GMO Honored Local Hero
GMO was not even Grandmaster Orange yet. He was only a seventh degree black belt, thus Master Orange. Still he was honored as local hero. In typical form to how he’d act today, Grandmaster Orange thought, “do I go after…
Planning to Succeed
Makes sense to me. Here’s GMO explaining the concept in this audio clip. (He’s placing fruits on the counter, as his visual examples.)
Sidekicks Martial Arts in Rancho San Diego
Did you know that Grandmaster Orange used to have a Sidekicks Martial Arts Academy location in Rancho San Diego? Well he sure did. For eleven years. Now the location is still a martial arts studio. It is currently Aspire Martial…
Grandmaster Orange – D.A.R.E.
If you’ve been around San Diego County for a while, you’d be familiar with the DARE Program. DARE was San Diego County Sheriff Department’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. DARE volunteer representatives would visit various public school sites and help…
National City Taekwondo Center
Where it all began!! Grandmaster Orange started National City Taekwondo Center, way before most of his current students existed, way back in nineteen hundred and eighty three. That’s right, folks, 1983. Here’s some pictures of his Taekwondo jackets to prove…
C.S. Keys and GMO
Broadcaster C.S Keys came to Sidekicks to spar with Master Orange, back in the day! Mr. Keys was a beloved local San Diego television sports personality. At times, C.S. Keys would go out into the community with challenges in various sports…
Newly Promoted Black Belt Student @ Sidekicks Jamaica
Newly Promoted Black Belt Student @ Sidekicks Jamaica gives thanks to his teachers, Master Delroy McDowell and Grandmaster Orange. This Jamaica Sidekicks student proudly shares his experience and gratitude in a post below. . Knowing that Taekwondo is a life…
Sparring at Sidekicks
Sometimes when parents watch a martial arts class at Sidekicks and see their child sparring for the first time, they may wonder what is going on? When Sidekicks students achieve Green Belt Rank, they begin learning and practicing sparring. Be…
Second Generation Sidekicks
Lots of kids that train and practice marital arts with Grandmaster Orange are second generation students. This means that their parents were also students of GMO, and now the parents bring their kids to Sidekicks. In several families, the grandparents…
Yellow Belts
The belt rank order is as such. One of the determining factors between a red belt and a yellow belt is the following. How do I know if my kid is ready to be promoted from Yellow Belt? Pre test…