Local Taekwondo partcipants compete in national tournament

Grandmaster Tae Z Park celebrates 50 years of teaching with a national tournament

On Saturday, November 9, the Taekwondo students of Ramos Institute, from the Lowell Litehouse YMCA and Ionia Parks and Recreation, celebrated and honored their Great Grandmaster Tae Z Park for 50 years of teaching and being President of Tae Park Taekwondo. There were 209 students from Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Wyoming, and New York that competed in 330 events.  

There were 32 students from Ramos Institute competed in 83 events that included Forms (patterns of kicking and punching,) Sparring, Kicking, One-step sparring (partner self-defense techniques,) Board Breaking, and Synchronized Team Forms.  They brought home a total of 46 Gold medals, 28 silver, and 9 Bronze. 

Pictured - right side back row, left to right: 5th dan Master Patricia Ramos, 3rd dan Instructor Kevin Cashen, Krysta Cashen, Markus Hemminger, Christian Galvin, Sydney Graham, Jackson O'Brien.; 2nd row: Khaleesi Eagen, Khloe Eagen, Anna Bodus, Kathy Adams, Henry Mac Donald; front: Eleanor Mac Donald, Justin Anderson, Issac Younglove. Left side back row: Cheryl Totch, Max Benedict, Teo Sequiera, Zachary Williams, Max Munger, Garrett Graham, Noah Schneider; 2nd row: Sidney Lynema, Reid Lynema, Oliver Manning, Cali Janowiak; front: Jack Benedict, Dominic Benedict, Jacob Schneider, Tristan Catanach, Evan Olson, Ben Rottier, Jonah Schneider, and 9th dan Grandmaster Richard Warren.