Aggieland Martial Arts Academy

🥋🌎 WORLD RANKED. HOME GROWN. AGGIELAND PROUD. 🌎🥋

We are incredibly honored to see our athletes being recognized not only by KBTX, but now by KWTX as well!

The “Founding Five” have earned recognition for being ranked among the Top 10 in the World, but what makes this story special isn’t the rankings, it’s the journey behind them!

These young athletes have spent years showing up when no one was watching! They’ve trained through victories and setbacks, celebrated each other’s successes, picked each other up after disappointments, and learned that true greatness is built one day, one class, and one challenge at a time!

At Aggieland Martial Arts, our mission has never been just to create champions on the mat. It’s to help develop confident leaders, disciplined students, resilient competitors, and outstanding young people. These five athletes are a reflection of those values, and we couldn’t be more proud of the example they set for the younger students who look up to them every day!

As they prepare to compete for World Titles this summer, we hope our entire community will join us in cheering them on!

Thank you to KWTX and KBTX for helping share their story and shine a spotlight on these incredible young people ❤️

🥇 Bella
🥇 Stella
🥇 Remi
🥇 Cullen
🥇 Callan

The future is bright, and this is only the beginning!

❤️🥋 Please watch, like, comment, and share to help celebrate these amazing athletes!

Meet the "Founding Five." Five Central Texas students are ranked in the top 10 in the world for taekwondo and are heading to the world titles this summer. 🔗kwtx.com/2026/06/08/brazos-valley-students-ranked-among-top-10-world-taekwondo/

⭐️ We are incredibly proud of our Aggieland Martial Arts athletes!

This week, KBTX highlighted the amazing accomplishments of our students as they prepare to represent the Brazos Valley on one of the biggest stages in martial arts competition!🥋🏆

What makes us the proudest isn’t just the medals, championships, or titles, it’s the dedication, discipline, perseverance, and character these young athletes demonstrate every day both on and off the mat!

From beginners taking their first class to national and world-level competitors, our students continue to prove that hard work, goal setting, and believing in yourself can accomplish incredible things!

A huge thank you to KBTX for sharing their story and helping showcase the positive impact martial arts has on children and families throughout College Station, Bryan, and the Brazos Valley!

Please take a moment to watch the video, read the story, and help us congratulate these outstanding young leaders! 💜

📍 Aggieland Martial Arts Academy
📍 College Station, Texas
🥋 Taekwondo
🏅 Competitive Martial Arts
👦 Youth Martial Arts
👧 Kids Taekwondo
🏆 Tournament Training
🌎 World Championship Bound

These five College Station students are ranked among the top 10 in the world for taekwondo. Now, they’re preparing to compete for a world title next month 🔗⬇️

⭐️🏆 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND RECAP! 🏆⭐️

WOW! What a weekend for the Aggieland Martial Arts competition team! 🔥🥋

Our students traveled to the South District Championships and represented Aggieland Martial Arts, & Bryan-College Station, with courage, heart, sportsmanship, and grit!

The medals are exciting, but what makes us the proudest is watching these kids grow into confident young leaders through martial arts! ❤️

📊 TEAM TOTALS

🥇 18 District Championship Titles
🥈 4 Silver Medals
🥉 5 Bronze Medals

🏅 27 Total Medals

💥 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS 💥

⭐️ Jessy Zarate
🥇 Team Combat
🥇 Team Sparring
🥇 Combat
🥇 Sparring
🥇 Creative Forms
🥈 XMA Forms
🥉 Forms

⭐️ Remi
🥇 Team Combat
🥇 Team Sparring
🥇 Combat
🥇 Sparring
🥉 XMA Forms

⭐️ Cullen
🥇 Team Combat
🥇 Team Sparring
🥈 Sparring
🥉 XMA Forms

⭐️ Stella
🥇 Team Combat
🥇 Team Sparring
🥈 Sparring

⭐️ Callen
🥇 Team Combat
🥇 Team Sparring
🥉 XMA Forms

⭐️ Bella
🥇 Team Combat
🥇 Team Sparring

⭐️ Ellie
🥉 Sparring
🥈 XMA Forms

⭐️ Josh Zarate
🥇 Sparring

🌟 ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT: REMI 🌟

What a weekend!

