(Here is Brandon Ivey with his coach, Master Dennis Kim)
Meet Brandon Ivey the first Heavyweight Black Belt Taekwondo Champion from America since 1986. He is a junior at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn, Virginia.
Champions are made, not born. It takes a family to produce a potential champion; and an old Chinese Proverb says that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. When Brandon was ready, his master teacher appeared. That teacher is Master Dennis Kim from the USTigers WTF School of Taekwondo, Haymarket, VA.
On March 23 Brando Ivey represented the USA in the World WTF Taekwondo Championship Tournament in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. He defeated FIVE heavy weight black belt fighters from various countries around the World. It was a single elimination tournament and Brandon went undefeated. All of his fights were razor-edge close. The final match was a sudden death overtime match against Hamza Kattan of Jordan. Brandon won the match 5-4. His opponents were champions from the republic of the Philippines, Azerbaijzan, Spain, Russia, and Jordan. CONGRATULATIONs to Brandon. He is only 16 years old and a "master of his game".
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The number one athlete in the world has always been recognized as the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. Every other major sport is a team sport. In basketball there are five men on a team who can play at one time. Baseball has nine players, football has eleven players, and soccer has eleven players on the field competing at one time. In boxing there is only one. It is one against one, head to head and toe to toe; and may the best man win. Boxers fight with their fists, but Taekwondo fighters use both their hands and feet. Full contact Taekwondo fighting is closer to boxing than any other sport in the world. Taekwondo tournament fighters are amateurs and do not get paid, whereas professional boxers are professionals and make large sums of money. Beyond that they are similar in many respects.
Brandon was successful because of his mental approach to his sport, Taekwondo. He is a fierce competitor and has mastered a winner's mindset, which he began to develop at a very young age with the help of his long time coach, Master Dennis Kim.
Brandon had a compelling reason for continuously working hard and sacrificing on a daily basis. When Brandon was only 07 years old, Master Dennis taught him to set and write down his specific goals. He said he wanted to be the Champion of the World.
Master Dennis tells all of his fighters at the USTigers Taekwondo School that there is absolutely no substitute for consistent, daily, hard work! You can't just work hard whenever you feel like it. It can't be a sometimes thing! It has to be an every day thing. This is true in all sports, but especially so in combative sports, like Taekwondo. To become a champion you have to train yourself to continuously step outside of your comfort zone, physically, mentally and emotionally. Brandon Ivey was able to do this. Whenever he trained, he didn't just mindlessly go through the motions. He focused on making sure his kicking and punching techniques were precise. Master Dennis believes that one must perform a technique ,at least, one thousand times to learn it, and ten thousand times to perfect it. Only then can you say that you have mastered it.
Master Dennis says that part of the reason for Brandon's success is that he has ice water in his veins and he thoroughly believes in himself. One thing that separates really great athletes from everyone else is that no matter what happens and no matter how many failures or setbacks they suffer, they never stop believing in themselves.
It is impossible for a fighter to fight his best when it counts the most if he or she gets too nervous before the fight. Anything more than a case of minor butterflies in the stomach is not good. One can be the best coached, the best conditioned, the strongest, fastest and most talented fighter in the match, but if you cannot control the pre-fight nervousness, you are not going to win. Brandon has never suffered from pre-fight juitters. He has learned to maintain his composure under pressure. In a few of his fights when he was behind on points and the time clock was running out, Brandon remained as cool as a cucumber, and he managed to win the fight.
The 10th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships kicked off in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei on March 23, 2014 for a four-day run.
The biennial World Junior Championships, which took place at the Taipei Arena in downtown Taipei City, attracted a total of 793 athletes and 472 officials from a record 107 countries. A total of 90 international referees officiated at the championships.
All the matches were conducted on octagon-shaped mats, and a protector and scoring system and an instant video replay system were used.
On the opening day, Azerbaijan took one gold and one bronze to top others in the overall medal tally, followed by the United States (Brandon Ivey, representing the USA), Serbia Ukraine and China with one gold each. Italy came next with one silver and one bronze, while host Chinese Taipei clinched two bronzes.
On the opening day in the junior male +78kg weight category, the United States' Brandon Ivey needed a fourth golden-point (sudden death) round to win the gold medal against Jordan's Hamza Kattan. In that division, the bronze was shared by Russia's Emil Khadeev and Korea's Jun-sik An.
WTF President Chungwon Choue and WTF Council members were present for the Opening Ceremonies of the 10th World Junior Taekwondo Championships.
WTF President Choue said in his speech at the opening ceremony. "We have already witnessed great performances of our junior athletes and fantastic support of the organizing committee for the past two days of the WTF Qualification Tournament for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Congratulations on the qualifiers and appreciations to all athletes who came here after years of hard training and tough competitions".
He continued to say, "Chinese Taipei is one of the front runners in global taekwondo and has produced numerous medal winners at the Olympic Games, World Championships and international taekwondo tournaments. I am sure the people of Chinese Taipei are proud of their taekwondo sons and daughters."
