California Unified Taekwondo Association

Upcoming Event...

2010 USA Taekwondo California State Championship

A Qualified event for National & Junior Olympics in Orlando, Florida.
Saturday March 20, 2010
California State University-Dominguez Hills

Hosted by: California Unified Taekwondo Association President Pyoung Koo
Directed by: Master Yushen Lai, Secretary General CUTA

Online registration is mandatory and only available at: www.usat.hangastar.com

Coaches also register at www.usat.hangastar.com

Referee Registration
USAT Referee Certification Seminar
Dojang Owner Registration
Volunteer Registration

Download Tournament Brochure

New in 2010:
SPARRING:
Color Belts: Individuals placing in the top 4 will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida. This has been changed since last year to allow more individuals to qualify from the State Championships.
Black Belts: Qualification for black belt competitors is a tiered system.
6-13 year olds - Individuals placing in the top 4 will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida.
14-17, 18-32 -1st place finisher advances if there are less than 400 competitors, 1st & 2nd place finishers advance if there are between 400- 600 competitors. The top 4 finishers will advance for competitions with over 600 competitors.

FORMS: Include the following divisions
Color Belts: Individuals participating in a state championship no matter their place will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida.
6-9 year old Black Belts: Individuals participating in a state championship no matter their place will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida.

COMPETITION POOMSAE (WTF cut off format) Includes the following divisions:
10-13 year old Black Belts: Individuals participating in a state championship no matter their place will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida.
14+ year old Black Belts: 1st-3rd place finisher will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida.

If an athlete qualifies at both a State Championship and National Qualifier in the same belt and weight category, the athlete will automatically receive the National Qualifier seed. The 2nd place (silver medalist) from the State Championship will then qualify.

USAT Membership Required. You will be required to have the same age, belt and weight categories as USAT National Qualifiers, Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships for sparring and forms. Athletes must compete in the age category according to what age they will be as of December 31, 2010.

Note: The 2010 USA Taekwondo California State Championship is open for all states.

Requirements: This California State Championship is a direct qualifier for the USAT U.S. National Championship and Junior Olympics. Review Attachment A for which divisions individuals must be a U.S. Citizen or Resident. Proof of U.S. Citizenship is only valid with a U.S. birth certificate or U.S. passport. Social Security Cards are NOT proof of citizenship, but are proof of residency. If the individual is not a valid resident or U.S. citizen he/she WILL NOT be able to compete at the Junior Olympics or Senior Nationals.

LAJUST Electronic Body Protector: LaJust EBP system, the only WTF & USAT approved electronic body protectors, will be used in all rings for Black Belt Kyoroogi competition for 2010 USA Taekwondo California State Championship on March 20. EBP will also be provided by LaJust. All Black Belt Kyoroogi Competitors are required to purchase only the LaJust Electronic Socks for this qualifier event. Price is $40 a pair at www.lajustsports.com The LaJust Electronic Socks are good for all CUTA, USAT & WTF sanctioned events and are mandatory for all USAT events utilizing the LAJUST Electronic body protectors.

Online registration is mandatory and only available at: www.usat.hangastar.com

For More Information please call Master Yushen Lai at (310) 212-6010
or

Past Events...

Korea Cultural Enrichment Tour 2009
The ten day Korea Cultural Enrichment Tour has successfully concluded. Special thanks to our CUTA President Grandmaster Pyoung Hoe Koo, who has worked so diligently to make this trip possible and to Mr. Sung Woo Park, Manager of Sports at Korean Cultural Center-Los Angeles, for providing funding for this tour. The ten day excursion consisted of numerous tours on the peninsula, elegant dinners with Governors and Mayors, and comprehensive Forms, Sparring, and Demonstration Clinics at the Kukkiwon and Keimyung University. All Masters received diplomas and certification from world renowned Grandmaster Kyu Hyung Lee (1988 Olympic Demonstration Master) and the staff of the President of the World Taekwondo Federation, Chungwon Choue. The highlight of the trip, however, was the visit to Muju. Muju is the region which was selected for the construction of the new Taekwondo Theme Park Facility. Muju is known as the "natural" county, whereas the region prides themselves as being far removed from city life. This region is also famous for their firefly festivals. The Park will be 570 acres and span across 9 valleys. korea trip 2009

