INSTRUCTORS (SABUM NIM)

BRANDI MERRITT, BFA

IS A FIFTH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN THE INTERNATIONAL TAEKWON-DO FEDERATION, A CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL INSTRUCTOR, AND A CLASS A UMPIRE. MISS MERRITT HAS BEEN TRAINING SINCE SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. SHE IS A STRONG INDIVIDUAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITOR AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF TEAM CANADA FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS. WITH 22 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, SHE PROVIDES QUALITY, FAMILY ORIENTATED, ORIGINAL-STYLE TAEKWON-DO. HER FOCUS IS ON QUALITY INSTRUCTION, BUILDING MORAL CULTURE AND SUPPORTING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

COMPETITIVE HISTORY:

•MULTIPLE CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPION IN SPARRING, POWER BREAKING, PATTERNS, AND SPECIALTY BREAKING

•MULTIPLE CAN-AM CHAMPION IN SPARRING

5 TIME WORLD COMPETITOR

2011 Wellington, New Zealand
 •Bronze: Individual specialty breaking
 •Bronze: team specialty breaking
 •Bronze: team sparring


2009 Mar del Plata, Argentina
•Silver: individual specialty breaking

2007 Quebec City, Canada:
•Bronze: individual specialty breaking. 
•Silver: Team specialty breaking. 
•Bronze: Team Power Breaking.

2005 Dortmund, Germany: 
•Bronze: Team sparring.

2003 Warsaw, Poland:
     •Bronze: Team Specialty Breaking.
     •Silver: Team power breaking.


BUSABUM NIM'S

COLE PETERS

IS A SECOND DEGREE BLACK BELT IN THE INTERNATIONAL TAEKWON-DO FEDERATION. MR. PETERS HAS BEEN TRAINING FOR 9 YEARS.  HE IS A STRONG PROVINCIAL, WESTERN AND NATIONAL COMPETITOR IN SPARRING AND PATTERNS. MR. PETERS IS AN ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR IN OUR FAMILY KICKS CLASS AS WELL AS OUR LITTLE DRAGONS PROGRAM.

COMPETITIVE HISTORY:

2009 Provincial Championships
• Gold: Junior Mens Middle weight Sparring

2009 Western Championships
• Gold: Junior Mens Middle weight Sparring

2009 National Championships
• Gold: Junior Mens Middle weight Sparring

2010 Provincial Championships
• Gold: Junior Mens 2nd Dan Patterns
• Silver: Junior Mens Middle weight Sparring

2010 Western Championships
• Gold: Junior Mens Middle weight Sparring
• Gold: Junior Mens 2nd Dan Patterns

2010 Can-Am Championships
• Gold: Junior Mens Middle weight Sparring

2011 Western Championships
• Gold: Junior Mens Middle weight Sparring
• Gold: Junior Mens 2nd Dan Patterns


WORLD COMPETITOR

2009 Mar del Plata, Argentina
Junior Mens Middle weight Sparring



GAIL MERRITT

IS A 1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT IN THE INTERNATIONAL TAEKWON-DO FEDERATION. MRS. MERRITT HAS BEEN DOING TAEWON-DO FOR OVER 10 YEARS.  MRS. MERRITT HAS ATTENDED NUMEROUS TOURNAMENTS, HAS ATTEND TRAINING SEMINARS WITH GRAND MASTER TRAN, MR. OTTESEN, AND THE IIC.  MRS. MERRITT HAS BEEN INSTRUCTING WITH MERRITTS ULTIMATE TAEKWON-DO SINCE THE BEGINING AND HELPED DEVELOP THE LITTLE DRAGONS PROGRAM.  MRS. MERRITTS LOVE IN TEACHING THE LITTLE DRAGONS CLASS SHOWS OUT ON THE FLOOR.