Grand
Master
Yung Woo Kim
* 8th Degree Black Belt
* Native of Korea and trained in the traditional ways
of the Art.
* Coach to state, national and Olympic competitors.
* 1981 P.K.A. full contact Colorado State Welter Weight
Champion.
* 1976-1978 Instructor of the Korean Army.
* Former President of Utah State TaeKwonDo Association.
* Over 36 years of teaching experience, both children
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Jack Markman
4th Degree Black Belt
Head Master, Co-Owner
* Over 20 years combined training
and managing at TaeKwonDo Schools.
* 10 Years formal training at Chung Do Kwan, Master
J.B. Changs, TaeKwonDo school in Madison, WI
* 2 years managing 2 TaeKwonDo schools in Philadelphia,
PA
* 8 years managing at Kim's Academy of TaeKwonDo schools
in Utah
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3rd Degree Black Belt
Co-Owner, Instructor
* World Martial Arts Championship Gold Medalist in Olympic Sparring, Bronze Medalist in Traditional Forms.
* 3 time Utah State Champion in Traditional forms and Olympic Sparring.
* Coach of State of Utah Taekwondo Team that participated in the 2007 World Hanmadang Taekwondo Championships in Korea.
* Board member of Utah Gyeonggido Sports Counsel.
* Bachelor Degree in Korean Studies & Business from Brigham Young University in 1996.
* 1992 Graduate of Seoul National University's Korean Lanquage Research Dept. in Seoul, Korea.
* Studied and worked in Korea for 7 years.
*Translator for the Korean Olympic Speed Skating teams for the past 8 years. Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup competitions. |
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Ian Staley
3rd
Degree Black Belt
Head Instructor
* World Martial Arts Championships Gold Medalist in Olympic Sparring, Bronze Medalist in Traditional Forms.
*3 time Utah State Champion in Forms and Olympic Sparring.
* Competed in numerous tournaments since age 12.
* Started TKD at age 9.
* Currently a student at Salt Lake Community College.
* Loves long walks on the beach ;) |
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Hillary Wilkins
4th Degree Black Belt
Master Instructor
Master Hillary Wilkins started Taekwondo in
1996 at the age of 14 at Kim's Academy of
Taekwondo, Centerville under Grandmaster
Kim. In June 2008 she passed her test and
earned her 4th Dan black belt and the title of
Junior Master. She continues to train to make
herself the strong both mind and body, both
inside the studio and out.
She has taught at Kim's Academy of
Taekwondo, Centerville for 8 years and the last
couple were spent as head instructor. She
loves working with students and helping them
to do their best and succeed at all both in
Taekwondo and in their life. Master Wilkins received her 4th
Dan Kukkiwon certification in 2009. She also trains in
the Korean sword art and is a 1st Dan black
belt in Haidong Gumdo. In 2004 she
competed in the World Haidong Gumdo
Championship. She earned her B.S. Degree from the
University of Utah in Exercise and Sport
Science and is currently working on her
Masters degree in Sports Psychology.
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Derek Markman
3rd Degree Black Belt
Instructor
Derek was born in New York, NY and
started TKD at age 5. He has been
instructing at KATKD for 5 years now.
Derek is a member our our Hwarang
Demonstration Team and has perfected
his 540 degree spinning board break. He
has a passion for bass guitar and plays in
his band every chance he gets. Derek
also teaches guitar on the other side of
the school at Dr. Miya’ s School of
Music. He’ s always in search of new
students to teach. Derek has a love for
good Japanese food and enjoys being
teased by Mr. Dutson on a daily basis.
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Kameron Hadlock
3rd Degree Black Belt
Instructor
Mr. Hadlock is 17 years old and attends
school at Jordan High. Kameron has
been a student at KATKD since he was
10 years old, and has been teaching TKD
for 5 years now. Kameron loves sparring
and has competed in traditional forms
and Olympic sparring for many years. He
won a silver medal at the 2005 World
Martial Arts Championships in Las Vegas.
He is also a Utah State champion. Mr.