CUTA Officers: President Pyoung Koo, Secretary General Yushen Lai, Special Assistance to CUTA William Kim
Korean Cultural Center-Los Angeles: Mr. Sung Woo Park, Manager of Sports
Masters: Young Ho Kim, Wook Chong Kwon, Danny Gonzalez, Francis Esposo, Jorge Galvan, Bobby Morales; Instructor: Clayton Tso, Parent: Mr. Sam Rahman, Mrs. Amy Lai; Competitors: T.J. Curry, Sammuel Rahman, Gina William, Mark Kang, Robbie Cantoria; Demonstration Team M: Huy Nguyen, Anh Nguyen, Long Nguyen, Peter Salas, Alvin Jong, Rocky Cao, Hazel Cruz, Lance Supnet
Click here for a complete tour slide show.

Welcome to the Demonstration Team M to the CUTA
The CUTA would like to warmly welcome Team M as an Official Demonstration Team of CUTA. For those organizations and tournament hosts who are interested in inviting Team M for demonstrations for their event, please contact CUTA.
team m

Team M Leader: Huy Nguyen (from right to left) Team Members: Long Nguyen, Rocky Cao, Hazel Cruz, Alvin Jong, Lance Supnet, Anh Nguyen, Peter Salas

TEAM CUTA 2010
Black Belts, Ages 14-32 who capture 1st, 2nd & 3rd place from these State Championships, Northern & Southern, and the USAT State Qualified Championship on March 2010, will be qualified to compete at the Team Fight-Off in April 2010 in Fresno CA.

(4) Senior Males, (4) Senior Females, (5) Jr. Males and (5) Jr. Females will be selected from the Team Fight-Off as members of Team CUTA 2010. These teams will be competing at the International Taekwondo Festival in early June 2010 and for a trip to Korea in mid June 2010 for the World Taekwondo Expo in the City of Muju Korea for one week. CUTA will pay for most of the expenses which includes rooms, meals & tournament fees plus 50% of the airfare, athletes will be responsible for paying for the remaining 50% of the airfare.
Note: Athletes who are 13 years old in 2009 may participate in the 14-17yr old divisions for the 3 Championships described above will be qualified for the Team Fight-Off in 2010.
Development Team: Red & Black Belts, Ages 12-13 who capture 1st, 2nd & 3rd place, will be qualified for the Team Fight-Off in 2010 for CUTA Development Team and will be training together with the 14-32 team members.

CUTA Referee Certification Seminars
The CUTA Referee Certification Seminar on Saturday November 28, 2009, has been cancelled due to Thanksgiving weekend and lack of participants.

California State Taekwondo Championships - Northern Region
Held on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 at UC Berkeley, CA.
To all Winners at the California State Taekwondo Championship-Northern Region, UC Berkeley. Thanks to all the participating schools that sent students to support the championship and Special Thanks to the outstanding Demo Teams from Korea, Lead by Professor: Kyu Hung Lee Keimyung University, Korea National Sport University & Kyung Hee University

Click here to view the photo gallery
Click here to view List of Winning Competitors

USAT Referee Certification Seminar Northern California
Successfully concluded at 5:00 PM Saturday May 2, 2009.
Congratulations to all the participants who have completed the course and now they will be certified as USAT Referees in addition some participants will receive rank upgrade. CUTA has also recruited some referees at the seminar to officiate the upcoming USAT National Qualifier Event in San Jose on May 9-10. Special thanks to Dr. Greg Kailian, who had conducted an outstanding seminar and Grandmaster Pyoung Koo, CUTA President, who had provided his beautiful Dojang for the seminar.
referee certification

Seminar Participants: Shayna Aidnik, Michael Cho, Perry Choi, David Garcia, Zella Henderson, Gunny Kang, Jerry Kim, Alex Do-Hyun Kim, Elizabeth Koo, Young-Su Lee, Tee Lee, Daniel Lee, Benny Lopez, Terence McCullough, Hyung-Kyung Na, Lisa Na, Esther Na, Suho Park, Chan-Hyuk Park, Cheryl Pollino, Paul Pollino, Jin Shim, Jun-Han (John) Yun.

