Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine - Issue 20 - Usadojo

Janeiro for six years), former student of
Master Pablo Trajtenberg (Actual ITF
president after the loss of Master Trân
Triêu Quân), Master Djalma Clementino
dos Santos (former student of Master Sang
Min Cho), along with other instructors, like
Taney Campos and Claudio Sidney Lopes.
On this occasion, took place the first
International ITF TaeKwon-Do Instructor
and Umpire seminar in Brazil, conducted
by the Grand Master General Choi Hong Hi
and Master Pablo Trajtenberg.
Sabumnim Paulo de Tarso and his black
belts joined ITF soon after, in 1991.
In 1992, André Conchon, along with
Master Raul Hector Sanchez, Edimir
Kawakubo and Carlos Gallo went to the
1992 world ITF TaeKwon-Do
championship in Pyongyang, North Korea,
on the TaeKwon-Do palace. It was a
fundamental experience to absorb the
technical sparring and forms details of the
ITF system.
(from left to right, green and yellow uniforms) André
Conchon, Carlos Gallo and Edimir Kawakubo on the
TaeKwon-Do Palace, 1992, North Korea
View of the TaeKwon-Do Palace, Pyongyang,
North Korea
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ITF style TaeKwon-Do in Brazil started to
grow in number of events and André
Conchon’s MORUMBI TAEKWON-DO
team was very competitive. André
Conchon along with David Kerr won many
InterState Championships, each one on
their own weight class. It was clear that
David had a lot of potential at the time. His
first International victory was in 1995, on a
tournament held at Forte da Urca, Rio de
Janeiro. André Conchon and David Kerr
were first place winners then.
Pan American ITF TaeKwon-Do
Championships, Regina, Canada,
1996
At this tournament, Paulo de Tarso
becomes the official brazilan coach for
then on. David Kerr really appeared as a
TaeKwon-Do star, winning the tournament,
fighting the only 3 times world ITF
champion at the time, the Canadian Paul
Germain. After the individual sparring, he
joined the rest of the Brazilian team along
with André Conchon, to accomplish the
silver medal in team sparring, bronze on
team special technique and bronze on
team power test. The team sparring was
being watched by General Choi, and was
an honor for the entire tournament.
From left to right: Andre Conchon, Paulo de Tarso
and David Kerr, Canada, 1996
X World ITF TaeKwon-Do
Championship, Saint Petersburg,
Russia, 1997
David Kerr won his first world ITF title,