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Gary Tong's Taekwon-Do Profiles 2011

Gary Tong was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1977. He started training in ITF Taekwon-Do at the age of 11 in the late 1988 at the International Taekwon-Do Academy-ITA under his first Taekwon-do instructor Mr. Nelson Bernard Kirby 3rd Degree Black Belt (Now Grand Master 8th Degree Black Belt)

He obtained his 1st Degree Black Belt in the early 1993 and promoted to 2nd Degree Black Belt in 1996 at the International Taekwon-Do Academy-ITA graded by Master Low Koon Lin 7th Degree Black Belt then (Now Grandmaster 9th Degree Black Belt-ITF) the founder and chief instructor of International Taekwon-Do Academy-ITA which is affiliated to International Taekwon-Do Federation-ITF.

In year 2000, he joined the Super Taekwon-Do Academy which is affiliated to Malaysian Global Taekwon-Do Federation-MGTF and trained under his second Taekwon-Do Instructor Mr. Rickie Low Ah Kuan 6th Degree Black Belt then (Now Sr. Master 8th Degree Black Belt-MGTF) the founder and chief instructor of Super Taekwon-Do.

He gained his 3rd Degree Black Belt in Super Taekwon-Do in year 2001 promoted by Chief Instructor Mr Rickie Low Ah Kuan 6th Degree Black Belt then and subsequently appointed as an assistant instructor at the Super Taekwon-Do Academy.

Gary Tong has participated and assisting as a jury, judge and referee in a few academy, state and national Taekwon-Do championships in Malaysia.

In 2004, he earned his 4th Degree Black Belt (# MGTF 3473) in Malaysian Global Taekwon-Do Federation-MGTF .

Gary Tong founded the Great Taekwon-Do Academy-GTA in year 2005 to provide Taekwon-Do private lessons and to assist others Taekwon-Do Practitioners regardless of any affiliations. He joined as an affiliates & Voting member of the International Ch’ang-Hon Taekwon-Do Federation-ICTF in May 2007 and converted to 4th Dan Black Belt ICTF (#1112) by Master Joe Cariati 8th Dan Black Belt the ICTF Executive President, membership and promotion committee chairman. He was accepted as a registered member of Taekwon-Do Pioneers group by Grandmaster Choi Chang Keun 9th Degree Black Belt in September 2007 and since then Grandmaster C.K.Choi has became his Mentor and Adviser in Taekwon-Do. Grandmaster C.K Choi is a Pioneer of Taekwon-Do, ITF Founding Member Instructor , World’s First Taekwon-Do Champion & Taekwon-Do Hall of Fame 2007. Tae Kwon Do Pioneers Group has been formed to return the ITF style to its former status of the ‘world’s most popular and powerful martial art’. In order to achieve this lofty goal, we must all be willing to put aside our political differences and assist one another for the future benefit of Tae Kwon Do.

Gary Tong has also participated in the International Instructor & Referee courses and a few others Taekwon-Do Seminars of ITF, GTF, ICTF , MGTF ,including the "Advanced Technical Workshop" in Nov 2009,Dec 2010 & Sept 2011 conducted by Supreme Master Kim Bok Man 11th Dan (Taekwon-Do Pioneer & Technical Founder, and World Chun Kuhn Do Federation Founder & President) & Shotokan Karate workshop in 2005 conducted by Kancho Kanazawa 10th Dan , founder of SKIF.

He was promoted to 5th Degree Black Belt (# MGTF 07249) by Malaysian Global Taekwon-Do Federation-MGTF in 2007. At the same time he was appointed as a Sr. Instructor in the Super Taekwon-Do Academy by chief Instructor Master Rickie Low Ah Kuan 7th Degree Black Belt-GTF (Now 8th Degree Black Belt-MGTF) who was also the Treasurer General of MGTF then. Gary Tong occassionally assist and train with Master Nelson Bernard Kirby 8th Degree Black Belt at his Taekwon-Do class. Grand Master Nelson is the Founder and Chief Instructor of the Visual Martial Arts Tae Kwon Do-VMA and also the Vice President of ICTF Malaysia 2008.

Gary Tong also attained 5th Dan in International Ch’ang-Hon Taekwon-Do Federation-ICTF (#1383) graded by the Sr. Adviser of ICTF and President of ICTF Malaysia Grandmaster Ally Teoh Cheng Hoe 9th Degree Black Belt ICTF in 2008.

Gary Tong was appointed as a Technical and Umpire Committee Chairman of ICTF in Malaysia by Sr. Master Joe Cariati 8th Degree Black Belt, President of the International Ch’ang-Hon Taekwon-Do Federation –ICTF at the 1st ICTF Seminar in KL Malaysia on the 30th August 2008.

In year 2009, Gary Tong was tested and promoted to 6th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor (#101-016) by Surpreme Master Kim Bok Man 11th Dan (Founder & President of World Chun Kuhn Do Federation-WCKDF& Taekwon-Do Technical Founder)

In Jan 2010, he was promoted to 6th Dan Black Belt in International Ch'ang-Hon Taekwon-Do Federation-ICTF (#1776)

Gary Tong was awarded a 6th Degree Black Belt on April 2010 from Global Taekwon-Do Singapore (GTS) # SG-6-1, presented by the Founder & President Grandmaster Simon Lee Kim Hong 8th Dan.

Gary Tong considers himself an independent Taekwon-Do Practitioner and non-exclusive with any one Taekwon-Do organization. He is available to work with any organization that seeks his assistance in Taekwon-Do.

