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Founder Master Harry Tam Founder and Technical Director - Master Harry Tam is a 7th Degree Black Belt and Master Instructor certified by the Kukkiwon in Korea. Master Tam is also a Second Class International Referee since 1996 and a certified Hanmadang International Referee.
Founder Master Dean Iacobucci Founder and Chief Instructor - Master Dean Iacobucci, a 5th Dan Black Belt certified by the Kukkiwon, has been a student of Cheung's Taekwondo since 1986. He was taught by Senior Master Tam and Grand Master Cheung in Toronto. In 1988, he started his own Taekwondo program at Annette Community Centre (Toronto West) He has nurtured over 33 Black Belts up to 4th Degree Black Belt level. (See Black Belt: Virtual Wall of Fame).
Founder   Master Harry Tam Founder and Technical Director - Master Harry Tam is a 7th Degree Black Belt and Master Instructor certified by the Kukkiwon in Korea. Master Tam is also a Second Class International Referee since 1996 and a certified Hanmadang International Referee.
Founder   Master Dean Iacobucci Founder and Chief Instructor - Master Dean Iacobucci, a 5th Dan Black Belt certified by the Kukkiwon, has been a student of Cheung's Taekwondo since 1986. He was taught by Senior Master Tam and Grand Master Cheung in Toronto. In 1988, he started his own Taekwondo program at Annette Community Centre (Toronto West) He has nurtured over 33 Black Belts up to 4th Degree Black Belt level. (See Black Belt: Virtual Wall of Fame).

About the Founders

 

Harry Tam

Master Tam was a part-time instructor at Cheung’s Taekwondo Mississauga in 1985 and the Head Instructor for Cheung’s TaekwondoToronto from 1986 to 1988. He travelled to Korea and Taiwan with Grandmaster Cheung in 1987 for specialized training in Hapkido and Taekwondo.
He begins his referee training in 1981 and earned his third class National Referee credential. He continues to compete and referee and eventually earned his First Class National Referee in 1985.    In 1992, Master Tam obtained his Third Class International Referee in Colorado Springs, Colorado and graduated to Second Class in 1996. He was also the Chief Examiner for referees for the Ontario Taekwondo Association where he travelled throughout Ontario with Master Ben.

In 2008, Master Tam and many of the Cheung’s Taekwondo members travelled through China for special training at the Shaolin Temple, WuDong Mountain and the Kukkiwon in Korea.Wu to educate and test Ontario referees.

Although Master Tam is involved in Taekwondo for the past 30 years, he continues with his Tai Chi and Kung Fu training on his own as he is very passionate about all oriental martial arts.

 

 

Dean Iacobucci

Any evening, the walls of Mudo Academy® resonate with cries of hana, dul, seht (one, two, three), as Master Iacobucci puts his Taekwondo students through their paces like a drill sergeant.
Since 1988 Master Iacobucci has instructed local children, teens and adults in Taekwondo, a Korean martial art characterized by its fast,
high and spinning kicks.
Students from all Taekwondo schools are welcome to visit Master Iacobucci's locations to practice, work out together, or to just drop in
and say hello.
As well as increasing physical fitness, Taekwondo helps improve mental discipline and instills a strong sense of responsibility - to oneself and to others. While on the training floor or "dojang" students adhere to a strict code of discipline and a set of rules, regulations and class protocol.

Master Iacobucci, who has been practicing Taekwondo since the age of 16, has achieved the rank of 5th Dan Black Belt. As a Master Instructor, Master Iacobucci has excellent credentials to instruct students of all ages and abilities, and his personal dedication to the art has made him a superb leader. Providing personal & quality Instruction to the Martial Arts Community since 1988.