Natalie Jones, 15 years old, appeared in 'The Bartow Neighbor' on Wednesday, June 20, 2001

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Josh Minton started training in Koo Self Defense on May 25, 2000. He has done 318 classes and reached Brown Belt. He left in August 2001 for Mercer University, Georgia, USA. He countinues with his training at Koo Self Defense when he comes back to Cartersville on vacation. Congratulations on being a honors engineer!

James Zsamboki appeared in 'The Daily Tribune' on Friday, July 19, 2002

Adam Kazmi and Master Koo. Adam started training on April 23, 2001 and reached to Red Belt level on the No-Belt Program. Adam has move to LaGrange, Georgia at end of July 2002. Best Wishes, Adam, we all missed you!

Adam Greene, 5 years old appeared on the front page of 'The Bartow Neighbor' on Wednesday, September 4, 2002

Deb Akin's Poem which appeared in 'Watershed' - The Literary Arts magazine of Woodland High School, Vol.4, Spring 2003 (formerly Deb Miller, KSD Black Belt #43)

Congratulations to Heather Warren on her wedding to James Gamboa, June 2003. Best Wishes to both of you from Master Koo and all other KSD students!

Congratulations to my daughter Gemma, honor graduate of Cartersville Hich School, Class of 2003. Gemma is in College and majoring in Echocardiology and will graduate in April 2007.

Congratulations to Gregory Koo on scoring 5, the highest score available on the Advancement Placement Tests for US History, top 10 percent of high school scholars in the USA! The tests were taken in the 10th Grade (sophmore). This article appeared in 'The Daily Tribune' and 'The Herald Tribune' September 2004.

Congratulations to my son Gregory Koo for achieving 4th place in The Post Level of the American Legion High School Oratorical Contest. Article appeared in The Daily Tribune February 1, 2005

Photo of Shela Landers appeared on the front page of The Bartow Neighbor Newspaper, February 2, 2005

Photo of Gemma Koo appeared on the front page of The Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 2005

Photo of Kimberly Castillo kicking Brandon Rice holding a shield which appeared in The Bartow Neighbor Newspaper, Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Congratulations to my son Gregory, Honor Graduate of Cartersville High School 2006. Greg is a member of the National Honor Society, The Beta Club, The Mu Alpha Theta (Maths) Society and an Etowah All Stars (1200+) students who scored 1200 and above on the SAT score.
Instead of attending Cartersville High School for his Senior year (12th Grade), Gregory was in joint enrolment with the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, GA.
He attended the Honors College at the Advanced Academy and lived on campus for the year. Greg made the Dean List for the University of West Georgia and achieved Grade A in the following subjects: Calculus 3, Ordinary Differential Equation, Physics 1 Honors, Microeconomics, English Composition 2, British Literature Honors, Labs for Physics 1, Physics 2, Basic Electronics, Modern Physics, American Government, Creative Writing, Labs for Physics 2.
This summer 2006, he will be spending 10 weeks at the University of Alabama doing undergraduate research in Chemistry.
August 2006, he enters Georgia Institute of Technology as a Sophmore to major in Electrical Engineering

Photo of Chris Kattner 17 yrs old kicking Matthew Baxter 15 yrs old which appeared in The Bartow Neighbor Newspaper, Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Congratulations to my daughter Gemma Koo, honor graduate in Echocardiography, Class of 2007 at Coosa Valley Technical College.