Gary Tong's Taekwon-Do Mentor & Adviser:
-Grand Master Choi Chang Keun 9th Dan (Vancouver,Canada)-Tae Kwon Do Pioneers Group- Founder
-Supreme Master Kim Bok Man 11th Dan (USA)- World Chun Kuhn Do Federation-Founder & President.

Gary Tong's Taekwon-Do Master Instructors
- Sr. Master Rickie Low Ah Kuan 8th Dan MGTF 2000 to current(KL Malaysia)- Super Taekwon-Do
- Grand Master Nelson Bernard Kirby 8th Dan, WCKDF, ICTF 1988 to current (PJ Malaysia)- Visual Martial Arts TKD

Updated on Oct 2011

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1. Tae Kwon Do Pioneers ,Grandmaster Choi Chang Keun (C.K) IX Dan (Canada) -http://www.taekwondopioneers.com/

2. Comdo.com
http://www.itf-information.com/

2a. International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF-V) President Grand Master Pablo Trajtenberg IX Dan (Argentina)
http://www.tkd-itf.org

2b. International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF-NK) President Prof. Dr. Chang Ung (N. Korea)
http://www.itftkd.org

2c. International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF-C) President Grand Master Choi Jung Hwa IX Dan (Canada)
http://www.itf-administration.com

3. International Ch'ang-Hon Taekwon-Do Federation (ICTF) President Master Joe Cariati VIII Dan (Canada)
http://www.ictf.info/

4. Pan-Malaysia Global Taekwon-Do Federation-(PGTF)
http://pgtf-taekwondo.com/

5. Global Taekwon-Do Federation (GTF) President Grand Master (Hon.) Linda Park (Canada)
http://www.gtftaekwondo.com/

6. World Chun Kuhn Do Federation (WCKDF)- Founder & President Supreme Master Kim Bok Man
http://www.chunkuhndo.com/

7. World Taekwon-Do Alliance (WTA) Honorary President Great Grand Master Nam Tae Hi (USA)
http://www.wtaonline.net/Home.aspx

8. Taekwon-Do International President Grand Master Kim Suk Jun IX Dan (USA)
http://tkdunion.org//

9. Woodbridge Taekwon-Do Group- Founder Master Joe Cariati VIII Dan (Canada)
http://www.woodbridgetaekwondo.com/

10. Blue Cottage Taekwon-Do
http://www.bluecottagetkd.com/

11. Taekwon-Do Times Magazine
http://www.taekwondotimes.com/

12. International Taekwon-Do Association- Founder & President Grand Master James S. Benko IX Dan (USA)
http://www.itatkd.com

13. International Chi Taekwon-Do Organization-ICTO- Founder Grand Master Mel Steiner IX Dan (USA)
http://www.chitkd.com

14. Unified International Taekwon-Do Federation-UITF- Founder & President Grand Master Hwang Kwang Sung IX Dan (USA)
http://www.unified-itf.com

15. United Kingdom Taekwon-Do Federation-UKTA- Founder & President Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha IX Dan (UK) http://www.fgmr.org/
http://www.ukta.com

16. Action International Martial Arts Associations-AIMAA- Founder & President Grand Master Cho Hee Il IX Dan (USA)
http://www.aimaa.com/

17. Jung's Taekwon-Do Academy- Founder Grand Master Jung Woo-Jin IX Dan (USA)
http://jungstkd.com

18. Royal Taekwon-Do Federation-RTF- Founder & President Grand Master Son Myung Soo IX Dan (Canada)
http://www.rtf.ca

19. Yom Chi Taekwon-Do Association-YCTA-Co-Founder Grand Master Walter Lang IX Dan (USA)
http://www.yomchi.org

20.United State Taekwon-Do Federation-USTF Founder & President Grand Master Charles E. Sereff IX Dan (USA)
http://www.ustf-itf.com

21. Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain-TAGB Chairman Master Dave Oliver VIII Dan (UK)
http://www.tagb.biz

22.Imperial Taekwon-Do Association-ITA President Master Trevor Nicholls VIII Dan (UK)
http://www.tkd.co.uk

23. International Chin Mu Kwan Taekwon-Do Federation- CTF Founder & President Grand Master Kang Yon Ho IX Dan (USA)
http://www.chinmukwan.com

24. World Iin-Tae Kwon Martial Art Federation-WITKF Founder & President Grand Master Lee Joon Jae IX Dan (Canada)
http://www.jjlee-itk.com

25. Kim's Academy of Tae Kwon Do (American Chung Do Kwan Taekwon-Do Association-ACTA) Founder & President Grand Master Kim In Mook IX Dan (USA)
http://kimsacta.com

26. Young Brothers Taekwon-Do Grand Master Kong Young Il IX Dan (USA)
http://www.youngbrotherstkd.com

27. T.Kang Tae Kwon Do-TKT Grand Master Kang Tae Sun IX Dan (USA)
http://www.tkangtkd.com/taekwondo.htm

28.International Traditional Taekwon-Do Federation-ITTAF President Sr.Master Mario Pons VIII Dan (Spain)
http://www.ittaf.com

29.Allied International Taekwon-Do Council - GM Park Jong Soo IX Dan (Canada)
http://www.itf-ac.com
http://www.jongpark.com/home.html

30. Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Headquarters)(WTF Style) President Won Sik KANG
http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/

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