Instructors

In 1992, Herb Perez achieved his dream. He entered the Olympic arena in Barcelona and won the United States only Gold Medal in the Olympic Sport of Taekwondo.

Through years of sacrifice and training which culminated in the realization of his Olympic dream, Perez learned the value of patience, determination and perseverance. “I was fortunate to wander into a martial arts school at a young age and learn valuable life-skills that taught me how to succeed in academics, sport, and life. I felt a need to share the lessons I had learned throughout my life with others,” states Perez.

A 4th Degree Black Belt and a Level 1 Certified USAT Coach, Mr. McEuin is the Head Coach of Gold Medal's Competitive Team. He's been on the US National Team, a Collegiate National Champion and a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic training facility. While his most recent accomplishment is graduating from Cal Berkeley in Sociology, Jason has enjoyed Taekwondo success at all levels.

• 2010 USAT Fresno National Qualifier - Silver Medal
• 2007 2nd at Sr. National Team Trials and Pan Am Games Trials
• 2006 Collegiate Championships - Gold, 3rd at Sr National Team Trials
• 2004 US Open - Silver
• 2003 US National Team Trials - Gold
• 2002 US Nationals - Gold
• 2000 US National Championships - Gold, US Junior Black Belt Festival - Gold, Junior World Championships - Bronze
• 1998 and 1999 US Junior Black Belt Festival - Gold

Mr. McEwan has been studying martial arts since he was nine. He has studied Traditional and Sport Taekwondo, Modern Arnis and Kokoro Kai Jujitsu. Over the course of 17 years in the martial arts he has competed in Olympic Taekwondo sparring and Sport Poomsae. Steven has competed and trained both locally and regionally throughout New York and the Midwest.

At Hope College Stephen studied theatre and vocal music education. After graduating college in 2009, he tested for his 3rd Dan and decided to pursue teaching Taekwondo. Using the teaching skills he learned at Hope College, he aspires to help students become the best people and martial artists that they can achieve.

Martial Arts History:
Brown Belt in Shotokan Karate (Funakoshi Shotokan Shotokan Association) - trained under Sensei Joeseph Piamonte at Arodan's Karate School in San Francisco and was an assistant instructor there.
Certified Level 1 USA Taekwondo Coach in Olympic Training methods.
Black Belt in Taekwondo - trained under Master Herb Perez
Education:
High School - Lowell High School, San Francisco - Graduated 1989
Undergraduate School - San Francisco State University, San Francisco - B.S. Biology and Physiology 1995
Graduate School - Palmer College of Chiropractic West, San Jose
Doctor of Chiropractic 1998

Dr. Geddis started Taekwondo as a graduate student at Stanford in 1989, and she ultimately became the lead student instructor of the Stanford Taekwondo program. She has been a 3rd Degree Black Belt since 1997, and received a Blue Belt in Gracie/Brazilian Jiujitsu from the Gracie Academy in Torrance. On the competitive side, she has competed at various local, regional and national events. She was the 1993 California Poomsae Champion and National silver medalist, 1993 Cal-Berkeley lightweight sparring champion, 1993 California lightweight sparring champion and a quarterfinalist at Nationals in sparring. Dr. Geddis has degrees in engineering and medicine (orthopedic surgery).

Mrs. Cha is the head fitness instructor at Gold Medal. Her passion for physical fitness began to develop after she began her journey as a mother. As a mother of three children, Jeannie understands the “crazy cycle.” She understands how emotional, physical, and psychological exhaustion can lead someone to allow their physical fitness to slip through the cracks, which only leads to even more emotional, physical, and psychological exhaustion, and on and on. Once she decided to end the “crazy cycle” she found that a focus on improving her physical fitness led to improvements in both her emotional and psychological make-up. Once she realized the impact this had in all facets of her life, she wanted to be able to serve others in helping make physical fitness a priority their lives.

Mrs. Cha has been participating in “Kido – The Life Energy Workout” for over three years. She has also been training under Master Herb Perez in Taekwondo and Total Defense for almost four years

Mrs. Cha teaches “Cage Fitness” and “Kido,” and also assists/leads classes in both Taekwondo and “Total Defense.” Her focus is to serve others to build a strong desire to develop and maintain a level of physical fitness that will strengthen all areas of their lives.