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Master Dan Chuang |
| Sabumnim ('00-present) | |
| Master Dan Chuang started the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club in the fall of 2000 when he first began teaching Physical Education at MIT. Since then, he has coached the club to 3 National Overall Collegiate Taekwondo Championships (2004, 2008, 2009), and 5 Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference titles (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009). He also served US National Collegiate Team Coach at the 2008 World University Taekwondo Championships and 2009 Summer World University Games. He really is passionate about working with collegiate athletes and watching students using Taekwondo as a vehicle to grow.
Master Chuang is also responsible for organizing collegiate Taekwondo at the regional and national level. He is director of the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (ECTC), and also serves as Secretary General of the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association (NCTA). He is also the head instructor of C.W. Taekwondo at Boston, a non-profit Taekwondo school located in Central Square, Cambridge. Master Chuang is a 5th degree black belt, promoted by Master Han Don Cho of Cornell University. When he's not training or teaching, Master Chuang works full time as an engineering staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory Links:
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Karolina Corin |
| Instructor ('??-present), Vice President ('??-'??) | |
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Bobby Ren |
| Instructor ('05-present), Co-Captain ('05-'06), Vice President ('04-'05) | |
| Bobby Ren started taekwondo as a freshman at MIT after trying out various other sports like crew and jiu jitsu. He competed as the men's A1 lightweight in his senior and M. Eng years, and was named male INCTL League MVP in 2004-2005. Since then Bobby has competed in several national level tournaments such as Senior Nationals and US Open. He also taught taekwondo at the UCSD club in 2006-2007 before moving back to Boston to train with MIT and CW Boston. Bobby recently competed in the 2009 Universiades in pairs poomse with Alicia Zhou, and also attended a seminar and the Pamplona Open for poomse in Spain. After testing for his 3rd Degree black belt in October 2009, Bobby is focusing on coaching the MIT club in both sparring and poomse, and documenting it all on his digital camera. | |
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Alicia Zhou |
| Instructor ('06-present), Advisor ('05-present), President ('05-'06), Webmaster ('03-'04) | |
| Alicia started Taekwondo as a white belt in the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club in January, 2003 as part of a PE class her freshmen year. She has since promoted through the ranks of the club, under the tutelage of Master Dan Chuang, and now is a 2nd degree Kukkiwon-certified black belt. She competed actively within the INCTL during all four years of her college career and has since graduated into national and international competition. Alicia was a member of the 2009 Collegiate National Poomsae team, along with other club members Bobby Ren and Karolina Corin and Rebecca Hung. She continues to teach and practice Taekwondo with the club at MIT, as well as at our sister school, C.W. Taekwondo @ Boston. Outside of Taekwondo, Alicia is currently pursuing her PhD in Biology at Harvard University. . | |
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Anye Li |
| Instructor ('07-present) | |
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Rene Chen |
| Instructor ('07-present), Advisor ('07-present), Co-Captain ('06-'07), President ('06-'07), Treasurer ('05-'06), Fundraising Chair ('04-'05) | |
| Rene started Taekwondo as a white belt in the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club her freshman year. She has since been practicing, competing and promoted through the ranks with the club. She was named INCTL (now ECTC) All-Star Athlete in 2006-2007, and was the President and Captain of MIT Sport Taekwondo for that same year. Since graduation till early 2009, she has been out of the competition scenes except coaching the MIT club. This the past year, Rene has found her passion in Poomse. In 2009-2010, she attended a seminar and competed in the Pamplona Open (receiving 2nd in Female Team) for poomse in Spain. She also placed 3rd at US Open in 1st Seniors division. With recently established US citizenship, now she can compete on the National level. Her goal is to take a spot on the US National Poomse Team one day. | |
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Richard-Duane Chambers |
| Instructor ('??-present), Treasurer ('07-'08) | |
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Chris Han |
| Instructor ('09-present), Co-Captain ('07-'09) | |
| Chris began taekwondo in elementary school in his hometown of Clemson, SC, under the direction of Grand Master Bill Huggins. After a long break, Chris resumed his taekwondo training as a freshman at MIT with the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club. He competed as the A1 middleweight for his junior and senior years, being named to the ECTC All-Stars team in 2009. After earning his first degree black belt in 2008, Chris continues to practice taekwondo with the club, currently acting as an instructor and C-team sparring coach. Outside of taekwondo, Chris studies Aerospace Engineering at MIT and enjoys playing trumpet in the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. | |
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Jordan Brayanov |
| Instructor ('09-present) | |
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Becca Hung |
| Instructor ('10-present), Vice President ('09-present) | |
| Becca is a member of the class of 2011. She started Taekwondo the summer after 6th grade because she wanted a change from the sport of swimming (which she has been doing since she was 3 years old) and her mom thought girls should know how to defend themselves. Becca began Taekwondo at a small Taekwondo school in her hometown headed by Grandmaster Kangwon Lee and Master Paul Lee. After about a 1 to 2 year break from Taekwondo in high school, she decided to try to get back into the martial art during her senior year of high school at CW Taekwondo at Boston. She feels very grateful to have the opportunity to train with both the MIT Sport Taekwondo team and CW Taekwondo. Outside of Taekwondo, Becca enjoys snowboarding, rock climbing, wakeboarding, visual arts, balloon animal making, and eating. | |
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Erika Lee |
| Instructor ('10-present), Treasurer ('10-present), Equipment Manager ('09-'10) | |
| Erika is currently a junior at MIT ('12) majoring in course VI. In her spare time, she likes to play video games, eat things, and kick people. She also likes potatoes. | |
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Chris Williams |
| Instructor ('11-present) | |
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Tara Sarathi |
| Instructor ('11-present) | |
| Tara is a senior in course 3, and started taekwondo as a freshman in the PE class. Ever since joining, the club has proved to be a home away from home (especially at tournaments). When not at practice or studying, Tara enjoys working in the chemistry lab, and writing and filming movies | |
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Matt Weinberg |
| Instructor ('11-present) | |
| I'm currently a second year grad student in EECS. I started Tae Kwon Do as an undergrad at Cornell taking the PE class. I started competing my junior year and fell in love with the sport as well as the team. I'm grateful that the MIT team has given me the opportunity to keep TKD as an important part of my life, and I love it here. Outside of TKD, I enjoy playing other sports (especially frisbee) and board games. | |
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Aziz Abdellahi |
| Instructor ('11-present) | |