M2 Grand Opening, Milpitas CA

Sept. 3, 2011
The Grand Opening for M2 and the 15 year aniversary for Manila TKD in Milpitas had a great turn out with the family, friends and spectators that joined in on the fun. The Mayor of Milpitas also showed up for the ribbon cutting and presented Master Henry Cruz and SBN Chino Cruz with a Certificate welcoming them to the city of Milpitas. The Demo was a success thanks to the helpers and the students that put in their time and effort to make all this happen. Manila 2 is NOW OPEN. Please come by and try us out!!!

M2 Sports Coming Soon.(competition team)

Bay Area Open 2011 Union City CA

Bay Area Open was a great turnout for Manila TKD, majority of the kids placed or brought home gold. The results are listed below, note that not all fighters are listed and will be adding through out the week. We would like to thank Master Henry and his family for the help and support in coaching. The Old Manila is Back!!!

Michael - silver
Abi- bronze
Seth- gold
Patrick-bronze
Silva brother- gold/silver
Lilly- gold
Brian-gold
Eunice-silver
Meg- bronze
Jordan -gold
Jonathan- silver
Arvin-gold
Naiomi- bronze
Taylor-gold
Joseph-gold
Niko-gold
Lance-silver
Dean- silver

M2 Sports TKD

M2 - Manila Tae Kwon Do (Milpitas, CA) is a branch of Manila Tae Kwon Do HQ (Union City, CA). Although it is a branch school, it is solely owned and operated by Chino Cruz, Master Henry Cruz' eldest son.

Chino Cruz is an experienced Tae Kwon Do Instructor and competitor with 17 years of Tae Kwon Do experience. He is a 2nd degree Black Belt and will be receiving his 3rd Degree shortly.

As a Tae Kwon Do competitor, Chino received his 1st US National Gold Medal at the age of 6.. In 2004 Chino was invited to attend the 1st ever US Taekwondo Developmental High Performance Program Camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The purpose of the Developmental High Performance Program is to identify world class talent and develop future champions at the international level.

In August of 2005, Chino together with his Manila Tae Kwon Do teammates, traveled to the Philippines to compete in the Philippine Nationals and the 4th Samsung Best of the Best Taekwondo Championships. In the Philippine National Event, Chino led the Junior Boys Team (5-man Team) to a 3rd place win, finishing in the Top 4 out of 31 Teams. At the Samsung Best of the Best Championship, Chino finished in 1st Place in the Junior Male, Welterweight Division.

In September 2011, M2 - Manila Tae Kwon Do 2 will open it's doors. As we begin another chapter in Chino's future and Manila Tae Kwon Do's legacy, we invite all of you to stop by and visit with us so you can personally see what MHQ and M2 is really all about. We hope to see you soon!

"Live on the edge and give it all you got in practice, boys and girls. Champions aren't born, they are made." - Sansunim Chino Cruz."

2011 Northern California State Taekwondo Championships

Word from the Master:


Norcal State championship result for Jordan Santos was 30-8 !!. Highest score ever recorded by the True score system. Great job crew. So proud of you all. Everyone from student to Grandmaster were nice to Manila. Gave out a lot of business cards. Love this game especially when done right.Thanks to all especially to Robert and Lea for you know what. We hit Chinatown on the way home. UC Davis is a beautiful University. .Thanks to all and job well done.

Henry Cruz
SBN
Manila Taekwondo

Always train hard
When you train hard
The fight is easy

Jordan
Rd.1
Rd.2

Human Weapon- Taekwondo

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Stanford Spring TKD tournament

Here are the Manila Competitors for the upcoming TKD tournament at Stanford on 05/28/11.

1. Sansonin Geremy Escolta
2. Sansonin Joshua Magpuri
3. Justin Bose
4. Joseph Ong
5. Kevin Nguyen
6. Jordan Santos
7. Taylor Duke
8. Jonathan Man
9. Meg Hsu
10. Naomi Spielmann
11. Brian Wong
12. Seth Verdote
13. Omar Garcia
14. Diego Gastelum
15. Bree Magpuri
16. Patrick Domingo
17. Lance Capili

Note; if your name was not mentioned we apologize but we know that we will see you there.

Tuning up for the big event around the corner.

Manila Photoshoot Sunday 5-15-11

Photo shoot turned out to be a great success thanks to Mr. Andrew Nguyen and all the participants of Manila TKD. The photos taken are of the students who are attending the Junior Nationals 2011, which is just around the corner. We will be having majority of the students attend ranging from green to black belts. Stay tuned for more updates with the upcoming tournaments and news from Manila TKD.

For more info about the photographer here is his website:
http://andrewphotolive.com/

YOUTUBE POST 4/9/11

Manila ART

Special thanks to Black Belt Neil Batallones for contributing his time and effort in making Manila TKD more home-like for the current fighters. Neil was one of the first black belts from the first batch of Master Cruz's students when Manila first started. He attended many tournaments with Master Cruz including nationals in his younger years. Thank you Neil for your hard work, your art is well appreciated and noted. Salamat Po!!!

Manila Renovation

Thank you to all the families that made the Manila TKD renovation happen, Master Henry Cruz was very thankful and happy about the new place. Many more changes will happen in the next few weeks and we are proud to make these changes happen for Master Cruz. If you missed the chance to help out, it's not too late! We will continue to make changes and all events will be posted in emails that are sent out daily. GO MANILA!!!

American Open TKD 2011

Salamat Po (thank you) for those who came & showed support to our competitors at the American Open TKD Champ in Hayward, CA .

Kuya Greg

Sansonin Geremy

Chris Ubando

CJ Ubando

Mrs. Wong

Brian Wong

Naomi Spielmann & Family

If your name was not mentioned we apologize.

Results of the fights are as follows;

1. Jordan Santos Gold dominated the entire fight, no need to say more.

2. Boston Medeiros Silver fought kids that are older, and bigger. The moose is loose.

3. Meg Hsu Gold on her 1^st tournament, special thanks to Sansonin Geremy for coaching her.

4. Brianna Magpuri Silver fought a girl who is 14 yrs old, she is 12.

5. Kevin Nguyen Silver gave out the best effort to revenge Manila.

6. Justin Bose First fight 9-0 Justin, second fight 5-2 robinson, great improvement, keep it up.

7. Joseph Ong Bronze

GOOD LUCK for those Manila competitors who are heading to Carson , CA for the qualifiers. May the force be with you.

Youtube.com/Manilataekwondo

As many of those in Manila TKD already know, the school has been working on a Youtube page that showcases the fighters in Manila Taekwondo, please feel free to check out the site and subscribe!

You can find us @:

Youtube.com/Manilataekwondo