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TO HONOR AND CONGRATULATE YOUNG MARTIAL ARTIST BRANDON YOUNG OF SIMPSONVILLE ON CAPTURING THE WORLD CHAMPION TITLE IN HIS DIVISION AT THE 2018 AMERICAN TAEKWONDO ASSOCIATION KARATE WORLD EXPO TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS.
Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that Brandon Young of Simpsonville has won the world champion title in his division at the 2018 American Taekwondo Association (ATA) Karate World Expo Tournament of Champions, held in Little Rock, Arkansas, July 12-13, 2018; and
Whereas, the 2018 ATA World Championships drew more than twenty-one thousand martial arts students, instructors, and fans from nearly twenty countries for specialty training seminars, high-rank belt testing, and world champion competition; and
Whereas, Brandon, a second-degree black belt, competed among the top-ten contenders from around the world in the boys eight and under, first-, second-, and third-degree ring, at the Little Rock Statehouse Convention Center. He competed in eight categories: traditional form, traditional weapon form, sparring, combat weapon sparring, creative form, creative weapon form, xtreme form, and xtreme weapon form; and
Whereas, after a year of hard work and strenuous competition at the local, regional, and national levels, Brandon earned the gold medal and world champion title in xtreme form, with a perfect score of 9.9 from all three judges. He also earned a silver medal in xtreme weapon form and bronze medals in creative form and creative weapon form. Since he began competing, Brandon has captured twenty-nine state champion titles and nine district championships; and
Whereas, now nine years old, Brandon, who started karate at the age of three, trains at Black Belt Attitude School in Simpsonville under the instruction of Master Daniel Madriaga; and
Whereas, in addition to his achievements in the martial arts, Brandon has achieved straight-A status as a student at Rudolph Gordon Elementary. The House takes great pleasure in recognizing such an outstanding young man and looks forward with interest to hearing of his future accomplishments. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, honor and congratulate young martial artist Brandon Young of Simpsonville on capturing the world champion title in his division at the 2018 American Taekwondo Association Karate World Expo Tournament of Champions.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Brandon Young.
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