BIOGRAPHY

Master Sanchez was born in Bronx, New York, on September 30,1969.
His parents, Carmen Moya and Miguel Sanchez, are naturally from Puerto Rico.
Miguel Sanchez, his father, was in the USA Army.
In 1977, Master Sanchez moved to the big city of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
In 1979, he started training in the Martial Arts.
His first style, Karate Kyokushin, was one of the strongest styles funded by Mas Oyama.
Sanchez has also trained in Karate, Jujitsu, Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido, and kick boxing.
He has competed in many tournaments of full contact Karate.
Later in the early 80's he started to continue with Tae Kwon Do in New York, with William Martinez.
After that he went back to Puerto Rico and trained with Jose Santos and his real Master Luis F. Rivera. Rivera has a Master's Degree in Hapkido. He also was on of the original people who brought TKD Chung Do Kwan to Puerto Rico.
In the last 20 years, Sanchez has competed in over 300 tournaments including Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and amateur kickboxing. He has competed in New York, Indianapolis, Michigan, Florida, Mexico, Canada, the Dominican Republic, and area's of South America. Sanchez was the champion in 1993-1996 for full contact Karate in Puerto Rico's open tournament in Nippon-kempo.
In 1997 Sanchez was head coach of the Puerto Rico team that competed in the world Chung Do Kwan tournament in Washington D.C.
He moved to South Dakota in 1998. He has since started a club in Clark, SD.
In 2000, Sanchez went to South Korea to test for his 5th degree in Tae Kwon Do.
Later that year, he went to New Jersey to test for his 4th degree in Hapkido with Grand Master Ik Hwan Kim.
In 2001, Sanchez funded a T.C.C.A.(Tae Kwon Do, Chung Do Kwan, Combat Association). T.C.C.A. was endorsed greatly by Great Grand Master Hae Man Park. Sanchez represents the Latin-American Chung Do Kwan Association, run by the President Grand Master Oscar Tajes, from Argentina.