- On January 3’, the first Western Taekwon-Do Championship was staged by Montego Bay Taekwon-Do at St. John’s Church Hall, Montego Boy.
- March saw a Black Belt exam held at the Taekwon-Do Centre. One student tested for Third, five for Second and one for First degree.
- On March 27-28, the 3rd Jamaica Open Taekwon-Do Championships was held at U-TECH. Several local schools entered. A Taekwon-do team from Anguilla participated.
- The UTECH Taekwon-Do club held the first Jamaica Open Taekwon-Do championship in March. The tournament was well supported and a ten-man team from Venezuela attended.
- In July, the fourth central Taekwon-Do cham¬pionships were held in Mandeville.
- In August, a black belt examination was con¬ducted by 5ixth Degree Black Belt, Mr. Mel Steiner in Montego Bay. Mr. Harrison Chin-Hing, Mr. Herbert Stewart and Mr. Xavier Ha-On test¬ed for 4th Degree, five people tested for 3rd Degree, one for 2nd Degree and six people also tested for 1st Degree.
- In Apri1, the 2nd Jamaica Open Taekwon-~a championship was held at the U-TECH. This tournament was the largest held that year.
- In July, the final draft of the Jamaica Taekwon-Do Association Constitution was unani¬mously approved at o general Black Belt meeting.
- On November 4 -8, the first International Instructors’ Course held by the Jamaica Taekwon—Do Association was held at the Renaissance Jamaica &Grande Hotel in Ocho Rios. The course was conducted by the President and Founder of the ITF, General Choi, Hong Hi and his Son, Secretary General of the ITF Master Choi, Jung Hwa, 8th dan.
- 5th Constant Spring Taekwon-Do Championships were held.
- A group of 18 instructors and students attended the first U.S .T.F. Instructors’ Course in Miami. During this event both Peter Lue and Gordon Block graded for their 5th Degree and 3rd Degree, respectively.
- Jamaica Taekwon-Do Association saw the opening of its 5th branch – Montego Bay Taekwon-Do with instructors, Steventon Arnold and Ryan Rampair.
- A new Taekwon-Do Board was formed for the Association the members were: Peter Lue, Claude Chin, Harrison Chin-Hing, Xavier Ho-On and Herbert Stewart.
- Early in June Mr. Mel Steiner visited Jamaica as guest at a special dinner celebrating the 15th anniversary of Mandeville Taekwon-Do Centre. The following day, the largest exam ever held in Jamaica was held and saw 18 members being promoted from 1st through to 4th degree.
- 4 Black Belts, including two senior instructors, attended the 1995 World Camp of Taekwon-Do in Colorado U.S.A. General Choi was again the special guest.
- In October, University of Technology Taekwon-Do was established. Ryan Rampair, 2nd Dan was the instructor.
- The 3rd Constant Spring Taekwon-Do Championship was held in early December.
- The U.S.T.F cruise ship stopped in Jamaica, and Master C. E, Sereff and sixty of his students trained with members of the Jamaica Taekwon-Do Association at the Dunn’s River Falls, where every one climbed the falls in their dobok.
- Mr. Mel Steiner retuned to once again grade senior instructors to 3rd degree Black belts. The following day August 6 1994 the 1st Central Taekwon-Do Championships was held in Mandeville at which several martial arts schools in Jamaica participated.
- September saw the revision of some of the training techniques and the publication of a new examination manual.
- In Late November, the second Constant Spring Championship was held.
- The Jamaica Taekwon-Do Association cele¬brated its 21st anniversary in December t994. A souvenir magazine was published and an exhibition was held at the Sir Phillip Sherlock Theatre University of the West Indies.
- 24 students participat¬ed in Florida State Championship held in Tampa Flori¬da. This was to be Jamaica’s most outstanding international competition as forty-one trophies were won.
- Students took part in The World Camp of Taekwon-Do held in Denver Colorado. General Choi was a special guest at the camp.
- Mr. Mel Steiner returned to Jamaica in October for another black belt examination and a seminar which took place in Mandeville.
- A team of eight was sent to Puerto Rico in November. The instructors’ course with General Choi was the main event; however, the group also par¬ticipated in the Battle of Galaxy Taekwon-Do Championship where four trophies were won.
