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Tessa Gordon,
Chief Instructor
Originally from Toronto, Canada, Tessa Gordon
holds a 5th degree black belt in the Korean art
of Tae Kwon Do. Gordon was a member of the
1988 Canadian Olympic Team, nine-time Canadian
National Champion, World Championship
Medalist and Pan American Champion. Today,
Gordon has been practicing Tae Kwon Do for
over 35 years.
As a young child, Gordon began training in basic
kicking and punching techniques at home.
As her progress and enjoyment of the art became
evident, her parents enrolled her in the
Jong Park Institute of Tae Kwon Do. She found
the discipline required for traditional training
incredibly demanding both emotionally and
physically. Yet with the encouragement of her
parents, she continued to train.
As Gordon advanced in rank, she began to fall
in love with art of Tae Kwon Do. Tae Kwon Do
became her way of life. By the age of 12, she was
a black belt.
At the age of 13, and for the next three years
beginning in 1980, Gordon was rated Canada’s
number one female point fighter in open competition
where all martial arts are represented. She was the
youngest woman point fighter in
Canada fighting in the adult women’s division.
She was also the first Canadian, male or female,
to be included among the top ten fighters rated
in the North American Karate Circuit.
In 1985, Canadian women were chosen to compete
in the world Tae Kwon Do Championships
for the first time. Gordon was one of the first
chosen for the team and was a Canadian National
Team member from 1985-1988. Some of the
highlights of her many accomplishments around
the world include winning the bronze medal at
the 1985 World Champion ships in Seoul, Korea,
the gold medal at the 1986 Pan American Games
in Quayaquil, Ecuador, silver medal at the 1987
World Championships in Barcelona, Spain and
the silver medal at the 1988 Pan American
Games in Lima, Peru. Her most valued experience,
however, was competing for Canada in
the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea.
In 1992, Gordon moved to New York where
she founded Pure Energy Martial Arts. She
started with just a few students in her home.
Today she teaches students of all ages and
abilities and her school has become a neighborhood
institution in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Pure Energy Martial Arts is now known as
Tessa Gordon’s Premier Martial Arts, part of
the Premier Martial Arts family.
Gordon hopes she will have the opportunity
to share with a new generation what she
has shared with her students for many years
– her love and respect for Tae Kwon Do and all
forms of Martial Arts.
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