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Days 3, 4, 5: AAU National Championships.
A Successful Finish! Too many medals to count, Multiple National Champions, Countless Lessons— ONE FAMILY.

Day 2 AAU Nationals -
Amir is your 2026 Heavyweight National Champ! 3 Fights with 0 rounds lost, so proud of his DOMINANT performance 🥇
Suli, Maisue & Hannan🥈Sport Poomsae. Great performances by the three ladies!
Alicia 🥉 Sparring. Gritty fight against a really tough and experienced opponent!
Aan with personal best 5.03 Presentation score in 2nd round for her first year competing as black belt—60 cadets!!! Day 3 up next…

Day 1 of TKD Nationals led off with 2nd place in Sport Poomsae from Master Gibson, and 3rd place finishes from the Klinepiers in Sport Poomsae and Sparring 🥈🥉🥉
Some great performances, mixed with tough losses. More to come!!!

Checked in and ready to go. Sport Poomsae this morning!

Good luck to our 20 competition team members heading to Ft. Lauderdale this weekend for the AAU National Tournament!

As a reminder, the Dojang will be closed from Sunday June 28th to Sunday July 5th with classes resuming as normal on Monday July 6th.

Our 55 Year Anniversary Celebration is just under 4 days away (June 13th). We are excited to celebrate this achievement with our students and families. As a reminder, the event is open to all current students as well as anyone who earned their black belt with us. Details below:

Location: Kim's Taekwondo Center, 1425 129th Ave NE, Blaine
Black Belt Photo: 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Celebration Event: 11:00AM to 2:00PM

Black Belt Photo: We are taking a group photo of all black belts before the official event. Please wear a white Dobok and your belt or a light colored shirt. Weather permitting, we will take the photo outside in front of the school. We have spaces for you to change into street clothes afterwards.

Parking: The main lot will be closed until 11:00 AM for the Black Belt Photo. Street parking is available or you can park in the lot for Welle's Auto Supply.

We also have a Van Shuttle service to the Cub Food Parking lot if needed. Those who RSVP'd were sent an email with details.

There will be food, cotton candy machines, dunk tanks and more! See you Saturday.

Throwback Thursday
The 1988 Pan American Taekwondo Championships took place in Lima, Peru just a few months before taekwondo made its first appearance as a demonstration sport in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and several future Taekwondo Olympians were in attendance. Grand Master Kim served as the President of the Technical Committee for the tournament, responsible for managing the referees and determining the tournament rules. He received multiple commendations, including recognition from the President of The Peruvian Taekwondo Association. Days before the tournament, he received a special commendation from the President of the Pan American Taekwondo Union for his role in helping to establish the necessary referee guidelines that enabled Taekwondo to included in the Seoul Olympics. Later that year, he served on the Executive Committee for the first ever TKD Olympic Trials in Colorado.

Attention Students! As we do every year, students will be allowed to wear Kim’s Taekwondo T-Shirts during the summer (after Memorial Day and until Labor Day). This year, we are celebrating our 55 Year Anniversary with a platinum logo to mark the occasion. You can order your shirts at the link below. You can also apply the design to any item of your choice by clicking “edit this item.” Order now to ensure you have it for the summer, and of course for our 55 Year Anniversary Celebration on June 13th.

https://kimstkd.logosoftwear.com/

🥋 55 Years Strong — And We’re Just Getting Started

If you are a current or former Black Belt, we really hope you can join us for a special 55-Year Celebration Photo as we honor the legacy, the journey, and the generations who helped build this school.

👉 RSVP now! Let’s come together to celebrate 55 years of discipline, perseverance, and community.

https://tkdkims.com/55years/