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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
Walking through the milk aisle in Ralphs, GMO has known to be spotted. Here you see him being stopped by a former student, of many many years ago, who recognized him. She was very pleasantly surprised to see Grandmaster Orange,…
Here’s a typical day “at the office” for GMO. He arrives to the martial arts studio and is teaching classes. He sees a food drive going on out in front of the studio. He goes out and starts talking with…
Halloween at Sidekicks included a Halloween photo shoot for students. GMO is also a professional photographer, one of the best in San Diego County, actually. Sidekicks students were able to sign up for in costume or in uniform photo sessions…