{"id":14,"date":"2023-12-02T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2023-12-02T16:12:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T16:12:26","slug":"about-our-instructor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"About Our Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts-com.preview-domain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mr.-Martin.webp\" alt=\"mr martin\" class=\"wp-image-42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mr.-Martin.webp 200w, https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mr.-Martin-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Martin began training in TaeKwon-Do in October 1991 at Hwang\u2019s school of TaeKwon-Do in Newmarket, NH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1992 most improved student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1992 successfully completed ITF\/KATU instructor training and referee course. Certified class C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1992-96 Forms gold medalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1993 certified Class B instructor and Referee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1993 Mr Martin moved from Portsmouth NH to CT to live with, and learn directly from&nbsp;Grand Master Hwang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1993-1998 Under Secretary General of KATU Kore America TaeKwon-Do Union<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1994 earned 1st degree black belt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1994 attended seminar with the founder of TaeKwon-Do General Choi, Hong Hi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1995 KATU national champion Sparring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1995 USA Jr. Team Coach 2nd world championships Warsaw Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1996 earned 2nd degree black belt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1996 USA Jr Team coach world championships Prague Chech. Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1997 attended General Choi, Hong Hi seminar and was personally taught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2001-2014 Mr Martin took time to focus on family. Trained at various locations, and is now married and has a son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring of 2014 Returned to train with Grand Master Hwang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015 International Instructors training course with Grand Master Hwang, Kwang Sung President of the UITF Unified International TaeKwon-Do Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016 earned 3rd degree black belt UITF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presently still training under the tutelage of Grand Master Hwang, ITF certificate K-9-1, promoted to the highest rank of 9th degree black belt by TaeKwon-Do Founder General Choi, Hong Hi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Martin is a Member of the 2017 USA TaeKwon-Do Team and compete for USA in the World Championships in Argentina this August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Update! The world Championships were Amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>30 Countries and over 1200 Competitors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Martin came home with 5 Medals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gold In Pattern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silver in Sparring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silver in Team Pattern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silver in Team Sparring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bronze in Team Power Breaking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team USA won the Grand Championship Cup<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Martin enjoys Training, Fishing, Hunting, and Time with Family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Martin began training in TaeKwon-Do in October 1991 at Hwang\u2019s school of TaeKwon-Do in Newmarket, NH. 1992 most improved student 1992 successfully completed ITF\/KATU instructor training and referee course. Certified class C 1992-96 Forms gold medalist 1993 certified Class B instructor and Referee 1993 Mr Martin moved from Portsmouth NH to CT to live &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/?page_id=14\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Our Instructor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinsmartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}