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Taekwondo World is under ownership and personal directon of Master Instructor George Bleil who earned the rank of 5th Dan in August, 1997, as a student of Grandmaster Young Chi Kim, 9th Dan. Master Bleil's

MASTER INSTRUCTOR George R. Bleil

rank is certified by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and is recognized officially at the Taekwondo World Headquarters, Kukkiwon, is Seoul, South Korea.

Born October 1, 1943, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mr. Bleil moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 13 to live in monestary. He remained there studying classical languages, theology and philosophy for 8 years. When he graduated from the undergraduate collegiate program, he moved back to Pittsburgh where he taught 4th grade and directed a religious education program for two years.

In 1963, he moved to Dayton, Ohio, to pursue his teaching career. Teaching led him to public schools in Middletown and Dayton where he taught english to junior high and high school students in the inner city schools. In 1967, he began a private tutoring practice. By 1969, he had developed that practice to the point of founding a private school, chartered by the State of Ohio, for children with learning disabilities and behavior disorders.

During that time, Mr. Bleil found himself inclined to pursue a childhood ambition to study martial arts. That inclination was fueled not only by a desire to achieve a better sense of personal safety, but by his philosophical background, and by what he had been able to determine to be the incredible personal benefits of martial arts practice for children. The benefits of Taekwondo practice for all segments of the population are set forth elsewhere in this site.

In October, 1975, Mr. Bleil began to practice taekwondo under Master Young Chi Kim, then 7th Dan, and has remained steadfast in that pursuit and lineage. In that regard, Master Bleil reflects, "If something is to last, it must have strong roots. While the growth of a tree, for instance, will undoubtedly be influenced by its environment, its ultimate strength is in its roots."

During the early days of his taekwondo practice, Mr. Bleil developed academic curricula and taught elementary age students enrolled in the private school he founded. He also attended graduate school and achieved teacher certification in Ohio at the elementary and secondary levels. At the same time he was heavily involved in teaching taekwondo classes under Master Kim's direction. This also gave him the opportunity to participate administratively in the sport side of taekwondo.

International

World Cup I	Col. Spgs, CO	July 1986	Announcer
6th Pan American Games	Indianapolis, ID	Aug. 17, 1987	Observer

USOC

U.S. Olympic Festival	Raleigh, NC	July, 1987	Referee
U.S. Olympic Festival	Oklahoma, OK	July 1989	Referee

National Junior Championships

AAU/USA Junior Oly	St. Louis, MO	June, 1986	Official
8th USTU Nat. Junior Oly	Tampa, FL	July, 1988	Referee
9th USTU Nat. Junior Oly	Rochester, MN	June, 1989	Referee
10thUS Nat. Junior Oly	Ft. Worth, TX	July, 1990	Media
11thUS Nat. Junior Oly	Cincinnati, OH	July, 1991	Referee
13th U.S. Junior Olympic	Dayton, OH	July, 1993	Asst. Dir.

National Senior Championships

5th Nat. AAU	Dayton, OH	April, 1979	Referee
8th Nat. AAU	Ann Arbor, MI	May, 1982	Referee
10th Nat. AAU	Chicago, IL	June, 1984	Referee
11th US TKD	Hartford, CT	June, 1985	Referee
12th US TKD	Dayton, OH	April, 1986	Asst. Dir.
13th US TKD	Anaheim, CA	April, 1987	Referee
14th US TKD	Miami, FL	April, 1988	Referee
15th US TKD	Columbus, OH	April, 1989	Referee
16th US TKD	Madison, WI	May, 1990	Media

State of Ohio Junior/Senior Championships

OH Assoc Junior TKD	Dayton, OH	Mar., 1987	Director
OH Assoc Senior TKD	Dayton, OH	May, 1987	Director
OH Assoc Senior TKD	Dayton, OH	Feb., 1988	Director
OH Assoc Junior TKD	Dayton, OH	May, 1988	Director
OH Assoc Junior TKD	Dayton, OH	May, 1991	Director

United States Taekwondo Union

Association	June, 1979
Regional	June, 1984
National	June, 1985
Continental - Class A (#87C-113)	July, 1987

Pan American Taekwondo Union

Pan American Referee (#873RD132) 8/17/87 at the 6th Pan American Games; Indianapolis, IN

Editor	USTU Tournament Committee Code of Operations	1985
Editor	Taekwondo USA (Official Newspaper of the USTU)	1989-90
Editor	Ohio Taekwondo Association Bulletin	1990-91
President	Ohio TaeKwondo Association	1990-91
Secretary	Ohio TaeKwondo Association	1987-90

Compiled & Edited 2 vol Taekwondo Testbook authored by Grandmaster Y. C. Kim 1983
Produced 10 Vol Video Instruction Series: White to Black Belt 1994
Produced 16 Vol Video Instruction Series: White to 3rd Dan 1999 - 2001

In October, 1993, Master Kim moved to Atlanta, Georgia. The opportunity presented itself for Mr. Bleil to assume the role of program director in Dayton. During the early years of that undertaking, Mr. Bleil, who had since retired from elementary education, was employed as a mental health technician in the psychiatric unit and subsequently as a nursing assistant in the physical rehabilitation unit of a local hospital. In 1998, he resigned those positions to devote his full time and attention to the teaching of taekwondo.

Mr. Bleil says, "The most important thing for me is to provide a fully-rounded program of taekwondo practice to each and every student I enroll so that each one will find, in his or her own unique way, the maximum benefits for a healthy body and spirit for themselves and, at the same time, find a way to make their own society a healthy and secure place in which to live and find peace and happiness."

While most other taekwondo instructors bring a career as competitor and athletic coach to their schools, Master Bleil has a unique educational background and experience that affords his students the benefits of studying under an exacting practitioner who has extensive life experiences on the vast turf outside the competition arena.

Toward that end many diversified programs have been implemented at Taekwondo World, Dayton including Cardio/Fitness Kickboxing, EZ Self Defense, Pathways - a program of audio/video presentations relating to self awareness and the pursuit of happiness, and Power Yoga.

Enrolled	Oct., 1975
1st Dan	12/2/78
2nd Dan	3/1/84	WTF Certification # (03) 2-B-1308
3rd Dan	2/28/87	WTF Certification # (03) 5900381
4th Dan		Skip Dan awarded
5th Dan	8/30/97	WFT Certification # 5900381

USTU	Club Membership (#2548)	1974 to Present
USTU	Individual Life Membership (#0015)	Dec., 1990
NAPMA*	Individual Membership	1998 to Present

* National Association of Professional Martial Artists

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