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26 Jan 2011:
The NSMA competition team recently traveled to our state's capital to compete in the Annual Austin TKD Games. All of our competitors displayed exceptional discipline, sportsmanship, and enthusiasm. The team earned 8 Gold, 6 Silver and 8 Bronze medals at the event. We are proud of all of our athletes and we look forward to a successful competition season.
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Grandmaster Joe Giampietro
Grandmaster Joe Giampietro is a 40 year veteran of the martial arts and has been a very successful competitor and demonstrator as well as one of the most respected Master Instructors in this country. His ability to relay complicated techniques …
Kathleen Garcia
Fun Facts: Full Name: Kathleen Garcia Birthday: Jan. 5, 1990 Birthplace: San Antonio, TX How old were you when you started training in TaeKwonDo? 16 Why did you get started in TaeKwonDo? My 4 year old brother wanted to do …
Master Michael Giampietro
Michael at the age of 15 was the youngest Internationally certified 4th Degree Black Belt in the United States. He has been training under his dad (Grand Master Joe Giampietro) since the early age of 5. He is an excellent …
Master Michelle Johnson
Michelle started as a white belt with NSMA in 1995 where she trained under Grandmaster Giampietro in Okinawa Japan. Ms. Michelle Johnson has been the Chief Instructor at NSMA South Dakota where she taught with her husband Dave, a 3rd …
Tayla Cheviron
Strength and Conditioning Coach I have been involved in sports my whole life. I played college basketball at Taylor University Fort Wayne for 3 years and was able to become very successful throughout my career there with awards including: USCAA …
