Arizona Taekwondo

Congratulations to Kaden Diaz-Stovall (+78 Junior) and Daneau Kim (Junior Sports Poomsae) heading to Brazil in December to represent AAU taekwondo team USA in ISF Gymnasiade.

Matthew Kim, Cadet Black Belt, finishes strong at the 2026 AAU Sports Poomsae Team trial (4th) and AAU Junior Olympic. Congratulations on your effort!

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.