Mr. Jack DeSousa V Dan Black Belt Chief Instructor Training in the USTF/UTA for 1 Year Trained in the I.T.F. Under Grandmaster Hwang for over 22 years Instructor for Over 17 years Owned and Operated a Taekwon-Do School for over 13 years Trained 8 USA Jr. Taekwon-Do Team Members Attended 3 Training Seminars with General Choi Hong Hi, the Founder of Taekwon-Do EXPERIENCE TIME LINE Received 5th Dan Black Belt November 2007 Opened Northwest Taekwon-Do – December 2003 Re-located to North West Arkansas - May 2003 Received Class A teaching Certificate - April 2003 Earned 4th Dan - July 2000 Attended all Day Training Seminar with Rhee Ki Ha (VP/ I.T.F.) - 1999 Received Instructor of the Year Award for (K.A.T.U.) organization - 1998 Attended 3rd Full Day Seminar from General Choi in Phoenix, AZ - 1997 Earned Class A Tournament Referee Certificate - 1996 Assigned as Regional Director for the State of New Hampshire for KATU TKD - 1995 Assistant Coach for the USA JR Taekwon-Do Team in Warsaw, Poland - 1995 Student Won Gold Medal in Power Breaking in the Jr World Championships in Warsaw, Poland 1995 Taught the University of New Hampshire Self Defense Course from 1993-1997 Completed Instructor’s Training Course - 1994 Head Councilor at Grandmaster Hwang’s Summer Camp - 1994 Attended 2nd Full Day Training seminar with General Choi in Manchester, CT - 1994 Won Gold Medal in Sparring and a Silver Medal in Board breaking - 1992 spring K.A.T.U. Tournament Opened Original School in Newmarket, NH in 1990 Won the Presidential Fitness Award for Taekwon-Do 1990 Attended 1st General Choi Seminar in Hartford, CT - 1988 Assistant Instructor at Hwang’s School of Taekwon-Do in Dover, NH 1987-1990 Started Taekwon-Do Training at Pease AFB, NH - 1982 OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE Trained in Hapkido for 3 years Attended Judo, Tai Chi, Kali Sticks and Other Martial Arts seminars EDUCATION Received a Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Economics University of New Hampshire Durham, NH - 1997 MILITARY United States Air Force - Pease Air Force Base, Portsmouth, NH 1980-1984 |
| GRATITUDE SECTION Special thanks goes to: General Choi Hong Hi Grandmaster Hwang Master William Olundsen Mr. Stuart Emery Mr. Dan King Master Randy Edwards Master Jerry Lindsey Master Troy Burleson Mr. Scott Fowler Mr. Eric Brandon Mr. Adam Boisvert Mr. Harry Hill Mr. Matt Randall Mr. Norman Bates Mr. Dick Perrault Mr. Herman Ejarque Mr. Scott McCue The O'Brien Family Ms. Shino Ito Mr. William Wilkins Mr. Dave Jordan Son Tony and many other Black Belts, Students and Families. |