Eagleville Tae Kwon Do Academy - 3rd Dan+ Biographies

Master Lou Giamo - Kukkiwon 7th Dan, USAT Class "A-1" Referee, WTF Poomsae International Referee

Master Giamo served in the US Army as an Infantry and then Special Forces officer. He was with the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea where he captained the 23rd Infantry Regiment TKD team in 1982 and 1983, the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, NC where he trained the 82d ID (Airborne) hand-to-hand combat demonstration team for the 1984 ROTC Recondo training, and the Army Special Forces (Green Berets). Master Giamo left the Army as a Major.

Master Giamo began his Taekwondo training in 1974 under Grand Master Byung Yul Kwak. In 1978 Master Giamo received his 1st Dan and also started the Taekwondo club at LaSalle University in Philadelphia. He continued his training while in the military studying in Korea while assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division. He began teaching at Eagleville TKD Academy in 1989. Master Giamo has been active in the USAT since 1977 and the AAU since 1997. He is currently a USAT Class "A-1" referee and a Level 1 coach. Master Giamo is also a World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Poomsae International Referee. He was also was the first Chairman of the Middle Atlantic AAU Taekwondo Program (1997-1999). Master Giamo still competes at the National Level in poomsae (forms) and coaches both forms and sparring competitors at all levels.

Master Giamo's Certificates: 9th Kub Yellow Stripe (very first promotion certificate) May 12, 1974

1st Dan Nov. 10, 1978	2nd Dan Sept. 9, 1981	3rd Dan Feb. 27, 1985	4th Dan Oct. 21, 1991	5th Dan Feb. 5, 1996
6th Dan May 5, 2001	7th Dan July 20, 2007	Kukkiwon Instructor's Certificate	Kukkiwon Certificate of Appreciation	Kukkiwon Letter of Appointment to Advisory Committee
USAT Level 1 Poomsae Referee Certificate	USAT A-1 Referee Certificate	WTF Poomsae IR

Mr. David Skolka - Kukkiwon 5th Dan, USAT Class "C" Referee

Mr. David Skolka is the Senior Instructor at Eagleville TKD. He is in charge of all Black Belt activities and acts as the senior judge at all belt rank testings.

Mr. Jerry Weber - Kukkiwon 5th Dan

Mr. Weber began his martial arts study informally about age 8 under his uncle, Carmen Pelusi. Sensei Pelusi introduced him to fundamental Aikido and Jujutsu self defense techniques at that time. Shortly after, Mr. Weber began taking Judo classes where he lived in Pittsburgh, PA. His study of Taekwondo started shortly after moving to the local area. He began studying Oh Do Kwan Taekwondo under master Kong Young Il at his Pottstown school in 1983, and had earned his 1st Dan there in 1986, followed by 2nd Dan in 1988. His Judo study was re-established at the Pottstown Judo Club during his later high school years, in addition to time on the Freestyle Wrestling team. Martial arts encouraged him to pursue exercise physiology in graduate school, leading him to earn a master’s degree in that field, with research emphasis in biochemical and physical effects of stretching and flexibility training.

Mr. Weber started to formally study Aikido under Sensei Pelusi in Gautier, Mississippi in 1990, and has continued since. He currently holds a rank of 2nd Dan instructor the Eight Winds Aikido Society. In 1998, his Taekwondo pursuits lead Mr. Weber to Eagleville Taekwondo Academy. His studies continue there under Master Louis Giamo. Mr. Weber is currently 5th Dan in Kukkiwon Taekwondo. In 2000, he made an inquiry into Bong Soo Han’s International Hapkido Federation, and enjoying the diversity of the style, eventually earned his 1st Dan under Master Han in Santa Monica, CA in 2004. Mr. Weber had taught group Hapkido lessons at Eagleville Taekwondo Academy 2003 through 2009, and still teaches private or small group lessons upon request.

Mrs. Paola Nogueras - Kukkiwon 4th Dan, USAT Class "D" Referee

Mrs. Nogueras is our senior female instructor. She is our official photographer. Look for her photographic book of Puerto Rican Festivals at www.paolanogueras.net.

Mr. Benjamin Dagana - Kukkiwon 4th Dan, USAT Class "D" Referee

Mr. Paul G. Cummings, Sr. - Kukkiwon 4th Dan, USAT Class "A-1" Referee, WTF Poomsae International Referee

Mr. Waimen Leung - Kukkiwon 3rd Dan, USAT Class "D" Referee

Mr. Waimen Leung is currently on military leave from the dojang. He graduated from West Point Military Academy May 29, 2004 and was commissioned as an officer in the Infantry. He currently holds the rank of Captain. He returned to the US after a successful tour as a military advisor to the Iraqi Police in Baghdad and Sadr City. Mr. Leung has placed in two USAT Jr. Olympics (1994 &1995).

Miss Lisa Giamo - Kukkiwon 3rd Dan

Miss Giamo is currently attending Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC to complete her PhD. work in Social Psychology.