Remi captured District Titles in both Combat and Sparring while helping the Crimson Phoenix to the Team Sparring District Championship title! 💪🏼🔥

One of the defining moments of the weekend came Friday night when the Team Sparring Championship was on the line! With the pressure at its highest, the crowd at its loudest, Remi stepped up and scored the clutch points needed to secure the title!

She also earned her THIRD Tournament of Champions qualification this season this time in combat sparring and continues to establish herself as one of the top young martial arts competitors in the world! 🌎🥋

🌟 COACH SPOTLIGHT: JESSY ZARATE 🌟

Coach Jessy had an incredible weekend, bringing home FIVE District Titles, a Silver Medal, and a bronze medal

🥇 Team Combat
🥇 Team Sparring
🥇 Combat
🥇 Sparring
🥇 Creative Forms
🥈 XMA Forms
🥉 Forms

Jessy continues to lead by example, proving that hard work, consistency, and passion for the sport pay off. More importantly, she spent the entire weekend coaching, encouraging, and supporting the students who make up the Aggieland Martial Arts family ❤️

The highlight of the weekend wasn’t standing on top of the podium, it was watching the students succeed!

Seeing the Crimson Phoenix bring home All 4 Team Titles and watching athletes overcome obstacles, achieve goals, and qualify for major events made the weekend one to remember!

👊🏼 TEAM CHAMPIONS 👊🏼

The Crimson Phoenixes brought home BOTH:

🥇 District Team Combat Championship
🥇 District Team Sparring Championship

Those titles belong to every athlete who stepped into the ring, every teammate who cheered from the sidelines, every parent who drove to practice, and every family that believed in this team!

❤️ At Aggieland Martial Arts, we believe martial arts is about more than medals

It’s about confidence!
It’s about discipline!
It’s about leadership!
It’s about resilience!
It’s about becoming the best version of yourself!

Thank you to all of our students, families, and supporters who make this possible!!

🚨 NEXT STOP: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS & WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! 🚨

The work isn’t finished!

The goal has always been the red letters!

Let’s go chase World Titles!!🔥🌎🥋

🥇⭐️FIVE SOUTH DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ONE NIGHT! ⭐️🥇

What a night for Aggieland Martial Arts! ❤️🖤💛

Tonight was the opening night of the South District Championships, where the top Taekwondo athletes from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana competed for South District Titles and a chance to advance to the Tournament of Champions!

Our goal heading into tonight was simple:

⭐️ Win 5 District Championships

And that’s exactly what our athletes did!

🥇 South District Champion – Adult Team Sparring
🥇 South District Champion – Adult Team Combat
🥇 South District Champion – Rookie Team Sparring
🥇 South District Champion – Rookie Team Combat
🥇 South District Champion – Coach Josh - Sparring

5 Opportunities
5 Championships
1 Unforgettable Night

💥 First up were our Adult Teams

These athletes continue to prove why they are among the best martial artists in the South District! Every round was hard fought, every point mattered, and they battled their way to TWO South District Championships!

We are incredibly proud of every member of this team and can’t wait to see them represent Aggieland Martial Arts at the Tournament of Champions! 👏🔥

💥 Next came our Rookie Team

And this is where our hearts are overflowing with pride

Eleven months ago, these young men and women started this season as kids with goals and dreams

Over the past year, we’ve watched them grow into athletes

They’ve faced setbacks
They’ve experienced disappointment
They’ve lost matches
They’ve been counted out

But they never stopped working

They never stopped believing

Tonight, they fought their way to the top of the South District

No byes
No easy path
No shortcuts

Just heart ❤️

Just grit 🙌🏼

Just teamwork 🤝🏼

The crowd was electric and our athletes fed off every second of it! Easily one of the loudest and most exciting atmospheres of the entire night! 📣🔥

⭐ Special shoutout to Lincoln Clark!

Lincoln stepped into one of the toughest matches of the evening and delivered when his team needed him most, grinding out a huge 1-0 victory!

That’s championship mentality!!💪🏼

⭐ And then there was Remi

When everything was on the line…
When the pressure was at its highest…
When the crowd was at its loudest…

She delivered!

Remi landed a clutch 2-point head kick in the championship match to help secure the Rookie Team Sparring District Championship! 🥋💥

Big moment
Big pressure
Big performance

We couldn’t be more proud!!

