KAT Recent History

February 2011: KAT sends 4 athletes to the US Open. Josh K and Ahmed A win their first matches but lose to the gold medalists in their divisions. Sarah M and Brittney H from Loveland spar well in their first major tournament.

January 2011: The 3rd Edition of the KAT handbook becomes available with new videos for all techniques. KAT hosts the first ever Demo Camp in Littleton.

December 2010: KAT hosts the 120th promotion test. Nathan Allison earns his first degree black belt. KAT performs a holiday themed demo for the Aurora Mall. The first KAT yearbook is published.

October 2010: Iman D wins the "Kick of the Month" contest from USAT. KAT sends students to the World TKD College Tournament. KAT color belts and Josh win every black belt division. Grace K wins the 6-7 Black belt division, Marcus R the 8-9 Black belt division, Josh K the 10-11 black belt division, and Mustafa wins the teenage black belt division. KAT also attends the Choi brothers tournament. Terry R wins the black belt and grand champion breaking divisions and Alyssa R and Jasmine R nearly win advanced sparring divisions despite being beginners.

September 2010: KAT Loveland hosts the Lone Wolf Classic, bringing about 100 competitors to Loveland. Shannon Clousing (Adult Black Belt) and Victor Lee (Jr. Color Belt) win grand champion honors. KAT also expands into digital media with Kick Me Photography. KAT also recieves the 2010 'School of the Year' award from COSTA for earning the most medals in state and national championships in 2010. Students also compete in the Rocky Mountain Open. Josh K wins gold in sparring, Ahmed A wins bronze. Amy K and Brittney win gold in forms, Cory wins silver in breaking. KAT hosts the 119th promotion test. Feven Y, Chris W, Joseph L, and Brenna S earn their first degree black belts.

August 2010: Tyler K, Komil L, Sarah M, Joe L, Bethany L, and June L all win spots on the CO State team, the most of any school. Iman D and Moriah G almost win another spot. This marks the first time KAT has won the most spots of any school in CO. Former student Davy Armstrong signs with the Colorado Rapids. Master Matt Bailey becomes a USAT Level 2 Certified Coach.

Summer 2010: KAT again holds mountain training, 2 summer camps, and the summer festival. KAT wins 4th in the 2010 Channel 7 News A List competition.

July 2010: The demo team performs for the premiere of The Last Airbender. KAT students attend the national championships in Florida. Grace K and Moriah G win gold in sparring, Joe Garcia, Lexi B, and Chris Moore win silver in sparring, and Iman D and Joe L win Bronze in sparring. Lexi B also won Bronze in forms and Moriah G silver for a total of 9 medals. Mayor Tauer of Aurora meets the team to congratulate them. The KAT demo Team performs at our biggest venue ever, Invesco Field!

June 2010: KAT hosts the 118th Promotion Test in the park. It's one of the best black belt tests ever. Tyler Wilson, Shannon Clousing, Moriah Garcia, Sam Williams, Bailey Williams, Connor Sullivan and Kyle Landon promote to 1st dan. Mitch Wisner promotes to 2nd Dan, and Zak Kirk promotes to 3rd Dan. The demo team performs for the premiere of The Karate Kid.

May 2010: KAT sends 45 competitors to the CO State Championship, winning nearly 100 medals overall. We take 21 gold medals in sparring, a new record for KAT. KAT wins 'runner up' in the Parenthood Magazine 'Family Favorite' competition.

April 2010: Metro State College hosts the NCTA Collegiate Nationals tournament, earning 2nd place in sparring. Metro students won 15 medals: Bruno Echegoyen-Chirinos ( Silver Male Yellow Belt Flyweight Sparring), Yimleej Vang ( Gold, Male Yellow Belt Flyweight Sparring), Matthew Hays ( Bronze, Male Yellow Belt Featherweight Sparring), Jacqueline Olszewski ( Bronze Female Yellow Belt Featherweight Sparring), Harrison Archer ( Bronze Male Yellow Belt Welterweight Sparring), Brandon Blair ( Silver Male Yellow Belt Welterweight Sparring), Sean Duplantier ( Silver Male Yellow Belt Heavyweight Sparring) ,Amanda Fredericks ( Silver Female Yellow Belt Heavyweight Sparring) , Kadir Jara ( Bronze Male Green/Blue Belt Featherweight Sparring), Nathan Allison ( Silver Male Red Belt Flyweight Sparring), Mirabelle Mouskos ( Silver Female Red Belt Flyweight Sparring), Ivan Smirnou ( Gold, Male Red Belt Featherweight Sparring), John Macaluso ( Bronze Male Red Belt Heavyweight Sparring), Ivan Smirnou ( Bronze, Male Red Belt Featherweight Forms), Ben Schlimm ( Bronze, Male Blue Belt Heavyweight Forms). Scott Granger earns his 1st degree black belt.