Congratulations! on the USA Taekwondo California State Championship
We had more than 550 competitors participating in our state qualifier event held on March 28, 2009. The top 2 in each division qualified for the Junior Olympics and National Championships in Austin, Texas, June 30-July 5. It was posted at the USAT website. Thank you for your support!
View Photo Gallery - photos by Kevan O'Meara
Names of Winners are posted here

USAT Referee Certification Seminar

Successfully concluded at 5:00 PM Saturday 2/21/09. Most of the referees attended were high ranking and experienced referees in California. Special thanks to Dr. Greg Kailian, who had conducted an outstanding seminar and Grandmaster Young In Cheon, who had provided his beautiful Dojang for the seminar.

Front Row from left to right: Dr. Greg Kailian, Seminar Instructor & Grandmaster Yushen Lai, Secretary General CUTA. Back Row from left to right: Jong Yol Yi, Victor Laguna, Charles Robertson, Steven Van-Ooyen, Nhuan Le, Clayton Tso, Martha Ahlstrom, Spencer Webster, Steve Simian, Philip Houth, Herbert Hemenover, Erick Barajas, Alan Cheon, Heng Houth, Hidehiro Beppu, Danny Weiner, Tiffany Choy, Danny Gonzalez, Seok-Ho Han.

Congratulation to all the newly elected CUTA Officers:

President: Pyoung Koo
Vice-Presidents (North): Joseph Na, Dennis Hernandez, Edward Givans
Vice-Presidents (South): James Wilson, Joon Kim, George Ku
Secretary General: Yushen Lai
Treasurer General: Chris Chang

The CUTA Annual Meeting and Election has successfully concluded. The new officers have been duly elected by the board of governor who were present at the meeting in addition to all the mailed-in ballots.

We look forward to seeing President Pyoung Koo's leadership for the next 2 years and we are committed to give him our full support.

For more information on the CUTA, please contact Master Yushen Lai at:
310-212-6010 or

