Dear Song Moo Kwan Family! I would like to celebrate our 70th anniversary of the birth of our school, Song Moo Kwan, together with you in this New Year 2014. As you know our school has been teaching Taekwondo along [...]
Senior Grand Master Hee Sang Ro with Grand Master Kirk Koskella. Among true Grand Masters of the martial arts, there are no secrets. The things that are spoken of one are then repeated for the benefit of another who could [...]
Perhaps the difference between night and day describes the difference between the ranking of 8th Degree and 9th Degree Black Belt. I still feel in awe when presenting myself on the mat for my own training, rank advancement, certification, and/or [...]
I have been asked lately to explain why the ASMKA has photographs of the late Grand Master Bong Soo Han on its website. After all, Song Moo Kwan is in association with Taekwondo. The lineage being from Supreme Grand Master [...]
Grand Master Yong Kil Kim is a true pioneer in the introduction of Taekwondo training to the United States, establishing the famous Do San Tae Kwon Do School in Los Angeles, California after its foundation school in Korea. A landmark [...]
Grand Master Park, Byung Hoon (known as “Lion Park”) is a first generation Song Moo Kwan practitioner under Supreme Grand Master Byung Jick Ro. While in Korea he was the senior instructor for the Korean Police Academy, and provided Taekwondo [...]
Supreme Grand Master Ro was born July 3, 1919 in Kaesung City, Korea. Growing up the youngest of 4 and frail in health as a child, Grand Master Ro was forced to enter elementary school a year later than the [...]