CHRONOLOGY IN MARTIAL ARTS AND TAEKWON-DO TRAINING

2002 Promoted to 9th Degree Black Belt Grandmaster of GTF (The Highest Award in Taekwon-Do) by President & Founder of the Global Taekwon-Do Federation, Grandmaster Park Jung Tae after 39 years involment and contribution to Taekwon-Do worldwide

Promoted to 9th Degree Black Belt Grandmaster of Korea Pro-Taekwon-Do Federation (KPTF), Seoul, Korea

Promoted to 7th Degree Black-Belt Master of International Hapkido Frderation, Seoul, Korea

Conducted Training in Quang Zhou, SenChen, Hong Kong & Shanghai, China

Conducted Training in Bandar Seri Bengawan, Brunei
2001 Appointed ‘Chairman of Instruction Committee’ of The Global Taekwon-Do Federation (GTF)

Attended ‘Euro-Asia Taekwon-Do Championships’ in Lafkosa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)
2000 Represented Malaysia as one of the selected 21 Martial Arts Expert in the world to ‘ The World Martial Arts Congress’ at Sports and Cultural Festival in Seoul, Korea
1999 Founded Malaysian Global Taekwon-Do Federation (MGTF) to replace Malaysian International Taekwon-Do Federation (MITF) with 95.000 members.

Appointed as Senior Vice President of the Global Taekwon-Do Federation (GTF), Toronto Canada
1998 Meeting Martial Arts Curriculum for Yun Jung Do at TAFE College of North Point, Brisbane, Australia

Resigned as ordinary member, Board of Director and Chairman of Public Relations of International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF)

Attended seminar by Grandmaster Park Jung Tae in Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia

MGTF Affiliated to the Global Taekwon-Do Federation, Toronto, Canada
1997 Represented Malaysia at ‘World Martial-Arts Conference For Peace, Washington D.C., USA
1996 Conducted National Martial Arts Seminar for Penang Sports Council, University of Sciences, Penang, Malaysia

Awarded ‘Gold Belt Kalaripayat ’, The Highest Award in Indian Art of Self Defence by Mahaguru Ustaz Hamzah, President & Founder of World Kalaripayat Federation

Promoted to 8 Degree Black belt by General Choi Hong Hi, President of International Taekwon-Do Federation
1995 Head of Malaysian National Team to Asia Pacific Taekwo-Do Federation to ‘ All Japan International Invitational Championship’, Tokyo, Japan

Conducted Training in Frankfurt, Germany and Ulster-Northern Ireland

Conducted Training in Staffordshire University, England and Montplere, Paris -France

Awarded ‘8th Degree Blackbelt Hipkwondo’ by Lim Cheng Sing, Founder/President Hupkwondo International, Montreal, Canada

1994 Conducted Training in Moscow, St.Petersbourgh – Russia

Conducted Training in Sydney, Australia

Represented ITF with Mr. Volmir Legai for ‘Asia Olympic Council’ Congress meeting in Bangkok, Thailand to include Taekwon-Do in Asia Games

Being the First Non-Korean to receive ‘ The Order Of Friendship 2nd Class’ medal from President Kim Il Sung of DPR Korea for promoting Taekwon-Do throughout the world.

Hosted and organised ‘ The 9th ITF World Championship’ in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. - 76 National Team attended. Malaysian National Team was at 4th placing.
1993 Head of Malaysian National team to ‘ All Japan Taekwon-Do Championship’, Tokyo, Japan.

Attended ‘ ITF Junior World Taekwon-Do Championship’, Moscow, Russia

Attended ‘ Indian National Taekwon-Do Championships’ in New Delhi with General Choi Hong Hi

Head of Malaysian National team to ‘Asia-Pacific Taekwon-Do Championship’, Tashkent, Uzbeckistan

Travel with General Choi Hong Hi to Sydney-Australia, Singapore, Colombo-Sri Lanka and New Delhi- India
1992 Head of Malaysian National team to the ‘ 8th. ITF World Taekwon-Do Championship, Pyongyang, North Korea

Conducted training in Beijing, China
1991 Conducted training and Seminar in Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand
1990 Head of Malaysian National team to the ‘ 7th.ITF World Taekwon-Do Championship’ Montreal, Canada.