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	Welcome to the California Unified Taekwondo Association *Upcoming Event...* 2010 USA Taekwondo California State Championship A Qualified event for National & Junior Olympics in Orlando, Florida. Saturday March 20, 2010 California State University-Dominguez Hills Hosted by: California Unified Taekwondo Association President Pyoung Koo Directed by: Master Yushen Lai, Secretary General CUTA Online registration is mandatory and only available at: www.usat.hangastar.com Coaches also register at www.usat.hangastar.com Referee Registration USAT Referee Certification Seminar Dojang Owner Registration Volunteer Registration Download Tournament Brochure New in 2010: SPARRING: Color Belts: Individuals placing in the top 4 will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida. This has been changed since last year to allow more individuals to qualify from the State Championships. Black Belts: Qualification for black belt competitors is a tiered system. 6-13 year olds - Individuals placing in the top 4 will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida. 14-17, 18-32 -1st place finisher advances if there are less than 400 competitors, 1st & 2nd place finishers advance if there are between 400- 600 competitors. The top 4 finishers will advance for competitions with over 600 competitors. FORMS: Include the following divisions Color Belts: Individuals participating in a state championship no matter their place will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida. 6-9 year old Black Belts: Individuals participating in a state championship no matter their place will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida. COMPETITION POOMSAE (WTF cut off format) Includes the following divisions: 10-13 year old Black Belts: Individuals participating in a state championship no matter their place will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida. 14+ year old Black Belts: 1st-3rd place finisher will advance to the Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships in Orlando, Florida. If an athlete qualifies at both a State Championship and National Qualifier in the same belt and weight category, the athlete will automatically receive the National Qualifier seed. The 2nd place (silver medalist) from the State Championship will then qualify. USAT Membership Required. You will be required to have the same age, belt and weight categories as USAT National Qualifiers, Junior Olympics and U.S. National Championships for sparring and forms. Athletes must compete in the age category according to what age they will be as of December 31, 2010. Note: The 2010 USA Taekwondo California State Championship is open for all states. Requirements: This California State Championship is a direct qualifier for the USAT U.S. National Championship and Junior Olympics. Review Attachment A for which divisions individuals must be a U.S. Citizen or Resident. Proof of U.S. Citizenship is only valid with a U.S. birth certificate or U.S. passport. Social Security Cards are NOT proof of citizenship, but are proof of residency. If the individual is not a valid resident or U.S. citizen he/she WILL NOT be able to compete at the Junior Olympics or Senior Nationals. LAJUST Electronic Body Protector: LaJust EBP system, the only WTF & USAT approved electronic body protectors, will be used in all rings for Black Belt Kyoroogi competition for 2010 USA Taekwondo California State Championship on March 20. EBP will also be provided by LaJust. All Black Belt Kyoroogi Competitors are required to purchase only the LaJust Electronic Socks for this qualifier event. Price is $40 a pair at www.lajustsports.com The LaJust Electronic Socks are good for all CUTA, USAT & WTF sanctioned events and are mandatory for all USAT events utilizing the LAJUST Electronic body protectors. Online registration is mandatory and only available at: www.usat.hangastar.com For More Information please call Master Yushen Lai at (310) 212-6010 or *Past Events...* Korea Cultural Enrichment Tour 2009 The ten day Korea Cultural Enrichment Tour has successfully concluded. Special thanks to our CUTA President Grandmaster Pyoung Hoe Koo, who has worked so diligently to make this trip possible and to Mr. Sung Woo Park, Manager of Sports at Korean Cultural Center-Los Angeles, for providing funding for this tour. The ten day excursion consisted of numerous tours on the peninsula, elegant dinners with Governors and Mayors, and comprehensive Forms, Sparring, and Demonstration Clinics at the Kukkiwon and Keimyung University. All Masters received diplomas and certification from world renowned Grandmaster Kyu Hyung Lee (1988 Olympic Demonstration Master) and the staff of the President of the World Taekwondo Federation, Chungwon Choue. The highlight of the trip, however, was the visit to Muju. Muju is the region which was selected for the construction of the new Taekwondo Theme Park Facility. Muju is known as the "natural" county, whereas the region prides themselves as being far removed from city life. This region is also famous for their firefly festivals. The Park will be 570 acres and span across 9 valleys. CUTA Officers: President Pyoung Koo, Secretary General Yushen Lai, Special Assistance to CUTA William Kim Korean Cultural Center-Los Angeles: Mr. Sung Woo Park, Manager of Sports Masters: Young Ho Kim, Wook Chong Kwon, Danny Gonzalez, Francis Esposo, Jorge Galvan, Bobby Morales; Instructor: