River Valley Tang Soo Do Academy

10/07/2026

With World Tang Soo Do Association – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers 🎉

09/24/2026

Thank you Boulevarde Glass and Metal for getting the store front back together.

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09/24/2026

Save the Date!

🥋 THE RHODE TO VICTORY BEGINS! 🥋
🇺🇸 THE 2027 WTSDA U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
📍 Providence, Rhode Island
📅 July 28–August 1, 2027

The World Tang Soo Do Association proudly welcomes you to the 2027 U.S. National Championships, returning home to Region 9 where it all began!

The story of the U.S. Nationals began in 2017, when Grandmaster Robert E. Beaudoin approached Master Efrain Valentin with a vision. During his travels, Grandmaster Beaudoin had seen the excitement generated by national events held between World Championships in Europe and Latin America. He believed our members in the United States deserved that same opportunity to train, compete and come together as one Tang Soo Do family.

At the 2019 Region 9 Championships, Grandmaster Beaudoin officially announced the inaugural U.S. National Championships. Later that year, the first event was held in Stamford, Connecticut and a new WTSDA tradition was born.

From the beginning, the U.S. Nationals offered unique training and competition opportunities. At Grandmaster Beaudoin’s request, team forms and team sparring were introduced, along with a new tradition of presenting our Grand Champions with distinctive awards.

🏆 In 2019, our Grand Champions received championship belts.

🔥 In 2021, they received fire-themed trophies.

🌆 In 2023, Chicago celebrated its champions with trophies featuring the city’s iconic skyline.

🏄 In 2025, Master Hutchinson and his team took us to the “Battle at the Beach,” featuring surfboard awards and championship rings.

Now, in 2027, the U.S. National Championships are coming home to Region 9—the home of Grandmaster Robert E. Beaudoin.

We are proud to welcome WTSDA members from across the United States, along with our international Tang Soo Do brothers and sisters, to beautiful Providence, Rhode Island, for:

🇺🇸 THE 2027 WTSDA U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
🥋 THE RHODE TO VICTORY
📍 Providence, Rhode Island
📅 July 28–August 1, 2027

Today, we are proud to officially unveil our championship logo but we are not revealing everything at once!

Over the coming weeks and months, we will introduce our championship belts, trophies, medals and plenty of other exciting surprises being created especially for this historic event.

Begin making your vacation and travel plans now. Gather your students, families and teammates and prepare to join us on the Rhode to Victory!

The journey begins now. We’ll see you in Rhode Island!

Tang Soo!

09/23/2026

Another great addition to the WTSDA Management team. Thank you for your service!

On behalf of the Governance Committee, we are happy to announce the appointment of Mr. Darin Offerdahl to the position of Assistant Treasurer for WTSDA.

Congratulations and thank you for your service to our WTSDA Family! Tang Soo!

09/22/2026

More great things happening with WTSDA.

09/18/2026

A few River Valley Black Belts in this group from LPPACS.

09/13/2026

A great day for Region 22 and a great day for River Valley. In addition to being able to be the host site for the test, River Valley had 12 Cho Dan candidates and 4 E Dan candidates. Our largest group ever.

The test panels and the sweaty exhausted 22 members of Region 22 who tested for Cho Dan and E Dan today . One of our biggest tests ever for our region!

We had several families with multiple members test today!

One Family!

08/28/2026

Thank you Master Johnny Williamson for signed copies of your books. I look forward to reading them and sharing the information with my students, parents and instructors.

08/23/2026

No you class this evening.
Sunday - August 23rd.