First Malaysian to be recognised as a Master Instructor by ‘ Malaysian World Records Book (5)’, Ainna’s Publications - Ghulam Jie M Khan

Conducted ‘Un-Armed Combat’ at University of Surrey, England

Conducted training in Leningrad, Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara, USSR
1989 Conducted Seminar/Traininig in Sydney, Melbourne Australia and Wellington New Zealand

Trained under Master Park Jung Tae in Sydney, Australia
1988 Head of Malaysian National Team Delegation and officer to the ‘ 6th. ITF World Championship’, Budapest, Hungary
1987 Head of Malaysian National team to the ‘ 5th. ITF World Championship’, Athens, Greece

Conducted Training in Stoke, Manchester, and Belfast - Northern Ireland

Conducted Training in Karachi-Pakistan

Conducted Seminar for selfdefence at Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) California, USA
1986 Started Sabree’s Taekwon-Do Academy in Malaysia
1985 First Malaysian to be recognised in ‘Who’s Who In American Martial Arts’, 2nd Edition

Founded Malaysian International Taekwon-Do Federation (MITF) and was elected President
1984 Coach for USTF team and Referee for ‘The 4th ITF World Taekwon-Do Championships’ Glasgow, Scotland.

Joined ITF demonstration team for the World Championships

Performed demonstration for ‘USA Taekwon-Do Open Championships’ in Shreveport, USA

Received the key of ‘The City Of Shreveport And Bossier City,’ Louisiana for Taekwon-Do contribution in USA

Won Gold Medal –‘ Martial Way Friendship Tournament’, Los Angeles, USA

Judge and Referee for ‘European Taekwon-Do Championship’ in Budapest, Hungary

Instructor for ‘ITF Summer Camp’, Vermont, USA

Prepared 30,000 photographs for Gen.Choi’s ‘Encylopedia Of Taekwon-Do’ (15 series).

Met Mr. Un Yong Kim President WTF at Kukiwon, Seoul, South Korea to discuss unification between ITF & WTF
1983 Won Gold Medal - 10th Pacific Taekwon-Do Championships, Los Angeles, USA

Won Gold Medal –Ventura County Taekwon-Do Championships, California, USA

Appointed as Under-Secretary of International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF)

Instructor for ‘ITF Summer Camp’, Montreal, Canada

Trained under Master Lee Suk Hi, President North–American Taekwon-Do Federation (NATF) in Edminton, Canada

Conducted training for Mr. Lou Grasso, USTF in Reno, Nevada
1982 Appointed as Director for United States Taekwon-Do Federation Western Region, USA

Coach for United States Taekwon-Do Federation team to ‘Inter- Continental Championships’, Ste Foy, Canada

Won Gold Medal - National Inter-Varsity Taekwon-Do Meet Championship, in Reno, Nevada

Conducted Seminar in San Juan-Puerto Rico and Santa Domingo - Dominica Republic.

Conducted training in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
1981 Instructor for the United States Taekwon-Do Federation (USTF)

Conducted Seminar in Las Vegas Nevada, USA

Trained under Grand-Master Nam Tae Hi, President ‘American Taekwon-Do Federation’ (ATF) and Master Han Cha Kyo in Chicago, USA

Won Gold Medalist –8th Pacific Taekwon-Do Championships, Los Angeles, USA
1980 Started ‘Sabree’s Taekwon-Do Academy’ in Goleta, Santa Barbara, California, USA.

