The Magnificent Seven

On June 15th & 16th of 2007, Louisville, Kentucky's Galt House Hotel played host to the 23rd Annual Bluegrass Nationals World Karate Championships.  This 5A rated tournament, on the NASKA (North American Sport Karate Association) world circuit, held over 1200 competitors from all across the United States and Canada.  Many Regional, National, and World Champions came to compete in this prestigious event.  The seven students competing from Kwanzaa Martial Arts Academy were Trevor Young, Hamza Counstantine, Thaer Benkhadra, Yazen Hajeh, Gregory Farley, Desmond Granger, and David Muhammad.  Six of the seven students placed and received awards.  They were accompanied by Master Muhammad.

Kwanzaa Martial Arts Academy Takes 1st Place!

Congratulations to all of the students who participate in the Spring St. Louis Taekwondo Championship sponsored by Master David Blevins of Blue Wave Martial Art Center d on April 21, 2007.  The following students were awarded 1st Place medals: Ibrahim Benkhadra - sparring, Thaer Benkhadra - sparring, David Muhammad - sparring, Jaylon Mosely - sparring & forms, Omar Benkhadra - sparring,
Marcus Bigby - sparring.

3rd Dan Competes in National
Tournament!

We're proud to announce that David Muhammad is realizing a life-long goal by competing in the 42nd Annual AKA Grand Nationals Martial Arts Championships located in Rosemont (Chicago) Illinois on January 26th & 27th 2007.  This tournament is part of the NASKA National tournament circuit world tour.  There were over 550 competitors at the tournament.  Mr. Muhammad placed 4th in Men's 18-29 traditional Korean forms.  There were 16 people in this division.  Mr. Muhammad also placed 7th in Men's 18-29 traditional weapons.  There were 18 people in this division. 
Congratulations on representing!

                                                                   

Regional Tournament Results

Congratulations to all of the participants and supporters of the Traditional 2006 Fall Midwest Chung Do Championships, held in Kansas City, Mo. on October 28th.

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State Champions:  Congratulations

Hearty Shoutouts to two of our own competing in the Show Me State Games Taekwondo Championship held in Columbia, Mo. on July 29, 2006.

Mr. Konsta Myrick:
1st Place Heavyweight Men's Continuous Sparring, 2nd Place Men's BlackBelt Forms.

Mr. David Muhammad:
1st Place Adult Weapons, 2nd Place Heavyweight Men's Continuous Sparring.
Three warriors representing the Chung Do Taekwondo Association successfully competed in the Tornado Internationals AChampionship held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Kansas City on July 15, 2006.  Those students from Kwanzaa Martial Arts Academy were:

Konsta Myrick 4th Dan, IKF Full Contact Amatuer Kickboxing 1st Place Heavyweight.

David Muhammad 3rd Dan, Overall Grand Championship Point Sparring 2nd Place, 1st Place Middleweight Point Sparring, 2nd Place Open Extreme Weapons Forms, 4th Place Traditional Forms.

Gregory Farley 2nd Dan, 2nd Place
Heavyweight Point Sparring.

Tournament News: Congratulations

Kwanzaa Martial Arts Academy!

The goal of the Kwanzaa Martial Arts Academy is to prepare youth and adults to reach their highest potential through concentration and disciplined action.  The Kwanzaa Martial Arts Academy accomplishes this by providing a logical training process designed to condition the entire body balancing physical, mental and spiritual aspects into one focused effort.

The martial art training is a forum to build character in the student.  Respect for authority, inner discipline, cooperative learning, correct breathing and meditation are infused with specific martial arts techniques to help students reach their highest potential.  Attention is devoted to strengthening intuition and instincts allowing for greater speed and stimulation of innate abilities found in the heart and creation of any artist.

Instruction is the responsibility of the master instructor who plans, supervises and provides instruction along with designated senior assistant instructors.  Students progress from beginning to more advanced levels of study demonstrating applied knowledge at each level.  Different color belts (from beginning white to advanced black) are awarded following aptitude and skill testing designed to evaluate skills in problem solving, analysis, decision making, social responsibility, leadership and mastery of level specific martial arts techniques.  Skill progression is monitored on each level through theory; one-step basic self-defense methods and compulsory forms, which combine level-specific techniques into orchestrated self-defense patterns.  More advanced levels demonstrate multiple applications for basic self-defense movements drawn from multiple martial art systems.