Eight athletes.
One mat.
Everybody trains together.

It started with our son.

Master Vicente Albuerne has taught taekwondo in Miami for more than 25 years. When he and his wife Lilett watched what the training did for their son Joseph — his coordination, his concentration, his confidence — they understood it would do the same for other families. They founded the Taekwondo 1 Dream Foundation in 2013.

Joseph went on to become a 2013–2014 National Champion and the 2013 Ontario Open Champion in Canada. He still trains at the school today.

Work is hard, but if you have patience every day, dedication and love for what you do, you will get a priceless reward in return — the reward I got the day my son was born. Master Vicente Albuerne, Founder

We don’t run a separate program.

Our athletes train with the youngest students. Our black belt team trains with our athletes. None of that is scheduling — it is the whole point. When a teenage black belt spends a year on the mat beside a thirty-year-old man with Down syndrome, he stops seeing a diagnosis and starts seeing a teammate. That is what we are building here, and it is the part you cannot see from outside.

Our athletes earn their belts. They compete. They travel to nationals. And the teenagers who grow up training beside them help teach the little ones coming up behind.

Six of our eight athletes are past 25. The oldest is 44. That matters more than it sounds. School services stop at 22, and after that most families find there is nowhere left to go. Ours kept training years past that line — still competing, still testing for rank, still on a team. And our youngest, at 16, trains beside them.

As far as we know, we are the only school in Miami doing this.

Train with us.

Two classes a week, all year. Come watch one before you decide — no appointment, no commitment. Just call first so we know to expect you.

What your donation actually buys.

Tournament entries and travel to nationals. Uniforms and sparring gear. And the ordinary things every other team gets and ours usually doesn't — the trip, the team meal, the celebration after they earn something.

We are a registered 501(c)(3). Your donation is tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law, and we will send you a written acknowledgment for your records.

Businesses: you can give something other than money.

A meal for the team. Lanes for an afternoon. Gear, printing, transportation. In-kind donations are deductible too, and for a small team like ours they go a long way. If you own a business nearby and want to help, call Master Vicente directly at (305) 225-9779 — he would rather show you than tell you.