Tae Kwon Do Club at UCF

Amanda Romeu is a second degree black belt and has been training in Taekwondo since 2005, where she trained at ATA under Robert Creed, Master Andy Silva and later Master Robert Clark. She received her black belt in winter of 2007 and second degree in spring of 2009. Amanda also started training in WTF in the winter of 2009 and officially joined a school, under Master Seong Gi in fall 2010. She has competed in various AAU and ATA tournaments. In the summer of 2009, she had the honor of attending Maccabiah sports for Israel, an international competition for all sports, and received bronze in Sparring. Amanda joined the taekwondo club in in freshman year in the fall of 2009 and hopes to be able to continue with the club offering as much as she can.

Alex began training in Taekwondo in 2005. Received his black belt in 2008 at Central Florida Taekwondo Center from Master West. He has competed in numerous tournaments in Florida, winning in both sparring & forms at the state level. He has been teaching Taekwondo since 2008 and hopes to continue to help others achieve their goals. Aside from Taekwondo Alex also practices Judo and has several years of experience in Hapkido. He joined the club in the fall of 2010.

Biography coming soon!

Li Chen is a third degree black belt who started training in Tae Kwon Do back in 2000 at White Lion Tae Kwon Do under Master Mattiello. He started his training under the guidelines of the World Tae Kwon Do Ferderation (WTF) but later switched to the Internation Tae Kwon Do Federation (ITF.) He then join the Tae Kwon Do Club at the University of Central Florida early 2011 and later became the Secretary of the club in the Fall of 2011. Through his years of training, he has developed a deep respect for the art and the lessons it can teach to the practitioner both, mental and physical, that can be applied to everyday life. He now wishes to further develop his skills in the art, as well as help any students who wish to learn more about Tae Kwon Do.

Megan has been a fan of martial arts for many years but has only recently decided to take up the life style of a martial artist. She looked high and far for a martial art that would fit her best and stumbled upon Tae Kwon Do. Due to class fees at other schools she was unable to pursue Tae Kwon Do until she found this very club at UCF in late summer of 2009. While her journey has just begun, she is willing to put forth the dedication and effort to spreading the tenets and competitive spirit Tae Kwon Do has to offer.