Posing for 4th AAU National Championship picture

Michael Rodriguez 4th AAU Championship

Michael Rodriguez, a four time AAU National Champion (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and a 2011 AAU Junior Olympic Champion is a nine year-old who started training in Tae Kwon Do a little before his 5th birthday at Young Brothers Taekwondo on Bellaire Blvd. in Houston, TX and has been on the G-Force team for four years...accomplishes one of his many goals of winning 4 AAU National Championships in a row. Plus this past season, Michael was undefeated in all 21 sparring matches, including the National Championship tournament. “My greatest goal is to beat Steven Lopez’s five-time world champion title,” said Michael. He would also like to achieve the goal of making the Olympic team and win gold medals at multiple Olympics. Michael is a straight “A” student at River Oaks Elementary and will be in the 4th grade this coming fall. He is an active Cub Scout in Pack 46 and on his free time, he enjoys running, gymnastics, playing basketball, football, baseball, chess and the piano. Michael is also an avid reader and loves listening to classic rock music.

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