Arizona Taekwondo

2026 US Open Taekwondo Championship @ Las Vegas NV

Congratulations to Team Elite USA team for their incredible performance.

Arizona Taekwondo competitors, Daneau Kim, Kaden Stovall-Diaz, Deborah Kim and Matthew Kim competed at the tournament and our students returned back to Arizona with the following results!

Sports Poomsae:

2nd Pl - Junior Male Team (Daneau Kim, Joseph Kim & Enoch Yip)
2nd Pl - Cadet Female Team ( Deborah Kim, Hauen Shim & Catherine Leung

Cadet Male Individual - Matthew Kim faced David Kim aat round of 32 and defeated him and lost to Gabrieal Jomalesa in the round of 8. This is Matthew’s first debut to the US Open.

Sparring:
Junior Male +78, Kaden Stovall-Diaz, fought and made to round of 8

Special thanks to all the TeamElite USA coaches, GM Kwangil Bae, Master Victor Chung, Master Kazuki, Master Alan Cheon, Master Andrew Oh, Master Jungjin Kim, parents of our athletes, support from Team Champion, Master Lee and Master Andrew Oh for allowing Enoch Yip compete with our Junior Male Team. Team Haechi, Master Ray Kyi for allowing Priya Xiong to compete for the Junior Pair division.

Thanks you for your continue support for our athletes!

Daneau Kim, Capture Gold at 2026 Canada Open Taekwondo Championships

Team Members: Daneau Kim / Joseph Kim / Enoch Yip

As we wrap up the year, we want to recognize our students with their achievements:

Best Female Athlete - Seoha Park
Best Male Athlete - Joseph Lee
Student of the Year - Kaitie Yoon
Most Improved Student - Vrishti Nautiyal
Black Belt of the Year - Liam Lam
MVP of the Year - Matthew Kim
Parent of the Year - Yuri Kang

Congratulations and looking forward to another great year!

AYSF Arizona Youth Leadership collected donations and food drive for the holiday and delivered to the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank. The donation was delivered by Justin Rho, president, Rayna An, vice-president, Daneau Kim, secretary, Joshua Kim, treasurer, and youth members, Matthew Kim abd Joseph Lee.

We want to thank everyone who supported the cause ad looking forward additional events to help the community.

USAT National Championship at Ontario, CA (7/23-7/27)

Congratulations to all of TeamElite Arizona for their strong accomplishments. We are very proud of your hard work. Special thanks to GM Hyun Christopher Kim for coaching our athletes; his leadership and guidance allowed our competitors to compete at a high performance level.

Our results:
- Daneau Kim - Male Junior Sports Poomsae Team (Bronze)
- Matthew Kim - Cadet Male Red (Gold)

Special thanks to our TeamElite coaches: GM Seong Tae Kim, Master Victor Chung, Master Jungjin Kim, Master Kazuki Muraoka, Master Alan Cheon, Master Andrew Oh, Master Seongi Kim, and Master Soyoung Kim for their support.

We want to thank GM Kwangil Bae for allowing Deborah Kim to pair with William Liao of East Taekwondo; Master Chen Chao Liu for the pair opportunity for Daneau Kim with Helina Lo and Team Champion; Master Andrew Oh and GM Seong Tae Kim for our Junior Male Team (Joseph Kim, Daneau Kim, and Enoch Yip) to capture a bronze medal.

Traveled to Anaheim, CA to participate at the 2025 Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Hanmadang.

Arizona Taekwondo returned home with the following:
ITF (Individual Traditional Form)
Daneau Kim - ITF (Gold), Elite Pair (Silver), Team (Silver)
Matthew Kim - ITF (Silver)
Joseph Lee - ITF (Silver)
Seoha Park - ITF (Gold)
Kristopher Sunha Kwon - ITF (Gold)
Grayson Kim - ITF (Gold)
Rylie Kim - ITF (Gold)
Aiden Jaeung Jin - ITF (Silver)
Juha Park - ITF (Gold)
Gahyun Kwon - Best Spirit Award

Special thanks to our coaches - Geoffrey Kim and Daneau Kim for their leadership and helping our competitors to stay focus and representing Arizona State. To our parent’s who made event all possible with their suppoort.

🏅 2025 AAU National Taekwondo Championship Results – Salt Lake City, UT 🏅

Arizona Taekwondo proudly traveled to Salt Lake City, UT to compete at the 2025 AAU National Taekwondo Championship — and our students made us incredibly proud! Their dedication, discipline, and indomitable spirit shone through in every division.

Special thanks to the TeamElite USA coaches: GM Kwangil Bae, Master Unju Lee, Master Seong Tae Kim, Master Jung Jin Kim, Master Victor Chung, Master Alan Cheon, Master Andrew Oh, Master Kazuki Muraoka, Master Wonmi McDevitt, Master Derrin McDevitt, Master Yunjung Yang, Instructor Donnah Choi, and everyone who supported the team throughout this journey.

Your guidance, encouragement, and unwavering support made these results possible.

✨ Championship Highlights:

Sports Poomsae
• Daneau Kim: Bronze (Individual), Silver (Pair), Silver (Team)
• Matthew Kim: Silver (Individual), Bronze (Individual)

Traditional Form (WT)
• Matthew Kim: Gold
• Joseph Lee: Silver
• Haneul Choi: Silver
• Mia Kulaski: Silver
• Daneau Kim: Silver

Traditional Form (Open)
• Matthew Kim: Silver
• Joseph Lee: Bronze
• Haneul Choi: Bronze
• Daneau Kim: Silver

Traditional Team
• Daneau Kim: Gold
• Olivia Hoang: Bronze

We commend all our competitors for their hard work and remarkable performances. Your achievements inspire everyone in our Arizona Taekwondo family!

Congratulations to all! 👏🏆🥋

Black belt promotion test @ Arizona Taekwkndo

US America West @ Salt Lake City, UT

TeamElite USA Arizona recently competed and comes back with some great results. Want to thank the parents, instructors, athletes for their unwavering support!

Special thanks to GM Kwangil Bae for his support for the team. Kaylee and Daneau paired and won second place. GM Seong Tae Kim and Team Champion for Junior team, Joseph Kim, Daneau Kim and Enoch Yip, where they captured second place. Master Alan Cheon and Master Jaeho Jeong for Cadet Female Team, Catherine Leung, Penelope Haesemeyer, and Deborah Kim, capturing the third place.

Daneau Kim captured bronze medal and Joshua Kim capturing Bronze for WC Junior Male Sparring.

US America West coaches, Master Victor Chung, Master Andrew Oh, GM Seong Tae Kim for your support during the past two days helping our athletes, your commitment to the team is truly amazing!

2025 AAU TKD - Arizona State Championship
Sports Poomsae Designated Forms