Clayton Tso, Parent: Mr. Sam Rahman, Mrs. Amy Lai; Competitors: T.J. Curry, Sammuel Rahman, Gina William, Mark Kang, Robbie Cantoria; Demonstration Team M: Huy Nguyen, Anh Nguyen, Long Nguyen, Peter Salas, Alvin Jong, Rocky Cao, Hazel Cruz, Lance Supnet Click here for a complete tour slide show. Welcome to the Demonstration Team M to the CUTA The CUTA would like to warmly welcome Team M as an Official Demonstration Team of CUTA. For those organizations and tournament hosts who are interested in inviting Team M for demonstrations for their event, please contact CUTA. Team M Leader: Huy Nguyen (from right to left) Team Members: Long Nguyen, Rocky Cao, Hazel Cruz, Alvin Jong, Lance Supnet, Anh Nguyen, Peter Salas TEAM CUTA 2010 Black Belts, Ages 14-32 who capture 1st, 2nd & 3rd place from these State Championships, Northern & Southern, and the USAT State Qualified Championship on March 2010, will be qualified to compete at the Team Fight-Off in April 2010 in Fresno CA. (4) Senior Males, (4) Senior Females, (5) Jr. Males and (5) Jr. Females will be selected from the Team Fight-Off as members of Team CUTA 2010. These teams will be competing at the International Taekwondo Festival in early June 2010 and for a trip to Korea in mid June 2010 for the World Taekwondo Expo in the City of Muju Korea for one week. CUTA will pay for most of the expenses which includes rooms, meals & tournament fees plus 50% of the airfare, athletes will be responsible for paying for the remaining 50% of the airfare. Note: Athletes who are 13 years old in 2009 may participate in the 14-17yr old divisions for the 3 Championships described above will be qualified for the Team Fight-Off in 2010. Development Team: Red & Black Belts, Ages 12-13 who capture 1st, 2nd & 3rd place, will be qualified for the Team Fight-Off in 2010 for CUTA Development Team and will be training together with the 14-32 team members. CUTA Referee Certification Seminars The CUTA Referee Certification Seminar on Saturday November 28, 2009, has been cancelled due to Thanksgiving weekend and lack of participants. California State Taekwondo Championships - Northern Region Held on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 at UC Berkeley, CA. To all Winners at the California State Taekwondo Championship-Northern Region, UC Berkeley. Thanks to all the participating schools that sent students to support the championship and Special Thanks to the outstanding Demo Teams from Korea, Lead by Professor: Kyu Hung Lee Keimyung University, Korea National Sport University & Kyung Hee University Click here to view the photo gallery Click here to view List of Winning Competitors USAT Referee Certification Seminar Northern California Successfully concluded at 5:00 PM Saturday May 2, 2009. Congratulations to all the participants who have completed the course and now they will be certified as USAT Referees in addition some participants will receive rank upgrade. CUTA has also recruited some referees at the seminar to officiate the upcoming USAT National Qualifier Event in San Jose on May 9-10. Special thanks to Dr. Greg Kailian, who had conducted an outstanding seminar and Grandmaster Pyoung Koo, CUTA President, who had provided his beautiful Dojang for the seminar. Seminar Participants: Shayna Aidnik, Michael Cho, Perry Choi, David Garcia, Zella Henderson, Gunny Kang, Jerry Kim, Alex Do-Hyun Kim, Elizabeth Koo, Young-Su Lee, Tee Lee, Daniel Lee, Benny Lopez, Terence McCullough, Hyung-Kyung Na, Lisa Na, Esther Na, Suho Park, Chan-Hyuk Park, Cheryl Pollino, Paul Pollino, Jin Shim, Jun-Han (John) Yun. Congratulations! on the USA Taekwondo California State Championship We had more than 550 competitors participating in our state qualifier event held on March 28, 2009. The top 2 in each division qualified for the Junior Olympics and National Championships in Austin, Texas, June 30-July 5. It was posted at the USAT website. Thank you for your support! View Photo Gallery - photos by Kevan O'Meara Names of Winners are posted here USAT Referee Certification Seminar Successfully concluded at 5:00 PM Saturday 2/21/09. Most of the referees attended were high ranking and experienced referees in California. Special thanks to Dr. Greg Kailian, who had conducted an outstanding seminar and Grandmaster Young In Cheon, who had provided his beautiful Dojang for the seminar. Front Row from left to right: Dr. Greg Kailian, Seminar Instructor & Grandmaster Yushen Lai, Secretary General CUTA. Back Row from left to right: Jong Yol Yi, Victor Laguna, Charles Robertson, Steven Van-Ooyen, Nhuan Le, Clayton Tso, Martha Ahlstrom, Spencer Webster, Steve Simian, Philip Houth, Herbert Hemenover, Erick Barajas, Alan Cheon, Heng Houth, Hidehiro Beppu, Danny Weiner, Tiffany Choy, Danny Gonzalez, Seok-Ho Han. Congratulation to all the newly elected CUTA Officers: President: Pyoung Koo Vice-Presidents (North): Joseph Na, Dennis Hernandez, Edward Givans Vice-Presidents (South): James Wilson, Joon Kim, George Ku Secretary General: Yushen Lai Treasurer General: Chris Chang The CUTA Annual Meeting and Election has successfully concluded. The new officers have been duly elected by the board of governor who were present at the meeting in addition to all the mailed-in ballots. We look forward to seeing President Pyoung Koo's leadership for the next 2 years and we are committed to give him our full support. For more information on the CUTA, please contact Master Yushen Lai at: 310-212-6010 or