Bill Wacholz of Rancho Bernardo has achieved a rare top honor a half-century in the making in the world of taekwondo. The 76-year-old was awarded the rank of Grand Master at the American Taekwondo ...

When Byung Yul Kwak walked into the banquet hall at St. Helena’s Church Dec. 4, he had no clue what awaited him on the other side of the door. The taekwondo grand master walked in to find himself ...

The advanced tae kwon do classis winding down at Coles Martial Arts Academy in Bethesda; there is only one more sequence of movements that Master Michael Coles wants his brown- and black-belt students ...

Head Master Sae Jang (owner of JSK Taekwondo Martial arts. Flemington) received notice from KUKKIWON (world Taekwondo headquarter) of promotion of the 6th Dan senior master degree. He will receive the ...

Tae Zee Park knows that a system of respect and family-like relationships — with just a dose of discipline — is the best remedy for martial-arts instruction. It's been 35 years since the Manchester ...

ANSONIA -- Resident Michael Trimarchi Jr. recently attained a high level of achievement in his tae kwon do skills. Trimarchi tested in front of the second-highest tae kwon do black belt in the world ...

Michael Coles teaches the Korean martial art Tae kwon do as a sport and a way of life. Coles discovered the art when he was a young boy, growing up in a poor urban neighborhood. Now he makes a living ...

For 13 years, Lester Hubner has been training in taekwondo with Grand Master Sung Yang, earning a 3rd degree black belt and becoming an assistant instructor for the class. “You just cannot believe the ...

As an eighth-degree Taekwondo black belt and long standing instructor of the martial arts, Master Young Joon Yoo has helped instill confidence and self-discipline in thousands of students through ...

A chief master of taekwondo who for decades has been a martial arts instructor and mentor to children and young adults in Little Rock pleaded no contest Monday to charges that he sexually assaulted a ...