Our Peak Team just returned from the U.S. Open in Las Vegas.  The event is an international competition sponsored by USAT.  Many countries were represented there and it was a great event.  Our team fought admirably, but unfortunately, we didn't bring home the Gold.  According to Coach Beneby, the team used this event as a practice and training session to prepare for the Jr. Olympics in Orlando this July.

Alyssa Rosenberg, a member of our competition team, traveled to Israel to compete in the Macabbiah Games.  This is a high level competition for Jewish competitors.  The event is of the same caliber and format as the Olympic Games and is run every four years.  Alyssa was hand picked by the US team coordinators to represent our country at the games. Her family and some friends traveled to Israel with her for support.  We learned (immediately following her match) that Alyssa won the Gold Medal in her division.  Congratulations Alyssa.

The 2009 USA Tae Kwon Do Junior Olympics was held in Austin, Texas last year and the event was fantastic.  Our own Phillip Martin took a Gold Medal in sparring, winning all three of his fights. The other athletes on our team had some great fights as well.  It was clear that the Peak Performance training has paid off.  Look for pictures from the event on the competition team page.  This year, the Junior Olympics will be in Orlando.  We hope to see lots of you there.

We are very excited to announce that in January of 2009, Self Defense America of Coral Springs became the newest location for Peak Performance.  Peak Performance is an elite training system created by Olympic Medalist, Juan Moreno.  Juan Moreno is a coach for the USA Olympic Tae Kwon Do team and he operates a training facility in Miami as well.  Coach Moreno has several Peak Performance facilities throughout the country, and thanks to his relationship with our own Master Beneby, we will enjoy the benefits of the Peak Performance program.  This will propel our competition team to an Olympic training level.  Thank you Coach Moreno, Master Beneby, Master Baldwin, and Master Doty for making this possible.