About Subumnim Juan Catalan

Mr. Juan Catalan has been involved in Taekwondo for over 20 years, he led his original Taekwondo Dojan as program director and later as the Chief instructor where he cultivated many New Jersey State, Junior National and Junior Olympic Champions.

During this time he also taught Taekwondo at the Montesorri School located in Scotch Plains NJ, as well as participated in the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program by performing Taekwondo demonstrations and holding open forums with elementary and middle school students to discuss DARE in Central New Jersey.

As a competitor he was the 1992 and 1995 New Jersey State Sparring champion, in 2006 he decided to compete again and was able to achieve the Gold Medal in Olympic Style Sparring at the 2006 US Open and Silver in Olympic style Sparring at the 2007 US Open.

Favorite quotes

 "When your legs burn, run/kick with your heart"

 "Quit?  You know, when I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung, and testicular cancer all at the same time, but with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and won the Tour de France five times in a row.  But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit. - Lance Armstrong

 "Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it  will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it last forever." - Lance Armstrong

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." PRE

'The will to win means nothing if you haven’t the will to prepare." Juma Ikangaa

Where others are content, we are hungry.
Where others are discouraged, we see opportunity.
Where others criticize, we participate.
Where others quit, we persist.
Where others have chosen small lives,
Our capacity for love, for happiness,
And for achievement is without limit.