Hadlock plans to go to college and study
business. He loves his students and
claims to get teased a lot by Mr. Staley.
Kameron also likes spicy food. |
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Gena Markman
2nd Degree Black Belt
Instructor
Gena has been practicing Taekwondo for
about 9 years now. She started training at
age 4. Gena was born in Philadelphia,
PA. She started entering tournaments at
age 10 and became a Utah State
Champion in traditional forms and won a
silver medal in Olympic style sparring.
Gena loves her Shar-pei, Suki and hates
the smell of apple sauce! Gena has been
a big part of our school in helping teach
classes, especially our Little Tigers
classes. She loves teaching and is a
great role model for all of her students.
The little girls in class especially look up
to Gena as an instructor and as a person. |
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Hanna Larsen
2nd Degree Black Belt
Assistant Instructor
Hanna has been doing tae kwon do for 7
years. She is 14 years old and is going
into 9th grade at Midvale Middle School.
Hanna won 2nd place in Olympic
Sparring at the 2009 USAT Utah State
Championships. Outside of Taekwondo
she enjoys playing the piano and guitar.
She also loves to play with her black
labrador Jasmine.
Hanna is in the ALPS Program(advanced
learning program) at Midvale Middle
School. She has been in the program
since 3rd grade. She is also in The
National Junior Honor Society at Midvale
Middle. |
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Shayne Hiatt
2nd Degree Black Belt
Assistant Instructor |
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Eric Robinson
3rd Degree Black Belt
Assistant Instructor
Erik has been doing Tae Kwon Do for
about eight years, and has taught for
about six years since he got his black belt
at age 13. He has also enjoyed TKD with
his father, Spencer, who has trained for
about six years. One of Erik's strengths is
in forms, which has helped him to be a
two-time AAU state champion. One of his
other hobbies is artwork, specifically
drawing with pencil or colored pencil, or
just anything he can create a lot of detail
with. His artwork has won awards and
has been displayed in the Springville Art
Museum. He plans to return to BYU when
he returns home from his LDS mission,
and has considered minoring in art. He
is currently serving an LDS mission in
the Belgium Brussels/Netherlands speaking Dutch. |
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Taylor Robbins
3rd
Degree Black Belt
Assistant Instructor
Taylor has been practicing TKD since he was 4 year old. He has been an assistant instructor at KATKD for 3 years. He enjoys working with the kids and helping them reach their goals. Taylor has been a member of our Hwarang Demo Team for 2 years. He says he enjoys it because it's a unique way of expressing TKD and showing others what we are all capable of. Outside of TKD he enjoys other sports, especially football. He is a die-hard Utah Utes and Green Bay Packers fan. He enjoys basketball, golf and is on the track and cross-country team for Brighton H.S. He is a member of an airsofting team called SOCE (Special Operations Combat Elite) which travels the valley and plays other teams in Utah. Taylor is also in the Civil Air Patrol which is the auxiliary of the Air Force. He's even flown a glider plane. He enjoys playing XBox with his little brother Trace, being with family, haning out with friends, eating seafood, and Dr. Pepper. Taylor is also proud that he is 1/4 Greek. OPA!!
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Spencer Robinson
1st Degree Black Belt
Assistant Instructor
* 2006 AAU State Championships Bronze Medal in Forms.
* 2006 AAU National Championships Bronze Medal in Forms.
* 2007 AAU State Championships Gold Medal in Forms.
* His greatest joy as an
instructor is seeing a student’ s hard
work result in mastery of a form, onestep
sparring, or breaking technique.
*In his life
away from KATKD, Mr. Robinson is a
husband, father of three wonderful
children, and an attorney in private
practice. |
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Daiden Dutson
2nd Degree Black Belt
Assistant Instructor
- World Martial Arts Championships Gold Medalist in Traditional Forms, Gold Medalist in Olympic Style Sparring.
- 2 time Utah Beehive Open Gold Medallist in Forms, Breaking, and Olympic Sparring - 3 time Utah State Champion in Traditional forms and Olympic Style Sparring.
Started TKD at age 4. Loves basketball and any kind of legos! |
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