"Since its inauguration in 1996, the WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships have served as a stepping-stone for youth to elevate themselves into heroes and heroines," he said. "Sports give youth something to aim for, something to hope for and something to dream about. It does not favor or discriminate against any age, physical condition, gender or culture. Sports inspire and empower those who practice them, and taekwondo is a sport for all."
"A recent decision by the International Paralympic Committee to shortlist taekwondo for the official program of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games reflects the value of taekwondo as a true sport for all," Choue said.
At the 2014 World Championships In Taiwan, China these were the points Brandon scored in the Finals. | |||||||||
+78 youth
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| 1/16-Finale |  | IVEY, Brandon | 6 | : | 5 | ALEJANDRO, Joel Felipe | |||
| 1/08-Finale | | IVEY, Brandon | 4 | : | 2 | KANAMATOV, Magomedrasul | |||
| 1/04-Finale | | IVEY, Brandon | 1 | : | 0 | GARCIA VAZQUEZ, Victor | |||
| 1/02-Finale | | IVEY, Brandon | 6 | : | 5 | KHADEEV, Emil | |||
| 1/01-Finale | | IVEY, Brandon | 1 | : | 0 | KATTAN, Hamza | |||
Brandon Ivey's fighting history.
USA Taekwondo
Weight: 168 lbs.
High School: Briar Woods High School (Ashburn, Va.)
Year of Graduation: 2015
Coach: Dennis Kim
AWARDS:
2013 USAT Junior Male Athlete of the Year
Other Sports Played in High School: football
Hobbies: computers
MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS:
2014 USA Taekwondo Junior National Team Trials (men’s heavy): FIRST
2014 U.S. Junior National Team member (Heavy)
2013 USAT National Championships (Jr. Heavy): GOLD
2013 USAT Junior National Team Member (Heavy)
2012 World Junior Championships (Jr. Lt. Heavy): Round of 16
-lost to Nikos Karamangiolis (GER), 5-2, in Round of 16
2012 U.S. Open (Jr. Lt. Heavy): SILVER
-def. Zeph Putnam (USA), 3-2, in quarterfinals
-def. Jacob Bolanos (USA), 9-4, in semifinals
-lost to Misael Lopez Jaramillo (MEX), 7-4, in finals
2012 Junior World Championships Team Member (Jr. Lt. Heavy)
2012 Junior World Championships Open Team Trials (Jr. Lt. Heavy): 1st
IVEY,
Brandon
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FIGHTER
Results
Results international
| result | year | tournament | city | weight | category | ||||
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3. | 2011 | US Open | Austin | +78 | youth |  |
1.50 | 0 |
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2. | 2012 | US Open | Las Vegas | -78 | youth | |
2.50 | 0 |
| PAR | 2012 | World Championships | Sharm El-Sheikh | -78 | youth | |
5.00 | 2 | |
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1. | 2013 | US Open | Las Vegas | +78 | youth | |
3.50 | 0 |
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2. | 2013 | Pan American Championships | Queretaro | +78 | youth | |
10.00 | 4 |
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1. | 2014 | World Championships | Taipai City | +78 | youth | |
35.00 | 10 |
Rivals and results
Rivals and results international
| winner | points | looser | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 |
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US Open,
-78 youth | |||||||||
| 1/02-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 9 | : | 4 | BOLANOS, Jacob | |
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| 1/01-Finale |  |
LOPEZ JARAMILLO, Misael | 7 | : | 4 | IVEY, Brandon | |
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| 1/16-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 5 | : | 2 | KATTAN, Ahmad |  |
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| 1/08-Finale |  |
KARAMANGIOLIS, Nikos | 5 | : | 2 | IVEY, Brandon | |
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In 2013 at the US Open these were the fight results | ||||||||||
+78 youth
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| 1/02-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 12 | : | 10 | STEWART, Jordan |  |
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| 1/01-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 5 | : | 3 | LI, Yanfeng |  |
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Pan American Championships,
+78 youth | ||||||||||
| 1/04-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 8 | : | 6 | POGONZA, Javier |  |
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| 1/02-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 17 | : | 1 | SENA DENICOLA, Cesar Augusto |  |
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| 1/01-Finale | |
LOPEZ JARAMILLO, Misael | 1 | : | 0 | IVEY, Brandon | |
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At the 2014 World Championships In Taiwan, China these were the points scored in the Finals | |||||||||
+78 youth
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| 1/16-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 6 | : | 5 | ALEJANDRO, Joel Felipe |  |
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| 1/08-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 4 | : | 2 | KANAMATOV, Magomedrasul |  |
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| 1/04-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 1 | : | 0 | GARCIA VAZQUEZ, Victor |  |
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| 1/02-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 6 | : | 5 | KHADEEV, Emil |  |
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| 1/01-Finale | |
IVEY, Brandon | 1 | : | 0 | KATTAN, Hamza | |
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