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Mountain Academy of Martial Arts

John W. Rankin

OBJECTIVE

To share my knowledge of Martial Arts in both a traditional and convenient setting. Presently the Chief Instructor and owner at the Mountain Academy of Martial Arts located in Evergreen, Colorado. I began my studys in Martial Arts while in the U.S. Navy-Submarine Service. Upon discharge in 1970, I continued my studies in Tae Kwon Do and Tang Soo Do under Master Vern Foster, in Gulfport, Mississippi.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

1971 RECEIVED 1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TAE KWON DO/TANG SOO DO. ESTABLISHED FIRST MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL, PASCAGOULA, MISS.

1972-77 ACTIVE ON THE SOUTHEAST TOURNAMENT CIRCUIT, WINNING SEVERAL GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. RECEIVED 1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT IN HAPKIDO, UNDER MASTER YE YOUNG KIM.

1978 RECEIVED 1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT IN GO SHIN RU KARATE, UNDER MR. STEVE GAFBATZ, 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT, IN WAUSAU, WISCONSIN.

1981 RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TAE KWON DO/TANG SOO DO, UNDER MASTER CHUL WOO JUNG, DENVER, COLORADO.

1981 ESTABLISHED THE MOUNTAIN ACADEMY OF MARTIAL ARTS, EVERGREEN, COLORADO.

1982 RECEIVED 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TAE KWON DO/TANG SOO DO, UNDER MASTER VERN FOSTER, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI.

1984 RECEIVED 4TH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TAE KWON DO/TANG SOO DO, UNDER MASTER VERN FOSTER, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI.

1985 RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BLACK BELT IN HAPKIDO.

1985 RECEIVED 1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT IN EI I DO.

1987 RECEIVED 5TH DEGREE/MASTER’S CREDENTIALS IN TAE KWON DO/TUNG SOO DO, UNDER MASTER VERN FOSTER AND THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE MOO DUK KWON ASSOCIATION, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

1989 WON GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE 1989 SOUTHERN NATIONALS.

1991 RECEIVED 6TH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TAE KWON DO/TANG SOO DO, FROM THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE MOO DUK KWON ASSOCIATION, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

1992 HELPED ONE OF MY STUDENTS ESTABLISH A TAE KWON DO PROGRAM AT THE CLEAR CREEK RECREATION CENTER IN IDAHO SPRINGS.

1995 HELPED ONE OF MY STUDENTS ESTABLISH A TAE KWON DO PROGRAM AT THE GILPIN COUNTY RECREATION CENTER.

1986-2003 RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION BY BEING ADMITTED TO “WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN MARTIAL ARTS”.

1981-1997 ACTIVE IN THE EVERGREEN COMMUNITY AT THE LOCAL SCHOOLS GIVING DEMONSTRATIONS AND SELF DEFENSE CLASSES. STARTED A MONTHLY WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE CLASS THAT CONTINUES TODAY. ACTIVE WITH THE FUN OVER 50 ORGANIZATION IN EVERGREEN. WAS PRINCIPLE SPEAKER AT THE 1994 AND 1995 FUN OVER 50 FAIR.

1996-2003 HELPED OPEN “THE LINK” RECREATION CENTER IN LAKEWOOD. PRESENTLY TEACHING AT THE CENTER.

2003 RECEIVED 7TH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TAE KWON DO/TANG SOO DO, FROM THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE MOO DUK KWON ASSOCIATION.