Won Silver Medal –North American Taekwon-Do Championships, Chicago, USA

Conducted Training Seminar in Panama City, Rio De Jeneiro-Brazil, Tegucigalpa-Honduras and Caracas- Venezuela.
1979 Conducted Training Seminar in Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria
1977-1978 Instructor for United Kingdom Taekwon-Do Association (UKTA)

Instructor for Glasgow College of Building and Printing Taekwon-Do club, Scotland

Instructor for University of Glasgow Taekwon-Do Club, Scotland

Instructor for Straclyde University Taekwon-Do Club, Glasgow, Scotland

Instructor/Secretary for Rhee Ki Ha Taekwon-Do Academy, Glasgow, Scotland

Performed demonstration at British Army base in Fort William , Scotland. Conducted training in Germany, Belgium, and Spain

Won Bronze Medal - European Karate/Taekwon-Do Championships, Edinburgh, Scotland

Conducted Training Seminar for ‘All Europe Taekwon-Do Federation’, West Berlin-Germany

Trained under General Choi Hong Hi, President ITF in Misssuaga, Toronto-Canada

Conducted training and demonstration in Belfast, Dublin- Ireland and Zegreb –Yugoslavia

Trained Taekwon-Do under Master Park Jung Tae, ITF Chief Instructor, Toronto-Canada
1976 Trained Taekwon-Do under Master Rhee Ki Ha in Glasgow, Scotland,United Kingdom

Trained Taekwon-Do under Master Park Jong Soo in Toronto and Master Kim Jong Chan in Montreal, Canada

Performed Taekwon-Do demonstration in Sweden, Denmark, and Netherland

Won Gold Medal – All Europe Martial Arts Championships, Oslo, Norway
1975 Chief Instructor, Kuala Lumpur Taekwon-Do Association

Instructor for Dato’ Abdul Razak School Taekwon-Do Club in, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

Instructor for Gurney’s Boys Club Taekwon-Do Association, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

Chief Instructor, Tanjung Malim Teachers Training College (SITC), Perak Taekwon-Do Club

Chief Instructor for FELDA Main Office Taekwon-Do Club, Kuala Lumpur
1974 Secretary General to Malaysia Taekwon-Do Federation (MTF)

Won Silver Medal - MTF/ITM Open Championships
1971 – 1973 President / Founder Taekwon-Do Club at Institut Teknologi Mara (ITM), Petaling Jaya

Chief Instructor of ITM Taekwon-Do Club, Shah Alam

Won Gold Medal – ITM invitional Championships

Trained Taekwon-Do under General Choi Hong Hi, Master Lee Byung Moo, Master Yun Young Ku and Mr. Low Koon Lin

Stage a Taekwon-Do Demonstration with South Korean Navy at Dewan Hamzah, Klang, Selangor

Head delegation for Taekwon-Do ITM/MTF Demonstration Team to Medan and North Sumatra, Indonesia
1966 – 1970 Trained Taekwon-Do under Master Kim Jong Chan, Master Choi Kwang Jo, Master Choi Yeik Seong and Mr.Kang Eng Cheong

Won Silver Medal – Northern Malaysia Taekwon-Do Championships

Trained Silat Seni Gayung Malaysia under Mahaguru Dato’ Meor Abdul Rahman, Guru Majid, Guru Awang, Guru Siti Kalsom and Guru Kamari
1964 – 1965 Learned Tomoi (Thai Boxing) from Guru Mat Zain in Satun, South Thailand

Trained Taekwon-Do at Iskandar Primary School and Judo at Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Star, Northern Malaysia

Trained Taekwon-Do under Master Choi Chang Kuen
1960 – 1963 Practised Silat Sendeng & Silat Kuntau at the age of 10 from Guru Tok Mat in Kangar, Perlis, Northern Malaysia



Refrees


  1. His Royal Highness Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin

The Sultan of Terengganu

(Patron to Malaysian Global Taekwon-Do Federation)

Istana Terengganu, 20400 Kuala Terengganu

Terengganu, Malaysia


  1. The Hon. Dato’ Hj Mohd Yusof Jaafar

Commissioner and Chief of Police of Sarawak

(Vice-President of Malaysian Global Taekwon-Do Federation)

Sarawak Police Contingent Headquarters

93560 Kuching

Sarawak, Malaysia


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