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70 Years |
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Grandmaster
Song Ki Kim
Soungtan, South Korea
A
student of Jeong Suk Kim (Dan #
158), Grandmaster Kim began
training in Tang Soo Do in 1951
and has been dedicated to the
growth of the art ever since. He
was instructor of the Korean
military army brigade at Osan,
Korea in 1957 and later founded
the Tang Soo Do School at the US
Air Force base, Osan, Korea in
March of 1958. On January 31,
1960 he founded the Tang Soo Do
Regional headquarters at Kyoung
Ki province of Korea. He is also
founder and president of the
World Dang Soo Do Union.
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60 Years |
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55 Years |
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Master Michael
Shintaku
Renton, Washington
Master Shintaku,
8th Dan. began his training in Tang Soo Do in
1966 at the age of 14 under the tutelage of
Grandmaster Mariano Estioko (#
759), earning his Cho Dan in 1970. In 1976 he
relocated to Seattle, Washington but didn't
begin teaching Tang Soo Do until 1978 when he
founded the Seattle Tang Soo Do Association. In
1980, Master Shintaku, then a Tang Soo Do 3rd
Degree Black Belt, began training in Shito-Ryu,
a Japanese style of karate, receiving a 1st
Degree Black Belt in 1982.
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50 Years |
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Cheezic Tang Soo Do Federation
Wolcott, Connecticut
Founded in 1971 by
Grandmaster Robert Cheezic,
Dan # 2278, the Cheezic Tang Soo
Do Federation is the oldest
continually operating Tang Soo
Do organization in the U.S. To
date, the Federation has a board
of over 50 master belts that
assist in overseeing the
operation of 70 federation
sponsored schools worldwide.
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45 Years |
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40 Years |
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Master
Constantino Terrigno
Lake Mary, Florida
Master Terrigno, 6th Dan, began
his martial arts training in
February 1981 in Kyokushinkai
and then Isshinryu until 1987
when he began studying Tang Soo
Do under Masters Darrell Schulze
and his instructor Master Young
Ki Hong, son-in-law of
Great Grandmaster Hwang Kee.
He currently trains under
Grandmaster Andy Ah Po
and is a member of the
Tang Soo Do Martial Way
Association. Master
Terrigno is also the creator and
editor of this site, Tang Soo Do
World.
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35
Years |
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30
Years |
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Master
Rodrigo Cruz
New
Viera Soo Bahk Do, Rockledge, FL
Master Cruz, 6th Dan, has been training since
1991 under Grandmaster H.C. Hwang, son of the
late Grandmaster Hwang Kee, founder of the Moo
Duk Kwan. He has taught throughout his 12-year
teaching experience at the U.S. Soo Bahk Do Moo
Duk Kwan Federation headquarters studio in
Springfield, NJ, and is still active in his
participation and support of National and
Regional events. He is the owner / Chief
Instructor of Viera Soo Bahk Do in Florida and also Regional Examiner
for Region 4 (Florida, Georgia, Alabama,
Louisiana), as appointed by the Board of
Directors of the Federation.
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25
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