Brandon Ivey is the first Heavyweight Black Belt Taekwondo Champion from America since 1986. He is a junior at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn, Virginia.
Champions
are made, not born. It takes a family to produce a potential champion;
and an old Chinese Proverb says that when the student is ready, the
teacher will appear. When Brandon was ready, his master teacher
appeared. That teacher is Master Dennis Kim from the USTigers World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) School of Taekwondo, Haymarket, VA.
On
March 23 Brandon Ivey represented the USA in the World WTF Taekwondo
Championship Tournament in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. He
defeated FIVE heavy weight black belt fighters from various countries
around the World. It was a single elimination tournament and Brandon
went undefeated. All of his fights were razor-edge close. The final
match was a sudden death overtime match against Hamza Kattan of Jordan.
Brandon won the match 5-4. His opponents were champions from the
republic of the Philippines, Azerbaijzan, Spain, Russia, and Jordan.
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Not since Marlon Brando has a young American so captivated the youth of his generation. Brandon Ivey has the same magnetic personality, compelling attractiveness, and charm that can inspire devotion in others. Bruce Lee also had it. We call it charisma. This has led some of Brandon's friends in his inner most circle to refer to him as 'Brando'. Can this be the start of a new Teen Cult Idol. Michael Jackson's fame started in a similar fashion.
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