, California. Our current school is located in the East hills overlooking East San Jose. ITF has inspired Sam to take a more serious road in Martial Arts than he has previously achieved. He is an honorable instructor, who puts the values of Taekwon-do above recognition and achievements.
Sam's primary focus has been Weapons, Patterns, and Self Defense especially Hapkido. Sam has found that traditional Taekwon-Do with its consistency in movement is best for overall discipline in a Martial Art school instruction program. His own development has made him a very dedicated Instructor.
2001 1st DAN
2004 2nd DAN
2011 3rd DAN
Number | Year | TOP TEN | Event | PLACED | MEDAL |
1 | 2001 | CA STATE | FORM | 8th |
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2 | 2001 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 8th |
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3 | 2002 | CA STATE | FORM | 6th |
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4 | 2002 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 9th |
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5 | 2003 | CA STATE | FORM | 1st |
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6 | 2003 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 8th |
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7 | 2003 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 1st |
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8 | 2003 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 1st | GOLD |
9 | 2004 | CA STATE | FORM | 1st |
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10 | 2004 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 3rd |
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11 | 2004 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 1st |
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12 | 2004 | WORLD | FORM | 2nd | SILVER |
13 | 2004 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 3rd | BRONZE |
14 | 2004 | WORLD | SPARRING | 6th |
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15 | 2005 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 4th |
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16 | 2005 | CA STATE | FORM | 2nd |
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17 | 2005 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 10th |
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18 | 2005 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 2nd |
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19 | 2006 | CA STATE | FORM | 4th |
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20 | 2006 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 3rd |
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21 | 2007 | CA STATE | FORM | 2nd |
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22 | 2007 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 5th |
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23 | 2007 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 2nd |
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Sarah Lewis
A2nd DAN Black Belt and is Instructor at Mission Sierra TaeKwon-Do an ITF school located in Silicon Valley, California. Sarah together with her sister and brother left the American Taekwondo Association ATA in 2008. Sarah was the only young adult ever to win ATA California's Weapons Championship five years in a row. Her main competitors Arluna Fuller and Jessica Chan were Tops on the West Coast. She also won the second Gold medal in Weapons for the Lewis family. She has been in TaeKwon-Do since 2000 when she joined ATA the American Taekwondo Association and achieved the following...
2002 1st DAN
2005 2nd DAN
NUMBER | YEAR | TOP TEN | EVENT | PLACE | MEDAL |
1 | 2003 | CA STATE | FORM | 5th |
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2 | 2003 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 4th |
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3 | 2003 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 1st |
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4 | 2003 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 4th |
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5 | 2004 | CA STATE | FORM | 4th |
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6 | 2004 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 6th |
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7 | 2004 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 1st |
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8 | 2004 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 1st | GOLD |
9 | 2005 | CA STATE | FORM | 2nd |
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10 | 2005 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 3rd |
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11 | 2005 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 1st |
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12 | 2005 | WORLD | FORM | 3rd | BRONZE |
13 | 2005 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 2nd | SILVER |
14 | 2006 | CA STATE | FORM | 2nd |
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15 | 2006 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 9th |
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16 | 2006 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 1st |
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17 | 2006 | WORLD | FORM | 5th |
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18 | 2006 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 4th |
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19 | 2007 | CA STATE | FORM | 3rd |
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20 | 2007 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 5th |
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21 | 2007 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 1st | |
22 | 2010 | USA | GROUP | 1ST |
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Catherine LewisA 3rd DAN Black Belt and is an Associate Instructor at Mission Sierra TaeKwon-Do. Catherine recently attending ITF Worlds New Zealand in March of 2011 in which she won a Bronze Medal for Patterns in the Junior Divsion. Catherine along with her sister and brother joined ITF in 2009 after leaving ATA (American Taekwondo Association) a year earlier. Catherine the third Lewis family member to win Gold at ATA Worlds was also triple crown California State Top Ten Champion twice. Her major competitor from Nevada (now in California), a real close friend by the name of Alexa Rodrigues is one of the best. In the 2008 World Championship in Little Rock Arkansas, Alexa when called up to perform her weapons stopped the event - paused and said to the judges and the audience " I would like to say to you that my very close friend Catherine Lewis could not attend the 2008 World Championship this year."
2003 1st DAN
2005 2nd DAN
2011 3rd DAN
NUMBER | YEAR | TOP TEN | EVENT | PLACE | MEDAL |
1 | 2003 | CA STATE | FORM | 1st |
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2 | 2003 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 1st |
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3 | 2003 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 1st |
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4 | 2004 | CA STATE | FORM | 2nd |
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5 | 2004 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 1st |
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6 | 2004 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 1tst |
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7 | 2004 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 6th |
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8 | 2005 | CA STATE | FORM | 1st |
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9 | 2005 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 1st |
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10 | 2005 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 1st |
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11 | 2005 | WORLD | FORM | 3rd | BRONZE |
12 | 2005 | WORLD | SPARRING | 6th |
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13 | 2005 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 1st | GOLD |
14 | 2006 | CA STATE | FORM | 2nd |
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15 | 2006 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 2nd |
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16 | 2006 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 2nd |
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17 | 2006 | WORLD | FORM | 4th |
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18 | 2006 | WORLD | SPARRING | 6th |
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19 | 2006 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 4th |
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20 | 2007 | CA STATE | FORM | 5th |
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21 | 2007 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 4th |
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22 | 2007 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 2nd |
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23 | 2007 | WORLD | WEAPONS | 4th | |
24 | 2008 | CA STATE | FORM | 4th |
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25 | 2008 | CA STATE | SPARRING | 4th |
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26 | 2008 | CA STATE | WEAPONS | 3rd |
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27 | 2010
| USA
| SPARRING | 3rd |
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28 | 2010 | USA | PATTERNS | 2nd
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29 | 2010 | USA | GROUP P
| 1st |
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30 | 2011 | WORLD | PATTERNS | 3rd
| BRONZE |
REFERENCE TABLE
RED = FORM POOMSAE
BLUE = SPARRING
PURPLE = WEAPONS
WORLD CHAMPION MEDAL - GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Note: The total number of awards earned for all three Instructors combined is well over 700 Trophies or Medals for 1st, 2nd or 3rd