March 2010: Josh Kosloski takes the black belt test and promotes to 1st degree black belt.

February 2010: In the Tiger Kim's tournament, Joon Lee won first and Patrick Lam won second in the black belts combined weight division. Connor B won 2nd and Sarah Mast won 3rd in sparring. Sarah also had a sweet board break to win first. In the USAT qualifier, Josh K won 2nd and Chris M won 1st in their divisions, qualifying both of them.

January 2010: CKTKD hosts the first Twin Dragons Tournament. There are 180 competitors from 15 schools. Grand Champion Swords are awarded to Steven Truesdale (Sr Color Belt), Connor Sullivan (Sr Black Belt) Joshua Kosloski (Jr Black Belt) and Grace Kosloski and Nicholas Gilbert (Jr Color Belts).

November 2009: KAT students compete in Yi's Elite friendship competition with almost 15 students. KAT students win every forms and breaking division they enter, as well as every sparring match. Shannon Clousing and Ron Roe enter the Rocky Mountain Open and win 5 gold medals out of 5 events. KAT begins the Lady Tigers Program (mom's class.)

October 2009: KAT Students compete in the 1st CO State Han Ma Dang and bring home many medals. Intramurals is held in Loveland for the first time. Katie H. earns 3rd degree black belt.

September 2009: KAT holds the 115th Promotion Test. Jaire Fortt tests for black belt and is the first candidate to use 'egg sparring.'

KAT becomes a top 5 winner in the Channel 7 News "Best Martial Arts School In Denver" contest. KAT also releases Teaching Martial Arts: A Practical Guide our instructor training manual so that it can be used by other schools as well.

August 2009: KAT holds its first ever Martial Arts Festival featuring Paintfoot Sparring, Weapons, Forms, Breaking, Sword Sparring, Long Kick Contests, Trick Kick Battles, Continuous Doubles Contests, and Group Chunji with 50 + people. (Highlights). KAT starts the Quest after-school program.

KAT hosts the 2nd Survival Training (Highlights)

July 2009: KAT attends the USAT Nationals in San Antonio, TX. All sparring competitors make it to the finals, with Josh K, Jaire F, and Joe L winning gold and Grace K and Marcus R winning silver. Josh K also wins silver in sparring and breaking, and Grace K wins bronze in forms. Josh K and Jaire F end 4 of their combined 5 matches early and each are scored on only once. (Highlights Video).

The Demo Team Performs at Kidspree. (Highlights) Students climb Mt. Bierstadt (Highlights)

June 2009: KAT hosts the 114th Promotion Test and 1st Reunion. At the banquet, we give out the first ever Tenant Awards.

Student Winners Include: Courtesy (Chris W and Joe G) , Integrity (Ethan A and Shannon C) , Perseverance (Gerald B and Ron R), Self Control (Kysta C and Abbey G), Indomitable Spirit. (Josh K and Marcus R).

Instructor Winners Include: Courtesy (Edwin M), Integrity (Jacob G) , Perseverance (Katie H), Self Control (Master Matt B), Indomitable Spirit. (Master Kamil L)

May 2009: Master Kamil holds the grand opening for Loveland Taekwondo. This program also results in the addition of Master Willie Saunders to the KAT Family.

April 2009: KAT once again hosts the White Tiger Martial Arts Championship. This time KAT programs bring 130 students, and the tournament is once again the biggest and most competitive tournamnent in Colorado in the year. Josh K, Jaire F, and RJ Tomas all win swords in the Grand Champion Competition. KAT Medals total nearly 200, and competition team members win every division they enter. Highlights Video (Part 1) , (Part 2)

March 2009: KAT holds the 113th promotion test and 29th anniversary celebration. Kamil Latipov is promoted to 4th Degree Master and Edwin Montero is promoted to 2nd Degree Black Belt.

KAT attends the Colorado State Championship, where Beth Lopez and Master Kamil earn spots on the state team. KAT students win many state championship titles.

February 2009: Edwin Montero and Kamil Latipov attend the US Open in Las Vegas to face competitors from all over the world. Yet, Kamil's first match is against KAT black belt and current Texas resident Sean Keeton. Kamil wins his first two matches. Edwin defeats Australia in overtime but is too injured to continue.

