Promenent Women in Taekwondo

[IcemanSK]

After starting the thread on Significant folks in TKD, I got to wondering about the promenent women of the Art. My knowledge on this is quite limited, but I'm curious.

GM Brenda Sell is the highest ranking non-Korean ranked by the Kukkiwon at 8th Dan. There are a few Korean women who also have that rank, but I know nothing about them. Who are the women who have had a role in the growing of Taekwondo?

 

[terryl965]

Iceman GM Uke Sung Lee was an 8th Dan and she was born in Canada in the late thirties she achieved her KKW 8th in 1991. I will give a call to Won Park for her Bio, to my knowledge she wad given that rank. Not sure if she tested.

 

[shesulsa]

How about Master Serriff?

 

[IcemanSK]

How about Master Serriff?

I certainly know who she is, but I know few details. Perhaps Kacey can help with that one.

 

[stoneheart]

On a less serious note, how about the various girls who were on Mighty Morphing Power Rangers? I know several of them weren't really TKD people, but their high kicking antics certainly inspired some to take up taekwondo and its other cousins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Sutherland

 

[Kacey]

I certainly know who she is, but I know few details. Perhaps Kacey can help with that one.

Master Renee' Sereff is the senior-ranked woman in the United States TaeKwon-Do Federation. Since I left the USTF in 1998, I can provide no recent information, but you can check the USTF website if you want more details.

 

[Laurentkd]

Well, give me a couple more years and I'll be one...

 

[IcemanSK]

Well, give me a couple more years and I'll be one...

I have no doubt, Lauren:ultracool

 

[terryl965]

Well I guess my wife she is the current Texas state champion as well as the fomal US open champion plus a AAU chanpion, Arkansas State and Oklahoma but she is only a lonely second and needs another twenty year to be a pominant figure.

Nia Abdullah is also in Olympic TKD since she won branze in the last Olympics and again this past weekend, but she is young as well.