Saturday, May 31, 2014

Cameron Receives His Black Belt Certificate

Cameron officially received his black belt certificate!   He is certified as a First Poom Black Belt in the art of Tae Kwon Do.   He was very excited to receive the certification and proudly displayed it on his wall.
Congratulations Cameron!

Cameron's Lineage in Tae Kwon Do for his black belt training can be traced below.
Cameron received his black belt from Master Chad Johnson.
Chad Johnson was instructed by Jason Thomas who is a 7th Dan in Tae Kwon Do and fairly active both regionally and nationally. His instructors of note include Jim Miller who in the 1970’s and 80’s was responsible for setting up some of the first martial arts schools in Louisiana. Jim was instructed by Skipper Mullins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipper_Mullins , whose instructor was Allen Steen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Steen mostly famous for helping bring martial arts to Texas and beating Chuck Norris at the Long Beach Internationals (at the time the biggest thing in western martial arts). Steen was a student of Jhoon Rhee,  the father of American Tae Kwon Do.

Cameron's current instructor Master Joseph Culin, a 6th Degree black belt,  received his first Dan Black Belt from Jhoon Rhee himself, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhoon_Rhee.



1 comment:

Nana and Papa said...

Congrats!!!! We are so very proud of you Cameron!!!! What an accomplishment!!!! We love you!!!!!
Hugs, Nana and Papa