Your Instructor
All classes are taught
by Master Constantino Terrigno,
a certified 5th Degree Black Belt with 29 years martial arts experience, and
18 years teaching.
His martial arts training
began in 1981 in Kyokushinkai, followed by Isshinryu, both Japanese
systems of karate. He currently holds a Brown Belt in Isshinryu. Wanting
a more traditional martial art, he discovered and has been training in
Tang Soo Do since 1987.
His original instructors in New York
were Master Darrell Schulze and Master Young Ki Hong.
Master Hong is the son-in-law of the late founder of Tang Soo Do and an
internationally respected martial artist. Master Schulze, a student of
Master Young Ki Hong, also studied Tae Kwon Do with the legendary
S. Henry Cho.
With his
original instructors no longer active in Tang Soo Do, Master Terrigno
began training in 2008 with
Grandmaster Andy Ah Po, 9th Dan and founder of the
Tang Soo Do Martial Way Association.
Grandmaster Ah Po, with 63 years in the martial arts (51
years in Tang Soo Do), was a
direct student and trusted personal escort of the late
Grandmaster Hwang Kee, founder of Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan.
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Master Terrigno received his 2nd
degree Black Belt and Teacher's certificate (Kyo Sa) in 1992, and his
4th degree and Master Instructor's certificate (Sa Bom) in April of
1999. On October 17, 2009 he was awarded his 5th Degree.
Master Terrigno
has competed and given demonstrations at numerous local,
regional and national events and is a 2-time Forms Grand
Champion. He is also the creator and editor of
Tang Soo
Do World, a website which debuted in March 2007 and
is the number one Tang Soo Do reference site on the
internet.
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