Choi Hong Hi
Choi combined elements of Taekkyeon and Karate to develop a martial art that he called "Taekwon-Do" (???; ???), which means "foot, fist, art" or "the way of hand and foot"…
GM Michael Vasquez
At the age of 7, Michael Vasquez sought out martial arts due to being bullied. He was able to train with his father and his sister at the YMCA in…
GM Tony Blanchard
ABOUT GM TONY BLANCHARD The Tae Kwon Do career of Grandmaster Tony Blanchard began more than 50 years ago at Akron Ohio’s Archbishop Hoban High School. There he lettered in…
GM Osvaldo Rios Olivero
SÍNTESIS CURRICULUM GRAND MASTER OSVALDO RÍOS OLIVERO IX º Dan I.T.F Pertenece a las primeras camadas de practicantes de Argentina desde la llegada del Taekwon-Do al país (1.967), de profesión…
GM Park Jung-tae
Park Jung-tae (c. 1943 – 11 April 2002) was a South Korean master of taekwondo and a pioneer of that martial art in Canada. He was one of the twelve…
GM Young Bo Kong
Grand Master Young Bo Kong holds the distinction of being the first ITF World Champion earning that title in Montreal, Canada at the First ITF World Taekwon-Do Championships. He was…
GM Kim Pyung Soo
About GM Kim Pyung Soo Kim was born in Seoul in 1939, and attended the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) where he received a B.A. in Russian language and…
GM Kim Bok Man
Kim Bok-man (Korean: 김복만; Hanja: 金福萬, born December 3, 1934 in Korea), is an early pioneer of taekwondo in the 1950s and 1960s in South East Asia, particularly Vietnam, Indonesia,…
GM Rhee Ki Ha
Rhee Ki Ha (born 20 March 1938) is a South Korean Grandmaster of Taekwon-Do. He is widely recognised as the 'Father of British Taekwon-Do' for introducing the martial art to…
GM Byung Moo Lee
GM Byung Moo Lee is one of the original pioneers of Taekwon-Do. In 2007 he was inducted into the OFFICIALTAEKWONDO HALL OF FAME®