of US Tae Kwon Do, formerly of Wrightwood, now of Phelan, CA.
I have made six attempts to obtain the black belt certificate from the Kukkiwon
(the headquarters of the World Tae Kwon Do Federation)
I tested for on June 13, 2008,
and paid $500 for in July of 2008.
Shortly thereafter, for reasons not relevant to this issue, I left the school.
I was told by Headmaster Song Myung in December 2008
that I would receive the aforementioned certificate in February 2009.
As of March, 2009, I have not received the certificate,
Master Myung will not return my phone calls,
and Master Charles Potts, the professed owner of the DBA for US Tae Kwon Do,
claims no knowledge of the matter.
While waiting for my phone calls to be returned,
I decided to see if my black belt application
had been processed by the Kukkiwon.
There was no listing for my name.
So, I decided to check the listing for Master Charles Potts.
I was present when he was awarded his 5th Dan,
so I expected to see this information verified.
Much to my amazement, I found this:
According to Article 8 of the Kukkiwon Promotion Test Regulations,
in order to currently be a 5th Dan,
Charles Potts would have had to have received his 1st Dan in 1997.
As it is, he is not elegible for a 5th Dan until 2016!
As all I have on my side is the verifiable truth, and this URL, I decided to combine them.
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