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Recently, Sikeston and Cape Girardeau Taekwondo Advantage schools welcomed Grandmaster Brenda Sell, 8th degree blackbelt and President of The United States Chung Do Kwan Association for a special seminar taught by Gm Sell on the technical aspects of form. The highlight of the night was a special black belt graduation for those who recently took a four hour physical exam. Pictured left, front row, Robert Madigan from New Madrid-1st degree black, Aaron Rinda from Cape Girardeau-1st degree, Tristin Zimmerman, Sikeston-2nd degree, Gabe Vaught, Sikeston-1st degree. Back row, Jenifer Abate, Sikeston-1st degree, Grandmaster Brenda Sell, Lakeland, FL, Tim Wall,-5th degree, Master Instructor and Zane Riley, Blodgett-2nd degree

Monday October 15, 2007 Master Instructor Tim Wall unveils plans for the future of Taekwondo Advantage. Master Wall says, 'It has already started with the assignment of key individuals in key positions". Each staff member is responsible for their particular assignments. Mr. Zane Riley, 2nd degree black belt is rebuilding a new and much improved web site- with more student interaction capabilities such as password protected forms and one-step videos, more media and other cool stuff. Mr. Riley is also in charge of our Chung Do Extreme forms training. Ms Ashley Brown , 2nd Dan, has been promoted to Head Instructor at the Sikeston Studio. Mr. Sergio Ramos has been appointed Head Instructor at the Cape TKD Advantage. Alex Griffith has been appointed to assistant instructor at the Cape Studio, and will be in charge of of rebirthing the School News Letter. Mrs. Sherri Jackson is our new Lil' Tigers Co-teacher for Sikeston. Mr. Jason Lynch- Chief Instructor has returned and is in charge of all Project Action activities, along with teaching Olympic Style Sparring for those students interested in that aspect of the sport. When ask for a comment, Master Wall said, " I have great trust and belief our new staff will meet and exceed my expectations and will take the Schools places that seemed out of reach only one year ago". "Both studios will be undergoing remodeling as part of the two year plan . "Those projects are underway and expected to be complete before the end of the year". " This is just the top of the ice-berg, more exciting things are also slated ". Master Wall said.

Students from both the Cape and Sikeston Schools celebrated National Martial Arts Day by participating in a fund raiser for Project Action. Martial art schools across the United States also took part in the event. The prior record was 8 million kicks. Taekwondo Advantage students raised over one thousand dollars with a total of over 3,000 kicks thrown in the allotted one hour time frame. The event was coordinated by Chief Instructor Jason Lynch Pictures Soon. " Our first fund raiser was a success". Master Instructor Tim Wall

On Saturday September 22nd Taekwondo Advantage held their fall black belt test. The physical test lasted almost four hours. Congratulations goes out to the following students; Jennifer Abate-1st degree, Robert Madigan-1st degree, Gabe Vaught-1st degree, Aaron Rinda-1st degree, Tristin Zimmerman-2nd and Mr. Zane Riley- 2nd.

Recently students from Taekwondo Advantage in Sikeston went for advancement in rank in their chosen art. They took written exams including instructors certification tests. The physical test took three and a half hours and included knowledge on basic techniques, combinations of advanced techniques, form, one-step sparring, free sparring, and a test of accuracy with the feet and hands. Pictured from left: Back row, Ashley Brown- 2nd degree black belt, Sergio Ramos- 1st degree, Heather Carden-2nd degree,

Aaron Welter-1st degree, Ben Jackson-2nd degree, Catherine Jackson-2nd Degree. Also pictured is Tim Wall, Internationally certified Master Instructor, Owner of Taekwondo Advantage schools in Sikeston and Cape Girardeau.

Thursday night the Sikeston Taekwondo Advantage was filled to capacity for its monthly graduation ceremony. All the graduates did an outstanding job in the demonstration of their martial art techniques. Pictured below are the graduates and the instructors, also pictured is Master wall having some fun with student Shannon Jones from Sikeston.