This web site is dedicated to those true Tang Soo Do Masters & Grandmasters who have stayed the course; warriors who have fought the good fight and never wavered from the Tang Soo …

1965 through present: Studied Tang Soo Do with a number of instructors including Master Sang K. Shim, Master J. Klinfeld, Master C.I. Kim, Master H. Murphy and Grandmaster Hwang Kee.

American Kwan Tang Soo Do, founded by Grandmaster James Saffold, follows the principles learned from Honored Martial Artists, Hwang Kee and Jae Joon Kim, teaching the traditional …

As a Cho Dan, she began teaching Tang Soo Do at the Framingham Civic League and YMCA. She developed CASA (Children Against Drug Abuse), an after school program, at the Civic …

Masters Tang Soo Do Masters Alliance Masters Pal Dan (8th degree) Grandmaster Garth Charland

The Moo Duk Kwan, and some Chung Do Kwan schools of Tang Soo Do incorporate a red-striped midnight blue (or black) belt to denote individuals who have reached the rank of Sa Beom …

Grandmaster Jae C. Shin is the founder of the World Tang Soo Do Association, and is one of the leading figures of martial arts in the world today. He was born in Korea in 1936, and began his …

In 1983, Master Jackson left the Tang Soo Do Moo Kuk Kwan Federation and joined the World Tang Soo Do Association. He returned to the U.S. in 1987 and was stationed at Vandenberg …

TKA’s current Grand Masters are Johnny “Lightfoot” Thompson, Clarence “Daddy-O” Smith, Tom Balmos, Larry Kaminski, Donny Meadows, and Danny Valdez. All trained and received their …

As there were no multiple associations at that time, all Tang Soo Do practitioners competed together. Master TH Kim representing the Welsh team, won first place in the adult black belt …