Ace Tae Kwon Do Academy

Founded in 1985, Ace Tae Kwon Do Academy has been providing high-quality martial arts training to students of all ages and skill levels for over 40 years. Our experienced instructors are dedicated to helping each student reach their full potential and achieve their goals.

ACE Taekwondo Academy is an all-inclusive martial arts studio that offers beginner and advanced classes to children and adults. Our philosophy is to provide the highest quality martial arts training with a focus on a sound mind and body. At our martial arts studio, we cover all of the basics of Taekwondo including practicing moves and teaching the core values.

We apply the mental aspects of Taekwondo to educate and teach people how to find harmony in their lives. Martial arts have been practiced for thousands of years, teaching a wide range of age groups how to protect themselves and how to manage their lives through a more peaceful tradition.

Our martial arts instructors can teach adults techniques to relieve stress and create a healthier lifestyle. These are just a few of the benefits that you can learn at our martial arts studio. Martial arts can also help children in their daily life by teaching them how to focus better and gain confidence.

At ACE Taekwondo Academy we incorporate all of these life lessons in a peaceful and fun environment. Through the instructors at our martial arts academy, our students learn respect and discipline on a whole new level that they will enjoy and carry into their adult lives. We do our best to make a difference in people's lives through our martial arts classes. We provide general education and martial arts classes as well as formal training for competitions and more.

GRAND MASTER: SUNG H. KIM

8th degree black belt, Taekwondo, Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Headquarters)
8th degree black belt, Pro (武學 Moohak, 천무극) Taekwondo, Korea Pro Taekwondo Federation
8th degree black belt, Ssang Jul Gon (Nunchaku), Korea Ssang Jul Gon Association
4th degree black belt, Do Bong Sool (Bo), Korea Do Bong Sool Association
7th degree black belt, Hwa Rang Do, International Hwa Rang Do Military Arts Federation
Sports for All Coach Certificate 3rd Class, Korea Ministry of Culture & Tourism

Physical Education Teaching Certificate, Chunnam Techno College

1982-1985 King Khalid Military City Taekwondo Club Instructor in Saudi Arabia

September 1985-May 2005 Baekdoo Taekwondo School Master in Korea

May 2005-August 2007 inno Taekwondo Academy Master
September 2007-Present ACE Taekwondo Academy G. Master

2015-2016 President of San Diego Taekwondo Association (SDTA)
January-December 1998 Leadership Training Class Nunchaku Instructor, Hoki Taekwondo

1997-2005 Korea Ssang Jul Gon Association Education Department Chief Instructor
2007-Present Director of California Chapter, Korea Ssang Jul Gon Association
March 2002-February 2003 Chunnam Techno College Taekwondo Department Professor in Korea

March 1998 Member, Promotion Test Section of Korea Taekwondo Association Technical Expert Committee
June 2000-June 2002 Yonsei University Extension Taekwondo Department Special Seminar Lecturer
July 2004 KBS TV Ssang Jul Gon Lecturer (Happiness Charged Centenarians)

Others:
*Grand Master Sung H. Kim trained many people of great Taekwondo skills as an eighth-degree master in Taekwondo. Seven of his students (Geuntae Kim, Seongho Hong, Jin So, Hakjoo Kim, Seongmin Lee, Kwonwoo Moon and Eunji Kim) have been active in the National Taekwondo Demonstration Team, and within the four, Seongho Hong (Paraguay), Seongmin Lee (Ethiopia), Daeseong Choi (Paraguay), and Kwonwoo Moon (Ecuador), have been active in local areas as Taekwondo instructors and members of KOICA Korea Overseas Volunteers.

MASTER: ERIC JOON KIM

Kukkiwon International Master Course Certified
Kukkiwon International Examiner Course Certified

5th degree black belt, Taekwondo, Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Headquarters)

2007 - Present ACE Taekwondo Academy Master

Over 17years Teaching Experience

CA Open International TKD Championship Sparring 1st Place

Golden State TKD Championship Sparring & Poomsae 1st Place

San Diego TKD Championship Sparring & Poomsae 1st Place

Black Belt Championship Sparring 1st Place

L.A. Grand Prix 1st in Novice & 1st in Unlimited

GNC 2016 NPC Excalibur 1st in Novice & 1st in Unlimited

2018 NPC Southern CA Championships 1st in Novice & 1st in Unlimited

2018 NPC Southern CA Championships Novice Overall Champion

Happiness Charged Centenarians KBS 한국방송공사 7/30/2004

The video is the health program “Happily Living up to One-hundred" that was broadcast from Monday to Friday in KBS which is a representative TV station in Korea. It is the second part of Friday’s program “You can become one of the Well-being people,” and it covers people who keep their health through unique diet, life style, and exercise. It invites experts to the studio, and lets them analyze those people scientifically and professionally. The video covers Sangjin Park who keeps his health through doing nunchucks exercise, and the expert of nunchucks, Master Sunghwan Kim, analyzes him professionally. What it means by an expert here is mostly either the professors who obtained doctor’s degree or doctors. The characteristics and the content of the program are as follows :

http://www.kbs.co.kr/end_program/2tv/sisa/100age/intro/index.html <ST Expert Contact info> Sunghwan Kim : Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Korea Ssang Jul Gon (nunchucks) Association

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Our History - My Students 백두태권도장 (1985-2005) Seoul Korea

* Geuntae Kim: Korea National Sport University, Kimgeuntae TKD School Head Master, Seoul Korea. National Demo Team.

* Yongjin Kim: Korea National Sport University, Kimgyongjin TKD School Master, Seoul Korea.

* Changsoo Lee: Kyung Hee University, Hyo TKD School Master, Namyangju Korea.

* Seongho Hong: Kyung Hee University, Olympic TKD Academy Master, New Milford CT USA. National Demo Team. KOICA-Paraguay. Paraguay National Team Coach (15th World TKD Championships, 2001 Jeju Korea)

* Daehwan Kim: Korea National Sport University, Seoul City TKD Association Demo Team.

* Seokkil Yun: Elite TKD School Master, Seoul Korea.

* Jin So: Korea National Sport University, Jin TKD School Master, Seongnam Korea. National Demo Team.

* Hakjoo Kim: Gachon University, Gadong TKD School Master, Seoul Korea. National Demo Team.

* Seongmin & Seongjoo Lee: Gachon University & Yong In University. Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, National Demo Team. KOICA-Ethiopia.

* Kwonwoo Moon: Korea National Sport University, Moon's Worldclass TKD School Master, Keller TX USA. National Demo Team. KOICA-Ecuador.

* Daeseong Choi: Yong In University, Yongin University Demo Team. KOICA-Paraguay. Paraguay National Team Coach

* Seunghyuk Woo: Yong In University, China TKD School Master. Yongin University Demo Team. 龙江省哈尔滨市道里区群力第四大道1579号 5楼常青跆拳道

* Eunji Kim: Gachon University, Kimgeuntae TKD School Instructor, National Demo Team.

* Changha Jang: Kyung Hee University, 18th World TKD Championships Silver Medalist (2007 Beijing China)

Ace Tae Kwon Do Academy

GRAND MASTER: SUNG H. KIM

MASTER: ERIC JOON KIM

Happiness Charged Centenarians KBS 한국방송공사 7/30/2004

Our History - My Students 백두태권도장 (1985-2005) Seoul Korea

National Demo Team

KOICA - Korea International Cooperation Agency

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