KAT students also attend the AAU state championship where we win all color belt matches against other schools. Josh K wins gold, Marus R wins gold in his division, while Tadan R wins silver in the same division. Chris H easily gaps his opponent in the first round to take gold. Ivan S and LaRon Y both take silver in their black belt divisions.

TOKO the KAT Mascot, makes his debut as the Demo Team performs at the Denver Nuggets vs Oklahoma City Thunder game.

December 2008: KAT students attend the Rocky Mountain Open at the Olympic Training Center. Marcus R, Josh K, and Autumn W all win gold in sparring and forms. Master Kelley S nearly wins the absolute combined black belt divisions in forms and sparring.

We undertake large rennovations in the dojang, including painting the walls blue and silver, adding mirrors, and redoing the countertops. Joel Dallin and Crystal and Joe Garcia provide excellent help.

November 2008: KAT hosts the first Intramurals competition. Auraria Campus Taekwondo students face AFA cadets at the Air Force Academy Scrimmage, and KAT launches the Wiki Drills site to aid martial arts instructors worldwide. We host the 112th Promotion Test, where Talal, Hannah, and Abdella Aoga earn their 1st degree black belts. Ron Roe and RJ Tomas both earn their third degree black belts.

October 2008: KAT parents revive the TKD Sports Association, a 501c3 non-profit foundation, and holds a fall festival and garage sale.

Summer 2008: KAT hosts 2 summer camps, another mountain training, the first back to school party, and the first mountain survival training.

May 2008: Adam Edwards, Kevin Lee, and Dr. Rafael Moreno all test for 1st degree black belt at Metro.

April 2008: KAT hosts the White Tiger Martial Arts Championships at Metro. 230 competitors from 23 programs participate. KAT programs bring a total of 99 competitors.

March 2008: KAT brings 30 students to the Colorado State Taekwondo Championship and earns 50 total medals. Kamil Latipov wins 3 difficult matches in overtime to win a spot on the CO state team.

Feburary 2008: KAT hosts the 109th Promotion Test and 28th Anniversary of the school. Edwin Montero enters the US Open and wins Gold and in Forms and Sparring in 33-40 division and defeats the Brazilian national team member in 18-32 Sparring in his first black belt tournament.

The South School merges with Championship Karate to form CKTKD, Inc and over 100 students move into our facility.

Janurary 2008 : KAT performs a demonstration at the Denver Nuggets Game. The demo becomes an episode of KAT TV. Master Emelio starts up the KAT Baghdad, Iraq program.

December 2008: KAT grapplers travel to Fuseboxe to enter a mini-Tournament. Ashley H places 3rd in the boys division and Tyler Wilson and Tom place 2nd and 4th respectively in the men's 150+ division.

November 2007 - KAT acquires the former Garrett Taekwondo and opens its new south branch location. We install a new 'floating floor' and Masters Bob and Jason McKenna join our team. We also host the 108th Promotion Test where Josh, Beth, and Matt Lopez test for 3rd Dan.

October 2007 - KAT Records 137,000 kicks in the World Record Kickathon. At the Castle Rock Tournament, students have a great showing in all events. Beth Lopez dominates her division and wins by knockout in the finals. Total record is:

Sparring (18 people) 6 gold, 8 silver, 4 bronze
Breaking (4 people) 3 gold, 1 bronze
Forms (12 people) 3 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze

September 2007 - KAT begins programs in Global Village Academy and St. Therese Elementary School.

August 2007- KAT holds the 107th Promotion Test. KAT TV becomes the official podcast of KAT.

July 2007 - KAT hosts the 2nd Summer Camp.

Summer 2007- KAT hosts 2 mountain trainings, one at the Air Force Academy Falcon Trail, and one on Grays Peak!

June 2007 - KAT hosts the 106th Promotion test in the park. Katie H, Miranda W, and Sarah G all test for their 2nd Degree Black Belts.

May 2007 - KAT attends the ESA Attitude for Gold Tournament and the AAU Regional Qualifiers in Loveland. Students have great results at both tournaments.

April 2007- KAT sends competitors to the Colorado State Championships. Tony Nguyen and Amy Percosky earn spots on the CO State Team.

March 2007 - At the end of the month, Master Bill attends the National Collegiates. Metro loses the bid to host Collegiate Nationals by 1 vote to Stanford.

February, 2007 - KAT hosts its 27th Birthday Celebration and 105th Promotion Test. Myell White earns his 1st degree black belt. The 2nd Edition of the Handbook becomes available.

January 2007 - KAT performs a demonstration at the Denver Nuggets game. Over 100 students and parents attend the game, many of the dressing up in KAT Gear. Master Emelio Tio moves to Texas and starts the independant KAT Texas Branch.

