Grand Master Kim is a native of Seoul, Korea. He has been training in the Martial Arts for over 55 years teaching. He has earned 8th degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon do and Judo and a Fifth degree Black Belt in Hapkido. He is a graduate of the famed Yong-In University where, in 1980, he received a Bachelor of Physical Science in Martial Arts. Master Kim came to the United States in 1984 and settled in Chicago. There he met and began training Arlene Limas who, in 1988, went on to win an Olympic Gold Medal for the United States in Taekwondo. Upon moving to Memphis, Grand Master Kim established Kim’s Academy in 1986 and Collierville Taekwondo in 2016. Since then, Grand Master Kim has helped hundreds of students achieve their own personal level of success in Martial Arts.