💥 Finally, Coach Josh took the mat

After only competing once during the regular season, he earned his opportunity to compete for a South District Championship

Tonight, he made it count

🥇 South District Sparring Champion

A huge congratulations to Coach Josh on an outstanding performance!

🙏🏼 We also want to give a special thank you to Rodriguez Martial Arts Academy for allowing Lincoln Clark and Mr. Daniel Bell to compete alongside us! Your support and partnership mean the world to our team!

We couldn’t have done it without you!

Tonight reminded us that championships aren’t built in one match!!

They’re built through early mornings
Late nights
Hard practices
Tough losses
And the decision to keep showing up

Tonight, all of that hard work paid off

Tomorrow, our Aggieland Martial Arts Tournament Team returns to compete for Individual South District Championships, and we can’t wait to watch them chase their goals!

No matter what happens tomorrow, we are already incredibly proud of every athlete who stepped onto the mat tonight!

Let’s keep rolling! 🔥🏆🥋⭐️

⭐️ 25 Years of Taekwondo & A Lifetime of Impact ⭐️

Today, Aggieland Martial Arts is celebrating a truly special milestone:

🥋 25 years ago today, Coach Josh began his Taekwondo journey

What started as a young student stepping onto the mat has grown into a lifetime dedicated to martial arts, leadership, competition, and helping others become the best version of themselves

Over the past 25 years, Coach Josh has:

🏆 Competed at the highest levels of ATA & Traditional Taekwondo

🏆 Earned multiple World Champion titles

🏆 Trained and mentored hundreds of students

🏆 Built Aggieland Martial Arts into a place where families can grow together through discipline, confidence, and respect

🏆 Dedicated countless hours to developing athletes, leaders, and future black belts

One of the most remarkable parts of his journey is that he chose to remain a 3rd Degree Black Belt longer than required so he could continue competing at an elite level and pursue his goals on the world stage. While that delayed his advancement in rank, it allowed him to chase excellence and create experiences that now benefit every student who trains under him

This fall, Coach Josh will receive his 25-Year Legacy Pin, an honor that recognizes a quarter century of dedication to Taekwondo

And the journey isn’t over

In just 10 months, he will test for his 5th Degree Black Belt, another major milestone in an already incredible martial arts career

Please join us in congratulating Coach Josh on 25 years of commitment, sacrifice, leadership, and passion for Taekwondo. We are grateful for everything he has done for our students, our families, and our community

❤️ Here’s to 25 years, and many more to come ⭐️

⭐️🥋 STRONGER TOGETHER 🥋⭐️

🥋❤️ At Aggieland ATA Martial Arts, we’re reminded all the time how special the martial arts community truly is, and today we want to take a moment to say a HUGE THANK YOU to our friends at Rodriguez Martial Arts Academy!💙🖤🔥

Natalie & Richie Rodriguez, thank you both for your friendship, your support, and for everything you do for us! 🫶🏼 Not just as fellow school owners in the martial arts world, but as real friends we genuinely care about and appreciate! ❤️

We’re incredibly thankful for every combined training opportunity, every extra round, and every chance our students have had to learn and grow alongside your team!

🐦‍🔥 A huge thank you also to our Crimson Phoenix teammates Daniel Bell and Lincoln Clark! They are a huge part of our team’s success, and we are incredibly grateful for them!

And to your junior instructors Pixie Kaye Zoey Grantham, Khloe Clark, & Luka Thurwagner, thank you for all the extra hours you’ve invested in helping train our students! ⏰🥋 The work you put in matters, and we see the impact every single time our students step on the mat! 💯

When martial arts schools, school owners, and instructors come together with the goal of helping each other grow, everyone gets better! 🔥

Our students get stronger 💪🏼
Our teams get sharper ⚡
Our community gets stronger 💥

And the proof is in our students and in our teams! 🥇🥇🥇

We’re grateful for the friendships, partnerships, and we’re proud to train alongside y’all, and we’re excited for all the opportunities ahead! 🎉🥋

We love y’all! Thank you ❤️🥋🙌🏼

🇺🇸 This Memorial Day, Aggieland Martial Arts honors the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom 🇺🇸

Today we pause to remember the heroes who gave everything in service to our country. Their courage, sacrifice, and commitment are the reason we enjoy the freedoms we have every day!

At Aggieland Martial Arts in College Station, we work hard to teach values like discipline, respect, courage, leadership, and service, and Memorial Day is a powerful reminder of what true service and sacrifice look like!

