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April 5th, 2025 9:00-12:00 & 1:00-4:00

Master Class with Grand Master Wheatley

Save the date for this great seminar sponsored by the Sylvania Taekwon-Do Association and hosted by Mr and Mrs Van Zile. The event will take place at Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center in Oregon, OH. All ranks and ages are welcome and invited to attend. You can register and pay for the event online under the Forms Tab. For more information or for the official invitation please contact John Van Zile at glgtkd@hotmail.com. 

There will also be a high rank testing held on Friday April 4, 1:00 at Olivet Lutheran Life Center on Monroe Street, Sylvania, Ohio.  Family and close friends may attend the Testing.  Testing Candidates are as follows:

8th Degree  Master Carol DeGroff-Van Zile, Master Nick Malefyt

7th Degree  Chris Spiller, Frank Visaggio, Chris Leyasa

6th Degree  Jackie Van Zile, Eugene Olsowka, Dave Cholger

3rd Degree  Brian Fast

1st Degree  Gabriel Heeres

Assistant Instructor Course  March 1, 2025  1:00pm EST-4:00 EST

The subject is Effective teaching in the classroom. Carol DeGroff-Van Zile will be the guest instructor.  Master Van Zile has over 40 years of teaching experience.   She has Bachelor of Education Degree K-12 Physical Education Specialization.   This seminar is being hosted by Tul Worlds and Master Gordan Jue.  The course is being held via zoom and in person.  For regisration go to Tulworld.com/events  cost is $40.00

Great Lakes Global TaeKwon-Do Receives 2024 Best of Sylvania Award

Sylvania Award Program Honors the Achievement

SYLVANIA August 18, 2024 -- Great Lakes Global TaeKwon-Do has been selected for the 2024 Best of Sylvania Award in the Martial Arts School category by the Sylvania Award Program.

Each year, the Sylvania Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Sylvania area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2024 Sylvania Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Sylvania Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About Sylvania Award Program

The Sylvania Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Sylvania area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Sylvania Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community's contributions to the U.S. economy.

SOURCE: Sylvania Award Program

Next Color Belt Promotional Test

Next testing is scheduled for January 26, 2025 1:00pm

Make sure you sign up if you have met your requirements

Congratulations to New Promotions November 2024

New Yellow Stripes

New Yellow Belts

William White, Brayden Hove, Audrey Hinojosa, Olivia Geiger
New Green Stripes

New Green Belts

 Rashad Gonzales, Joshua Hinojosa

New Blue Stripes

Chante' Roberts

New Blue Belts

New Red Stripe

Reagan O'Reilly 

Red Belt

New Black Stripe

Gabriel Heeres

Congratulations on a job well done!