- Constant Spring 1aekwon-Do held its first Championship in November to celebrate their first 1st anniversary. Several local Taekwon-Do schools participated.
- Master C. E. Sereff 8th Dan and President of US.T.F along with Mr. Mel Steiner 5th Dan and Vice President and Regional Director, visited Jamaica and conducted a black belt examination, which saw some senior instructors and black belts attaining 2nd, 3rd and 4th Degree Block Belts and a general seminar. This marked another milestone for Taekwon-Do in Jamaica.
- Constant Spring Taekwon-Do was established; Instructors of the branch being Clifford Shim and Robert Scott.
The beginning of Jamaica’s association with the United States Taekwon-Do Federation, when Harrison Chin-Hing, instructor of the Mandeville branch, who was on business in Florida, met and issued an invitation to Mr. Mel Steiner 5th Degree Black Belt and the U. S. T. F’s representative in Florida.
Jamaica sends a 10 man team was led by Mr. Peter Lue and Mr. Claude Chin to the 7th World Championship’s of Taekwon-Do being held in Montreal, Canada
Fitzroy “Hugo” Grant (Jamaica’s lone participant) placed third in the power break competition at the World Championship in Hungary. The technique used was a flying side kick.
- The Jamaican team goes to Puerto Rico for the General Choi Cup Championship. There were 3 bronze medals won. The participating countries were: the United States, Canada, Venezuela, Dominica Republic, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
- Christopher McFarlane, instructor for the Mandeville branch died tragically.
- Jamaica Taekwon-Do Association hosted the 1987 Open Taekwon-Do Championship at the National Arena.
- Master Han returned to conducted a seminar and grading of students.
- Herbert Stewart 1st Degree Black Belt won the Jamaica Open Karate Grand Championship title in the latter part of the year.
Master Sam Soo Han came to Jamaica to promote several students and instruc¬tors. During his stay Master Han conducted several seminars for both instructors and students.
Jamaica participated in the 1st International Continental Taekwon-Do Championship in Quebec, Canada along with Netherlands, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Greenland and host Canada.
- Two 1st degree Black Belts – Mr. Peter Lue and Mr. Sterlyn Brown- took over the school, which was relocated to Half-Way-Tree.
- In October, a three man team represented Jamaica in Winnipeg Canada at the championship and two medals were won.
- Master Jung Kung Suh’s arrives in Jamaica
- Jamaica enters the International Championship in Florida
- Several students attained their Black Belts.
- Mandeville Taekwon-Do is opened by then black stripe, Christopher McFarlane who went there to set up his law practice
Master Soo Kil Roo 6th Degree black Belt from Korea took over the training of the students. His stint was a short one as shortly thereafter he left Jamaica.
- The school moved from Premier Plaza to Annette Crescent.
- During August of that year, the second National Championship was held at the Sheraton Hotel.
- At the end of the year, Master Sam Soo Hon, left Jamaica leaving Kenrick Pose, Owen Corinaldi and Wayne Francis in charge of the school.
- Sam Soo Han led a team of students to Cayman to do a series of demonstrations; there too the art had taken hold under the directorship of San Kuen Lee, 4th degree Black Belt, whose school was affiliated to the Jamaica Taekwon-Do Association, the governing body for Taekwon-Do in the entire Caribbean.
- First National Championship in Kingston Sheraton Ballroom on Saturday March 27
- A contingent of six excited students accompanied by Master Sam Soo Han, competed in April at the International Taekwon-Do Open Championship in Winnipeg Canada, eight trophies were won.
- First set of students awarded Black Belts, Phillip Chong, Kendrick Rose and Owen Corinaldi.
- The first Caribbean Championship was hosted at the National Arena. The Participating countries were; Cayman, Dominica Republic, Haiti, Columbia, Venezuela United States of America and Jamaica.
Sam Soo Han, a Sixth degree Black Belt Master came to Jamaica in November to fill that requirement while Harry Gomez formed the Jamaica Taekwon-Do Centre with headquarters at 6 Premier Plaza.
The art of Taekwon-Do (Korean ort of self—defence) was first introduced in Jamaica by Harry Gomez, a second Degree Black Belt from Columbia who was pursuing a course in Engineering at the College of Arts, Science & Technology.