The Dae-Myung Academy -- which is located...

The Dae-Myung Academy -- which is located in Glendale -- sent nine

students to the 24th annual United States Tae Kwon Do Junior Olympic

Nationals in Atlanta on June 30, and returned home with its hands

full of gold.

Roma Pasamba, a 15-year-old Hoover High student, won gold medals

in the forms and sparring competitions for the second consecutive

year.

Pasamba recently completed her sophomore year.

Francis Pasamba -- the younger sister of Roma -- also won gold

medals in both events.

The 12-year-old is already accustomed to winning gold. She took

home two gold medals in forms and sparring at last year’s Junior

Olympic Nationals in Orlando, Fla. Frances, who graduated from R.D.

White Elementary School, will attend Wilson Middle School this year.

Erika Frazer, 11, and Mark Frazer, 7, each captured gold medals in

forms.

Kevin Fontamillas, 9, won a silver medal in forms and a bronze in

sparring.

At the 2004 California Junior State Championships -- which were

held on April 17 in Irvine -- Roma Pasamba, Frances Pasamba, Chris

Park, Erika Frazer and Mark Frazer each won two gold medals apiece.

The academy, which opened in Glendale in 1973, has been run by

Grandmaster Jae Ho Park for 31 years.