Tae Kwon Do is a philosophy, a way of life, an art, a sport, a method of personal development and an empty-handed fighting system...all this and more.

Tracing its roots back over 2000 years into Korean history, Tae Kwon Do teaches character and self-defense. It is the Way (Do) of striking with the feet (Tae) and the Hands (Kwon).

GrandMaster Woo Kon Kim, a 9th Degree Black Belt, was World Kick-Boxing Champion in 1969 and is a former hand-to-hand combat instructor for the Korean and U.S. Special Forces. He has taught martial arts for over 40 years with 20 on the Bay Area Peninsula and at Stanford University.