4th Dan Black Belt/Master
Master Giovanna Salinas
AGE: 17
Master Salinas was born on August 8, 1988 in Brooklyn, NY. She started Tae Kwon Do at the age of five. "I never thought I'd be doing this sport and love it so much", she says now. On December 21, 1996, she received her 1st degree black belt. Two years later on December 11, she received her 2nd degree black belt. "That was one of the toughest tests I had to take. The hardest part was breaking a brick, but it was worth it." Sadly, on September 24, 2000, Giovanna and her family moved to Florida, leaving behind a family of 7 years. "It hurt a lot for me to leave. I practically grew up with my friends in NY and the hardest part was that I loved my master like a father. He wanted so much for me and I destroyed it by moving". Despite feeling down, she wanted to continue Tae Kwon Do, so she signed up at Shin Tae Kwon Do, now called Oh's Tae Kwon Do. She quickly gained a good friendship with everyone. She, as well as her brother, Alberto Salinas (Junior), became close to everyone, including Allan, Kathleen, Kevin, Brainard, Dorian, and Kendrick. As time went by, Grandmaster Oh came into the picture, and how the Demo Team was formed. Grandmaster Oh gave her the key to the school and the permission to have a Demo Team and the team was born. Out of the first that signed up, there were only 10-12 of the original that remain on the team till today. Every Saturday Giovanna would wake up at seven to open the school for class. And after six demonstrations, the demo has become like a regular routine at a test day. Although she pushes the team a lot, and it stresses her out a little, she couldn't be happier. "This is my new home. My Demo Team is one of the most important things to me. I want this team to go beyond when I'm gone. I will take this team everywhere I go. I may have been broken before, but these guys remind me that life goes on and that I got something better out of all this. I LOVE YOU GUYS". She is now a master at Tae Kwon Do when she took her test on December 11, 2004. She has many other dreams for Tae Kwon Do and her life.
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