INSTRUCTOR BIOS

COACH MICKEY

Coach Mickey

B.A., Psychology, Georgetown University
M.Ed., Elementary Education, UMD College Park
4th Degree Black Belt in Jhoon Rhee Tae Kwon Do
Iyengar Yoga Practitioner
Yang Taiji (Tai Chi) under GM Brown
Chen Taiji (Tai Chi) under Dr. C.P. Ong and Chen Village GMs, Trained in Chen Village, China
Co-Founder & Co-Director, Sun & Moon Taiji One
Founder/Director/Head Instructor, Georgetown University Tae Kwon Do (GUTKD) Club
Senior Contributor for Culture Mob
Pioneering Taiji (Tai Chi) Competitor in Open Martial Arts Tournaments

2011 NASKA World Grand Champion in Men's Traditional Forms
2011 NASKA World Champion in Musical Forms, Chinese Forms, and Chinese Weapons
Featured on ESPN2 through 2011 US Open/ISKA World Championship
First-ever Internal Martial Arts Competitor to Win NASKA Overall Forms Grand Champion in 2011
First-ever Internal Martial Arts Competitor to Win NASKA Traditional Forms Grand Champion in 2010
2009 Shark City Nationals BASKA Contemporary Forms/Weapons Grand Champion
2007 Tiger Claw Elite Championship Traditional Forms Grand Champion

2 Silver Medals at 6th Jiaozuo International Taijiquan Exchange Competition in Henan, China

Coach Melody

Pre-Med and M.D., Seoul National University
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Cornell University. Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Discoverer of BAF, National Institutes of Health
3rd Degree Black Belt in Jhoon Rhee Tae Kwon Do
Iyengar Yoga Practitioner
Yang Taiji (Tai Chi) under GM Brown
Chen Taiji (Tai Chi) under Dr. C.P. Ong and Chen Village GMs, Trained in Chen Village, China
Co-Founder & Co-Director, Sun & Moon Taiji One
Instructor of GUTKD Club
Martial & Culinary Scientist
Coach of 2011 NASKA World Grand Champion Mickey Lee
Elite Taiji (Tai Chi) Competitor

Female Taiji (Tai Chi) Weapons Champion, 2008 New England International Chinese Martial Arts Competition
40+ Taiji (Tai Chi) Forms and Weapons Champions, 2007 Tiger Claw Elite Championship Final
Female Taiji (Tai Chi) Grand Champion, 2007 San Diego Grand Internationals
Yang Tai Chi Forms Champion, 2006 U.S. Capitol Classics/China Open