We are grateful for those who served and especially for those who gave their lives defending our nation ❤️🤍💙

From all of us at Aggieland Martial Arts Academy:

Thank you. We remember. We honor.

⭐ Martial Arts for Kids, Teens & Adults
⭐ Building confidence, discipline & leadership
⭐ Proudly serving families in College Station & Bryan, Texas

🥋⭐️ STELLA, REMI, & BELLA ARE OFFICIALLY 2ND DEGREE BLACK BELTS! ⭐️🥋

The Aggieland Martial Arts Academy team traveled to Glen Rose, Texas for an unforgettable combined black belt testing hosted alongside our friends at ATA Martial Arts - Texas Elite Granbury, Glen Rose & Cleburne!

Moments like these are what martial arts is truly about, growth, discipline, leadership, perseverance, and surrounding yourself with people who genuinely want to see your students succeed! ❤️

We want to give a huge thank you to Brent Blackpearl & Elisha Rosenkranz & the entire Texas Elite instructor team, Senior Master Dometrius Hill, and Azle Martial Arts for taking the time to guest judge and support these girls during such a major milestone in their martial arts journey! Having respected instructors and Masters pour into our students and encourage them means more than we can put into words!

And now… our girls! 🥹

Stella, Remi, and Bella have officially earned their 2nd Degree Black Belts after years of hard work, sacrifices, training, competing, traveling, overcoming setbacks, and refusing to quit!

These three are part of our original “Founding 5” at Aggieland Martial Arts, and watching them grow from shy little white belts into confident, powerful, high-level martial artists has been one of the greatest privileges of our lives as instructors!

Today, all three girls are ranked among the Top 10 in the World, individually and in team competition! They know how to perform under pressure! They know how to compete! They know how to win!

But what makes us most proud has nothing to do with medals or rankings

They are kind
They are hardworking
They lead by example
They support their teammates
They encourage younger students
They represent what true martial arts leadership looks like on and off the mat

We also want to say how proud we are of Callen for successfully completing his final midterm this weekend as well! 🥋⭐️ Huge accomplishment, buddy, and we’re excited to keep watching you grow!

At Aggieland Martial Arts Academy in College Station, Texas, our goal has always been bigger than creating champions in competition. We strive to help build confident kids, strong leaders, disciplined athletes, and respectful young adults through Taekwondo and martial arts training!

These girls are proof of what years of consistency, family support, dedication, and high-level martial arts instruction can accomplish!

We love you girls and could not be more proud to call you ours ❤️💙🥋⭐️

🥋 GREEN FLAGS IN A MARTIAL ARTS PARENT ⭐️

At Aggieland Martial Arts, we are incredibly thankful for the amazing families who trust us to help guide, challenge, and develop their children, both on and off the mat!

The truth is, there are far more supportive, encouraging sports and martial arts parents than difficult ones. The great parents are the foundation of strong teams, healthy programs, and confident athletes!

⭐ Green Flag #1: They trust the coach.
They did their research. They chose the program for a reason. Then they allow the instructors to coach, teach, and lead!

⭐ Green Flag #2: They don’t question every decision.
Tough feedback, lineup changes, consequences, corrections, or challenges are all part of growth. Great parents understand there is always more happening behind the scenes than what they may see in one moment!

⭐ Green Flag #3: They see the big picture.
Martial arts is about long-term development, discipline, confidence, leadership, and perseverance, not just one class, one tournament, or one moment!

⭐ Green Flag #4: They support standards.
Strong parents don’t ask instructors to lower expectations for their child. They support structure, accountability, discipline, and growth!

⭐ Green Flag #5: They want truth, not comfort.
The goal is not temporary comfort, it’s helping students become stronger, more capable, respectful, and resilient young leaders!

⭐ Green Flag #6: They raise accountable athletes.
Their child communicates, listens, works hard, and takes responsibility. They do not blame others or speak negatively about coaches, teammates, or the program!

⭐ Green Flag #7: They understand the team dynamic.
It’s bigger than “my kid.” Martial arts teaches students to support their teammates, trust the process, and contribute to something greater than themselves!

The best parents don’t make the journey easier…
They support the hard things that help their athlete grow stronger! ❤️🤍💙

We are so grateful for the families who continue to support our students, instructors, and team culture here at Aggieland Martial Arts in College Station/Bryan, Texas!