Coaches

Master Rex Hatfield

Matt Weinberg

Matt is a professor in the Computer Science department (if desired, you can read more about his academic bio here). He grew up in Pikesville, MD, where he played various sports ‘for fun’ as a kid, but did not try a martial art. He started taekwondo as a sophomore at Cornell under Grandmaster Han Don Cho through the PE class, and competed as a color belt for the Cornell team for two years in the ECTC (then, INCTL). Matt went to MIT for his PhD in EECS, where he trained under Master Dan Chuang. He competed for MIT in the ECTC as a red and black belt, and was a co-captain for two years. He also began competing in NCTA and USAT tournaments as a black belt, and training with Master Chuang’s t.Bos competition team. Matt returned to MIT to test for his 4th dan under Master Chuang in 2019.

Matt has been training under Mr. Hatfield since coming to Princeton in 2014. Since 2017, he has joined Mr. Hatfield as a coach of the Princeton team as well. He still trains remotely with Master Chuang and the t.Bos competition team, and still competes, too! He’s very thankful for randomly joining a taekwondo class as an undergrad, as he met many of his closest friends through ECTC.

Officers

President

Lucy Chen

Lucy is a senior from New York studying Computer Science BSE. She started Taekwondo as a white belt during her freshman year and is now a first dan black belt. You can find her watching anime and learning languages.

Vice President

Hernan Lee

Hernan is a junior studying Computer Science (BSE) with a minor in Robotics. He started practicing taekwondo when he was nine and continued all the way until college, which is when he joined Princeton Taekwondo. When he is not working, he likes to play Minecraft, build Legos, and watch movies.

Secretary

Sarina Huang

Sarina is a senior from Frederick, Maryland majoring in Economics with minors in Finance and Environmental Studies. She started Taekwondo freshman fall with no martial arts experience, and is now currently a red belt, and working on getting better at both poomsae and sparring. In her free time she sings alto in VTone (a cappella), and enjoys painting, reading speculative fiction, thrifting, and arranging cheese boards.

Treasurer

Sawyer Dilks

Sawyer is a senior from New Jersey majoring in Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science. He started off doing Kenpo Karate, then came to college and began Taekwondo and is currently a red belt! In his free time he likes to think that My vice is a good video game, though he also enjoys overanalyzing films and tv shows and logic puzzles.

Tournament Chair

Ally Walsh

Ally is a sophomore from New Jersey majoring in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. She started Taekwondo as a freshman in 2023 with no prior experience, and has since progressed from a white belt to now being a first dan black belt. In her free time she enjoys reading, building Lego sets, and going on boba runs.

Webmaster

Micah Baker

I manage the website 🙂