About Us
Pil Sung Taekwondo
Founded in August of 2000, Pil Sung Taekwondo is an internationally recognized Taekwondo school based out of Guilderland NY. Pil Sung operates a full time location within Karner Plaza (10 New Karner Rd). The core curriculum is designed to build a strong mental and physical understanding of the Korean martial art, while instilling the five tenets of Taekwondo in everyone who steps into our dojang. Since 2000, Pil Sung Taekwondo has developed black belts, state champions, national champions and strong future leaders.
Master Hasan
Founder and head instructor Joe Hasan brings over 30 years martial arts experience to Pil Sung Taekwondo.
Mr. Hasan began his martial arts training around four years old. His initial training was studying the Indonesian Art of Penjak Silat under his father, the late Jusuf Hasan. In 1986, Master Hasan began his Taekwondo training under Master Michael D Friello.
Competitively, Mr. Hasan was very active and successful from 1987 through 2004, competing in numerous local, state, national, and international competitions. In 1992, Mr. Hasan took his first referee certification course in order to become more knowledgeable in the rules he was competing under. Between 1998 and 2004, Mr. Hasan split his time between competing and officiating; however, since 2004 Mr. Hasan has shifted his focus to officiating and directing tournaments as a way to give back to the future of Taekwondo.
Outside of the martial arts world, Mr. Hasan earned a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in management with a concentration in information systems (2002). Prior to pursuing a full time career in Taekwondo, Mr. Hasan worked as a business analyst, technical analyst, and as a product manager both in the private software industry as well as in the state government.
Presently, Mr. Hasan is a 7th dan (as of 8/11/2018) and can be found in the school nearly every day of the week working with students and instructors to take their training to the next level.
Black Belt Listing
Below is a listing of all certified black belts that have completed their promotion test through Pil Sung Taekwondo
6th Degree Black Belt
Nina Beauchaine
5th Degree Black Belt
Nina Beauchaine
Andy Bloch
Matthew Krieg
Lori Stewart
4th Degree Black Belt
Nina Beauchaine
Samuel Chiappone
Kirk Fisher
Ryan Greene
Sean Heller
Rosanna Hsu
Mattthew Krieg
Christopher Lam
Jamie Lam
Lori Stewart
William Ting
3rd Degree Black Belt
Jade Altimari
Rose Altimari
Nina Beauchaine
Keira Cushing
Ian Fish
Kirk Fisher
Ryan Greene
Jamari Harrell
Sean Heller
Rosanna Hsu
Jack Javoroski
Mark Krieg
Matthew Krieg
Christopher Lam
Jamie Lam
Ethan Lawless
Brendan Tarantino
William Ting
2nd Degree Black Belt
Kazim Ali
Jade Altimari
Rose Altimari
Sivasubramanian Balamurugan
Nina Beauchaine
Keira Cushing
Matthew Drake
Emmelyn Freedman
Kirk Fisher
Marc Fuchs
Ryan Greene
Jamari Harrell
Sean Heller
Rosanna Hsu
Scott Ising
Dhev Jammula
Jack Javoroski
Tyler Javoroski
Jack Kenyon
Zinab Kitonyi
Mark Krieg
Matthew Krieg
Surya Krishnakumar
Christopher Lam
Jamie Lam
Dylan Lawless
Ethan Lawless
Antonio LoGiudice
Marco LoGiudice
Dominic Monaco
Paul Pennacchia
Pretesh Prakash
Kate Provencher
Benajamin Rounds
Robert Rudd
Xrysanthi Sokaris
Shashank Shamshabad
Hassain Shiju
Brendan Tarantino
Monique Ting
William Ting
John Wang
Austin Wolfgang
Ishika Yalamanchi
Shreyash Yalamanchi
1st Degree Black Belt
Abdulrahman Abdelnabi
Albaraa Abdelnabi
Khadejah Abdelnabi
Kazim Ali
Jade Altimari
Rose Altimari
Snigdha Arige
Evelyn Ayers
Aditya Aysola
Barry Bablin
Caroline Bablin
Rebecca Bablin
Siva Balamurugan
Bharath Balamurugan
Jensen Barlin-Romano
Jaiden Barlin Romano
Nina Beauchaine
Ethan Berbrick
Nikhil Bodduluri
Disha Bodduluri
Hannah Bowman
Michael Brooks
Matthew Brown
Tiffany Cavin
Damien Chan
Aaron Charles
Natalie Cheung
Samantha Chiaravalle
Billy Christopher
Jace Christopher
Bryan Chong
Bryce Chong
Lauren Conti
Keira Cushing
Jason Cryan
Benjamin Drake
Matthew Drake
Brendon Dong
Francisco Farrell
Clayton Freedman
Emmelyn Freedman
Korbin Freedman
Kirk Fisher
Matthew Friello
Marc Fuchs
Kiran Garcha
Ryan Greene
Gregory Grimshaw
Jamari Harrell
Mia Hasan
Sean Heller
CJ Higgins
Michael Higgins
Maria Holmes
Rosanna Hsu
Scott Ising
Hunnan Jafri
Mahsum Jafri
Dhev Jammula
Jack Javoroski
Tyler Javoroski
Janeen Javoroski
Sathvika Jothivenketasan
Tess Kachadurian
Suraj Kadajji
Joseph Kenney
Trinity Kenney
Zinab Kitonyi
Jack Kenyon
Mark Krieg
Matthew Krieg
Surya Krishnakumar
Connor Lassonde
Christpher Lam
Jamie Lam
Dylan Lawless
Ethan Lawless
Antonio LoGiudice
Marco LoGiudice
Shreya Mahesh
David Jesse Mathis
Ibrahim Mohammad
Dominic Monaco
Edgar Monroy
Edgar Monroy Jr
Stephanie Monroy
Kumar Muthukumar
Rethwick Nagarajan
Shreyas Nampooothiri
An Nguyen
Dylan Nolan
Emily O'Hanlon
Gabriella O'Keefe
Riley O'Lena
Cydney Palmatier
Ethan Paro
Paul Pennacchia
Rithvikka Prakash
Pretesh Prakash
Kate Provencher
Ruby Ramasamy
Benjamin Rounds
Elijah Rowe
Zachary Rowe
Robert Rudd
Shiju Salahudeen
Darshana Saravanakumar
Nathan Scott
Shashank Shamshabad
Sidharth Shamshabad
Nitya Sharma
Harmaan Sidhu
Hassain Shiju
Hena Shiju
Adityamithran Sivakumar
Lorraine Streeter
Snehal Swain
Sonal Swain
Brendan Tarantino
Monique Ting
William Ting
Addison VanDerwiel
John Wang
Maxwell Wang
Samuel Wang
Michael Williams
William Witzleben
Austin Wolfgang
Hilary Worden