SUPERFOOT GYM launched its first kick in Sariaya on November 18, 2006 at the basement of the commercial building owned by Larry Mayuga along General Luna Street, beneath the Carlos Super Drug Sariaya Branch. Starting with just four students that included Ariel Ranas, Kim Tan and Richard Simoun Abanador, it expanded in three months with ten more students, among them our SMART/Petron National Champion Chester Jeith J. Abanador.

In both the summer of 2007 and 2008, the club conducted  a one-month “Summer MILO Sports Clinic” to more than thirty and fifty  Sariayahins (mostly kids) respectively. Eventually, most of these young people became regular students of this widely taught and very popular Korean Martial art.

For almost two years now, around a hundred Sariayahins have experienced and learned the basics of the art of Taekwondo. All of them were taught of its tenets namely : Self Confidence, Modesty, Indomitable Spirit, Perseverance and Etiquette, that round-up the wholeness of this sport. As such, they have participated in the following Taekwondo Competitions:

Batangas City Age Group Taekwondo Championship
SM Activity Center, Batangas City
August 12, 2007

2007 Sariaya Invitational taekwondo Championship
Sariaya Sports Complex, Sariaya, Quezon
September 9, 2007

2007 Lucban Invitational Taekwondo Championship
Lucban Gym, Lucban, Quezon
October 21, 2007

2007 Candelaria Invitational Taekwondo Championship
Candelaria Sports Complex, Candelaria, Quezon
Quezon Invitational Taekwondo Championship

Tiaong Sports Complex, Tiaong, Quezon
December 8, 2007

2008  Sariaya Invitational Taekwondo Championship
Sariaya Sports Complex, Sariaya, Quezon
May 11, 2008

 1st City of Tayabas Taekwondo Championship
Tayabas Sports Complex, Tayabas City
May 16, 2008

2008 Lucban Invitational Taekwondo Championship
Lucban Central Elementary  School Gym, Lucban, Quezon
September 20, 2008

2008 Candelaria Invitational Taekwondo Championship
Candelaria Sports Complex, Candelaria, Quezon
September 28, 2008

SMART/Petron National Age Group Taekwondo Championship
Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila
October 11-12, 2008

At present, Superfoot Gym can be found at the 3rd Floor of the New marling Trading localed at the corner of Pablo and Valderas Streets wherein regular practice sessions were held from Monday to Friday at 5 pm. On Saturdays and Sundays, whole day (morning and afternoon) sessions are being held.

THE COACH

Superfoot Gym Taekwondo Coach Sir Jeffrey V. Baranda is a thirty two year old resident of Candelaria, Quezon. A Bachelor of Science in Business Administration  Major in Management graduate of Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation– Candelaria   (Class 1999-2000), this Taekwondo enthusiast is a disciple-student of Master Arnold Baradi, a three time World Taekwondo Championship Medalist at the Las Pinas Taekwondo Gym. A 2nd Dan Black Belter, a National Instructor and a National Referee, he is a member of the Elite Group (RTBB-IV), sanctioned by the Philippine Taekwondo Association.

A very competitive  and acclaimed student athlete in his own right, he is a four-time Gold Medalist of the Cluster Meet PRISAA from 1996 to 2000 and a four-time Silver Medalist at the Regional PRISAA. For that, he was given an Athlete of the Year Special Award at the MSEUF for school year 1999-2000. He started teaching Taekwondo in 1996 at the MSEUF-Candelaria in 1996 and established the Superfoot Gym in Sariaya in November of 2006. Earlier, he had already established Taekwondo Gyms in other Quezon towns like Lopez, Calauag and Macalelon in 2004 and in the following year 2005 opened a Taekwondo Club in San Rafael, Bulacan.