Kim Tong Mun Kwan Jang Nim

Kwan Jang Nim is the Korean term for Grandmaster. Kim Tong Mun (TM Kim) holds Kwan Jang Nim status. As one of the original students of Hwang Kee, the founder of modern Tang Soo Do, Kwan Jang Nim Kim Tong Mun is an accomplished practitioner, a Tang Soo Do champion, and a life-long teacher to students around the world.

Having been awarded a 9th Dan (degree), Kwan Jang Nim Kim has in turn developed new generations of Tang Soo Do practitioners, instructors and masters through a life dedicated to teaching. Many of his former students continue to teach Tang Soo Do in the United States, the UK and other parts of the world.

Today, Kwan Jang Nim Kim continues to directly teach in the Alpharetta, GA, school, where he can be found personally instructing his students from beginner levels and up.

Kwan Jang Nim Kim continues to promote and spread the art of Tang Soo Do.

• One of the three of all the original 150 students to succeed in achieving black belt status.
• 1966 Korean Army championships: Welterweight Silver Medalist
• Chosen twice as the most able instructor in an elimination contest held by the Korean Federation to represent them in Vietnam and Thailand
• Appointed as Assistant instructor to the USAF 314th Air Division at Osan in 1969
• Chosen by Great Grandmaster Hwang Kee to be on the National Demonstration Team to demonstrate Tang Soo Do for the high ranking military personnel and celebrities.
• In 1972, appointed Head instructor to the 314th Air Division with five assistant Black Belt Instructors and some 350 students.
• Hosted the 5th All American Tang Soo Do championship with great success, his own team winning the championships.
• From 1972 to 1976 he participated in many major events: Special High Black Belts Training Courses, Children's Tang Soo Do championships, Celebration Demonstrations, and Young Person's championships.
• Appointed as Chief Instructor of Greece.
• Accepted an invitation from Grand Master Kang Uk Lee, the Chief Instructor for Europe, to take responsibility for Tang Soo Do in Wales and West UK.
• Featured in the June 1983 Combat Magazine (Front Cover).
• Performed at the Princess Ann Royal Show.
• In 1984 he arrived in the United States to open the T.M.Kim Tang Soo Do School in Norcross and to hold the position of Vice President of the international Tang Soo Do Federation and Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee.
• April 2, 2000, Awarded 9th Dan from the International Tang Soo Do Federation.
• Founder and President of the Global Tang Soo Do Association.
• Since then he has opened several school across Georgia. In addition to himself, his four children are all advanced Black Belt holders.