AmKor Karate Institutes

Reporting live from the Netherlands 🇳🇱: Brandon Wright represented Amkor Aston at the 2026 Dutch Open, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Traditional Tang Soo Do Federation under KJN John Trudgill. In the 18-30 Men’s Black Belt division, Brandon won:
🥇 1st Forms
🥇 1st Weapons
🥉 3rd Fighting
🏆 Grand Champion Black Belt Men’s All-Around
🏆 1st Men’s Team Fighting

Thank you KJN Trudgill for the invitation and Master Maarten van de Spek for a fantastic, well run tournament. TTF events are always first class in competition and ex*****on. Thank you also to Mudjeok e Yong’s team from the Netherlands for the last minute invitation to join Team Fighting, an unexpected bonus on a great day. Tang Soo!

The first batch of photos from Saturday’s Dan Test are the outstanding work of Master Michaela Speers of Amkor Collegeville. Thank you for these great snaps!

A sincere thanks to all that made last weekend’s Delaware County Karate Championships a success. Over 70 Black Belt judges ran 10 full rings with 5 judges in each, providing a safe, fair, and efficient event. We could not have pulled it off without 25+ Scorekeepers and Timekeepers, our Setup and Breakdown crews, Registration diehard John Troxel coming up from Virginia, and the Chichester Basketball Concession Stand.

The event drew competitors from eight states: Arizona, Tennessee, Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and across Pennsylvania. The excellent turnout meant expanded divisions across many ages and ranks with representation from multiple styles and organizations. The adult Black Belt competition was diverse, action-packed, and memorable to watch.

Congrats to the Grand Champions!
🏆 🏆 Men’s Forms and Fighting: Master Minsu Pumarejo of Success Martial Arts in Arizona.
🏆 Women’s Forms: Master Jenna Latini of World Class Martial Arts.
🏆 Women’s Fighting: Ms. Leighann Foster of American Tang Soo Do.

On behalf of KJN Frederick Scott and Master Erica Scott Tierney, thank you to all the instructors, competitors and families for their support. You won’t want to miss next year as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of AmKor.

📸 Our first batch of photos from the weekend are all courtesy of talented photographer Joe Caulfield, who truly has a gift for martial arts timing. Thank you for these incredible snaps!

🥇 Check out the Gold medals for Saturday!
These 5” beauties are a custom 3d design by MATODAY.

⏰ It’s not too late to compete!
Register online by midnight tonight OR register at the door Saturday morning 9:30am to 10:30am and pay by cash or check.

👊🏼 Competition starts at 11am sharp!

Tournament packet 🔗 amkorkarate.com

Monday, March 16th: Amkor Aston, Bryn Mawr, Coatesville, Paoli and Upper Darby are CLOSED due to severe weather warning and tornado watch. Stay safe, everyone! ⛈️

Amkor Upper Darby is hosting the first tournament of the year this Saturday! To help snap everyone out of winter freeze, here are some highlights from the Amkor Fall Classic in November. Draft Team Fighting was a hit as always, with Master Shawn Finn coaching the winning squad. Big congrats to Forms Grand Champion Brandon Wright and Fighting Grand Champion Jason Chen, both of Amkor Aston. Tang Soo!

A great weekend spent at Seven Springs! Our Amkor Black Belts had hard earned medals across all events but the red belt boys stole the show again with another
🥇 🥇 🥇 in Fighting: Henry in the 9 year old division, Mason in the 10 year old division, and Tyson in the 11-12 division. A big congrats to Master Michaela Speers, who popped in from a work conference at the resort to take Grand Champion 🏆 in Women’s Fighting and snapped some amazing action shots. KJN Scott’s Draft Team Fighting was a hit as always: KJN Trudgill led his team to an amazing comeback that started with Paige Muir changing the momentum and was clinched by Marcus Kremin in overtime.
Special thanks to the amazing setup/breakdown crew from Joe Goss Karate, our trusty truck driver Alex Dorrell, the tireless work of April Goss in registration and all things behind the scenes, GM Robert Zang who kicked off the weekend with a fantastic Friday night fighting clinic, and of course all of the hardworking volunteer judges and scorekeepers. Until next year!

We’ve hit three tournaments in the last five weeks, starting off with the American Tang Soo Do Karate Championships in October. Our red belt boys swept 🥇 in three divisions for Fighting: Mason won the 9-10 division, Tyson won the 11-12 division, and Carson won the 13-14 division. Great job to all who participated and the Forms Grand Champion, Mr. Brandon Wright!