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Colin Bozek: Tae Kwon Do State Champion

Tewksbury black belt receives the State Champion Jacket.

Colin Bozek of is a master of Tae Kwon Do. He recently received a State Champion Jacket from his instructor, Justin Garofano.

The honor was awarded to Colin for the sparring and forms categories. 

He has been training for four years, a long time considering he is only nine years old. The competitions took him all over the country including Texas, Maine, New Hampshire, New York and several stops in New Jersey. The have already begun anew for Colin for the next season of comptetition.

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Colin is the youngest black belt working under instructor Justin Garofano to attain a state championship title. In addition, Colin was ranked in the worldwide top ten in the eight and under age group until the last week in competition.

Besides martial arts, Colin also plays football and baseball in Tewksbury.

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