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Grandmaster
Song Ki Kim
Soungtan, South Korea
Grandmaster Kim, Pin # 312 and
founder and President of the
World Dang Soo Do Union, began
training in 1951 under Master Jeong Suk
Kim, Pin # 158, while attending
Seoul Technical High School. Grandmaster Kim is one of
the most senior Tang Soo Do
figures living today.
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Master Arthur Pryor
Delray Beach, Florida
Master
Pryor, 7th Dan, started training in Tang Soo Do in
1966 under Robert Sohn. He was a charter member of
the U.S. Soo Bahk Do MDK Fed. and served as its
Treasurer, Vice Chairman and Chairman. He is now an
independent Tang Soo Do practitioner teaching in
both Florida and North Carolina and has started his
own school, the Shim Gung Kwan. In March of 2011 he
was inducted into the IIMAA Hall of Fame as
"Humanitarian of The Year."
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Master Stephen Washington
Noarlunga, South Australia
Master Washington, 8th Dan and founder of the
Asia-Pacific Tang Soo Do Federation, began his study
of the martial arts in 1966. He acknowledges his
former Master Kim, Sung Hwan (deceased 1985) for
generously passing on his vision, knowledge and
expertise in the art of Tang Soo Do, and also gives
special thanks to
KJN Shin, Jae Chul and KJN Lee,
Young Gu under whose guidance he trained for over 20
years.
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Grandmaster
Robert Kovaleski
Dickson, PA
Grandmaster Robert Kovaleski, 7th Dan, started training in the
martial art of Tang Soo
Do Moo Duk Kwan in 1966 at the Scranton Karate
School, under Senior International Grandmaster Frank
Trojanowicz, Dan #13333. He is also the founder of
the International Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Association (I.T.M.A.)
and instructor to Master Cynthia Rothrock.
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Master
Carole Coker
Montgomery, Alabama
Master
Coker,
6th Dan and student of
Grandmaster John St. James,
began her martial
arts training in
1971. She was the
first female ever
allowed to join an
all-male martial
arts class in
Montgomery, Alabama
and was also the
first female black
belt and Karate
School owner in her
city.
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Master
Stephen Propst
Yuba City, California
Master Propst,
7th Dan, began his Tang Soo Do training in Los
Angeles, California in 1971 under the guidance of
Master Chuck Norris and received his
1st Dan in 1978 from Grandmaster Jae Chul Shin.
Since 1985 he has been a direct
student of
Grandmaster Andy Ah Po,
founder of the Tang Soo Do
Martial Way Association.
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Master Jan van der Schee
Waddinxveen, Netherlands
Master Jan vander
Schee, 7th Dan, started his
martial arts training in 1971
under Grandmaster Theo Salm. He
is owner / instructor of Do Jang
Hun Shin and the Co-founder and
Chairman of the All Tangsoodo
Organization. He currently
trains under the direction of
Grandmaster Richard Byrne.
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Grandmaster Clingan's Korean Karate Academy
Marysville, California
Following his return from Osan
Air base in South Korea in 1971,
Grandmaster William Clingan
opened the Korean Karate Academy
(now Grandmaster Clingan's
Korean Karate Academy) in the
Yuba-Sutter area of Northern
California.
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Master Carlo Mattei
Rome, Italy
Master Mattei, 4th Dan, began training in 1976
and was the very first Tang Su Do practitioner
to be promoted to Master in Italy. To honor this
distinction he was recently presented with an
award by his Instructor
Chong Nye Nim
Roberto Villalba
at the government headquarters in Rome, Lazio
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Master Eric Versland
Royersford, Pennsylvania
Master Versland, 6th Dan, was a young child when
he began training in Tang Soo Do in Woodbridge,
New Jersey under
Grandmaster Ki Yun Yi.
He is the owner and Chief Instructor of Legacy
Karate Academy in Royersford, PA and is also
celebrating 10 years of instruction in the
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Master Tommy Ary
Kingsland, Georgia
Master Ary began his Tang Soo Do training in
1976 under Grandmaster Song Ki Pak in
Jacksonville, Florida. He was awarded his Cho
Dan in 1980 and received Moo Duk Kwan Pin #
21602 from Grandmaster Hwang Kee. He opened the
first Pak's Karate in St. Mary's, Georgia in
1978 and in 2006, attained the rank of 6th Dan. |
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Rocky Mountain Martial
Arts
Aspen, Colorado
Rocky Mountain Martial Arts has been in
continuous operation in Aspen since 1976.
Founded and operated by Master Jeff Moonitz, 8th
Dan, the school is a member of the U.S. Soo Bahk
Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation. Additional school
locations are in Basalt and New Castle. |
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DeVita Karate
Greenwich, Connecticut
DeVita Karate has been serving the Greenwich,
Connecticut community since it's opening in 1981
by Master Joseph DeVita. Master DeVita, 7th Dan,
is a founding member of the Tang Soo Do Mi Guk
Kwan Association and a member of the Technical
Advisory Committee. |
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Master
Constantino Terrigno
Sanford, Florida
Master Terrigno, 5th Dan, began his martial arts
training in 1981 and is a direct student of
Grandmaster Andy Ah Po. In
addition to his Tang Soo Do training, he has
studied Kyokushinkai and Isshinryu. Master
Terrigno is the owner/instructor of Two Dragons
Tang Soo Do in Sanford, Florida and the
creator/editor of this website, Tang Soo Do
World. |
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