| EDUCATION
& EMPLOYMENT |
| 1982 – Current |
Training in Tae Kwon
Do, the Korean Art of Self Defense, under the direction of
9th Degree Grand Master Moo Yong Yun |
| May 1991 – Current |
Self-Employed: Bemidji School
of Tae Kwon Do / Kumdo / Kardio Kickbox |
| April 1993 – Current |
USTU Referee Certifying Seminars |
| March 1997 – Current |
S.H.A.R.P. Instructor Certification
Course |
| Summer 1997 – Current |
Training in KumDo-KukBub, the
Korean Art of sport and steel sword |
| Fall 1991 – Spring 1994 |
Attended Bemidji State University:
Sports Studies and Management |
| Dec. 1990 – May 1991 |
United States Army/Military Police
Desert Shield/Desert Storm/Desert Calm: Prisoner Guard Saudi Arabia |
| June 1990 – March 1995 |
United States Army National Guard/Military
Police Corps
Fort
McClellan, Alabama/Mandan, North Dakota |
| Fall 1989 – Spring 1990 |
North Dakota State College of
Science, Wahpeton: Accounting |
| Aug. 1989 – Aug. 1990 |
Spies Super Value and Prairie
Spirits
Wahpeton, North Dakota |
| 1986 – Aug. 1989 |
Self-Employed: Mandan Tae Kwon
Do Academy
Mandan, North Dakota |
| Fall 1984 |
Bismarck State College: Criminal
Justice |
| Jan. 1984 – May 1984 |
Josef’s School of Hair Design,
Bismarck, North Dakota: Cosmetology |
| May 1983 |
Bismarck High School Graduate |
| Aug. 1981 – July 1989 |
Scotty’s
Drive Inn
Bismarck,
North Dakota |
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CERTIFICATION
|
| Officially Certified
6th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor, through the World
Tae Kwon Do Federation and 7th Degree World Chang Moo Kwan
Association |
| Officially Certified
4th Degree Black Belt, through the Korea HapKiDo Association |
| Officially Certified
4th Degree Black Belt, through the International KumBub-KumDo
Federation |
| Officially Certified,
Sports Massage Training Course, through Seoul Sports Graduate
University |
| Officially Certified,
Sports Ballroom Dance Course, through Seoul Sports Ballroom
Dance Academy |
| Officially Certified
Class C Referee, through the United States Tae Kwon Do Union |
| Certified S.H.A.R.P
Instructor |
|
LOCAL, NATIONAL,
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
(As Competitor and/or Coach) |
| 1983 – Current |
Competed in over 100 tournaments,
earned approx. 120 trophies |
| 1992 – Current |
Coached Bemidji team at Junior
Olympic Championships (4 Gold, 7 Silver, 21 Bronze Medalists) |
| 1985 – 1994 |
Competed in National Championships
(1988 – Gold Medalist, Aurora, Colorado, 1993 – Silver Medalist,
Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| 1985 – 1990 |
North Dakota State Champion |
| October, 1989 |
Competed in Collegiate National
Championships, Orlando Florida (Silver Medalist) |
| February, 1990 |
Competed in US Open Elite Championships,
Colorado Springs, Colorado (Gold Medalist) |
| 1992 – 1994 |
North Dakota State Champion |
| 2001 |
North Dakota State Champion |
| 2002 |
Minnesota State Champion |
| May, 2002 |
Competed
in US National Championships, Detroit, Michigan (Gold Medals
in both Forms and Sparring) |
|
| AWARDS |
| 2007 |
100% Korea Trip Group Score (Only
one in 14 years of trips with Great Grand Master Yun) |
| 1997 |
Kukkiwon Citation presented by
WTF President while touring South Korea |
| 1990 |
Who’s Who among US Colleges |
| 1990 |
Association Female Competitor
of the Year |
| 1989 |
Association Martial Artist of
the Year |
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