Grand Master Edmund Ciarfella inducted into the U.S. Taekwondo Grand Masters Society

WARWICK — Grand Master Edmund Ciarfella was inducted into the U.S. Taekwondo Grand Masters Society on April 28 at the 11th annual Hall of Fame Awards dinner.
Ciarfella is the owner of United Martial Arts Centers in Warwick and Monroe and has been serving the community for more than 25 years. Ciarfella began his training in the martial arts since 1973.
Ciarfella also received The Appreciation Award in recognition and appreciation for his dedicated service and outstanding leadership and contributions to the development of Taekwondo in the United States.
“I am grateful for this honor and deeply appreciative for my instructor, mentor and Taekwondo father Grand Master Byung Min Kim who has been my inspiration throughout my martial arts training," Ciarfella said in the press release announcing the awards. "I continue to train with my Kwanjanim because I believe strongly that you must always be a student first and need a mentor to guide you on your journey.”
The mission of the United States Taekwondo Grandmasters Society, Inc., is to promote the tradition of action philosophy as Taekwondo education and to manage the superior national governing organization of Taekwondo in the United States.
• Standardize and develop a top quality rank promotional system in the United States.
• Strengthen the congeniality of Grandmasters in the United States and nurture the growth of future Masters and Grandmasters in the United States.
• Develop quality curriculum based on updated scientific findings of the physical, mental and spiritual influence for human performance pertinent in Taekwondo.
• Develop a reward system that will benefit USTGS and mankind in general.
• Organize and promote top quality competition, nationally and internationally.
• Develop and promote cooperation with other organizations in Taekwondo, martial arts, sports, education and other related entities that support the mission of the USTGS.
For more information please contact United Martial Arts Centers 845-987-1853 or visit www.umacenters.com.