ABOUT THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR


Master Dean Iacobucci


A 6th Dan Black Belt certified by the Kukkiwon in Seoul, South Korea and is a 7th Dan Black Belt with MuDo Academy. He has been studying Taekwondo since 1986. In 1988, he started his own Taekwondo program at Annette Community Centre (Toronto West). He had nurtured over 75 Black Belts up to 6th Degree Black Belt level. Master Iacobucci has built Taekwondo programs in Toronto at High Park Montessori, Brown Community Centre, and Stan Wadlow Clubhouse. In Brampton, he built programs at South Fletcher Sportsplex, Century Gardens and Loafer’s Lake Community Centre. Master Iacobucci taught at Cheung’s Taekwondo in Brampton as the Chief Instructor in 1996.


He has taught in Guyana, Grenada, and Barbados to conduct Taekwondo seminars and Black Belt testing in 2003.  In March 2005 Master Iacobucci moved the Taekwondo program from Annette Recreation Centre to a new location. St. Paul’s Community Centre housed the Bloor West Village location.


After twenty years of running a Cheung’s Taekwondo Chapter, Master Iacobucci rebranded his school under his own crest. January 2008 marked the official birth of Iacobucci’s Taekwondo Academy. In January 2007, Master Iacobucci started another location under the Iacobucci’s Taekwondo Academy Chapter- held at Armour Heights Community Centre. In 2008 Master Iacobucci traveled to China and Korea with a group of Cheung’s Taekwondo where the club members participated in training at the Shaolin Temple, WuDong Mountain, and the Kukkiwon in Korea.


In April of 2011, Master Iacobucci moved the Bloor West Village Operation to Brampton and co-founded MuDo Academy. In February 2014, Master Iacobucci relocated MuDo Academy to a new location in Brampton and made the decision to teach Taekwondo on a full- time basis.


In June of 2019, MuDo expanded to Caledon-Southfields Village, where classes are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays held at Simply Play. Teaching Taekwondo since 1988, Master Iacobucci continues to pursue his lifelong dream- to build a Martial Arts Brand based on Personal and Quality Instruction.


Taekwondo Classes are offered in Brampton and Caledon. MuDo’s main headquarters are at 12 Rutherford Road South Unit 2 (South/East corner of Queen Street East and Rutherford Rd. South). MuDo Caledon is located at Simply Play 12550 Kennedy Rd

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