December 2006 - Liz Brewer and Zak Kirk earn their 2nd degree black belts at metro in a difficult test that had to be continued later due to injury.

November 2006 - KAT holds the 104th Promotion Test. Nicholas Reutter earns his 1st degree black belt.

October 2006 - KAT raises nearly $2500 for Autism research, performs a demo and completes the Colorado Autism Walk.

October 2006 - KAT does over 106,000 kicks in the Project Action kickathon. This is the 6th highest total nationwide, out of several hundred schools.

September 2006 - KAT Competes in the Tiger Kim's Academy Tournament. Nick Barta wins a fantastic match against a competitor who outweighs him by well over 100 pounds. Master Matt Bailey competes for the US in the World Military Championships.

September 2006 - KAT Competes in its first ever grappling tournament and nearly wins first place, losing by only one bronze medal, 24 to 23.

August 2006 - KAT holds the 103rd promotion test. 25 students increase in rank and Geri Crawley earns a rare double promotion.

August 2006 - KAT hosts the 1st Summer Camp. 17 students and four counselors participate in a very memorable week.

August 2006 - KAT acquires dozens of great students when the United Academy of Taekwondo closes. They immediately make a positive impact.

July 2006- AAU National Championships- Malia Tio wins bronze medals in Olympic Sparring, Point Sparring, and Forms. Vincent Tio wins bronze in forms, and Emelio Tio wins bronze in forms and gold in point sparring.

June 2006- 102nd Promotion Test- KAT holds the 102nd test in Rocky Ridge park with a potluck to follow.

May 2006- KAT members go to Loveland to compete in the Region 10 AAU tournament. We bring home several medals in forms, olympic sparring, and point sparring. Master Emelio Tio wins grand champion honors. Master Bill earns his 5th degree black belt!

March 2006- Evan D comes back from Cornell and Sean Keeton returns from Texas A&M to compete in the US National Collegiate Team Trials. Evan earns a silver medal in the welterweight division and Sean earns a bronze in finweight.

March 2006- KAT competes in the Colorado State Championships. Chris Gutierrez (Heavy), Javier Gutierrez (Middle) and Lina Munoz (Welter) all earn spots on the CO State Team. Chris F, Katie H, and Paola S all earn silver medals in their black belt divisions. Edwin M and Juan S meet in the finals of the men's blue belt division. Over 20 KAT students compete and earn medals.

March 2006- 101st Promotion test. RJ Tomas, Malia Tio, and Vincent Tio all test for their 2nd degree black belt. Emelio Tio breaks three bricks and earns his 4th degree black belt.

February 2006- KAT celebrates its 26th anniversary.

December, 2005- 100th Promotion Test - Katie H and Will L give a great performance to earn their 1st degree black belts. The test is one of the largest in recent years and is featured in the paper.

November, 2005- ACT scrimmages against CU Boulder and wins by a score of 580 to 320 in league competition.

November, 2005- KAT attends the Yi's Elite TKD Championships. Paola S, Malia T, Edwin M, Katie H, and Chris G all earn gold medals in sparring. Katie H wins by sparring off against Master Andre's wife and Chris G wins the black belt combined heavyweight division.

October, 2005- 99th Promotion test. Jon Baker earns his black belt. Free grappling is now fully integrated into the exam. Liz B and Zak K test at metro to earn their 1st degree black belts.

July, 2005- Balance Boba, LLC, KAT's own bubble tea shop, opens up inside of the newly rennovated parents' area.

July, 2005- KAT Hosts the first annual mountain training.

July, 2005- Maila Tio wins the AAU national championships in sparring for the Jr. Black Belt Division.

KAT attends the USAT Junior Nationals in Austin, Tx. Ethan T wins bronze in black belt forms.

May, 2005- Ron Roe, 58 years old and legally blind, gives a thorough and inspiring performance in ACT's first black belt test. His performance earns him articles in the Rocky Mountain News and @Metro papers.

April, 2005.- KAT resumes hosting its annual tournament, the Colorado Elite Taekwondo Championships. KAT and ACT combine to send 75 competitors and easily take home the first place trophy for team and collegiate competition. Katie H., Malia T. and Emelio T. win Grand Champions.

March, 2005 - KAT attends the Colorado State Taekwondo Championships. KAT students win medals in every event they compete in for a total of 34 medals. Junior athletes Peter and Theresa Nguyen for make it on the Senior Colorado State Team!

KAT also becomes the featured club of USA Taekwondo.

February, 2005- KAT Celebrates its 25th Anniversary! Click for story and video.

November, 2004.Metro students win four medals at the National ChampionshipsMetro Article