Grand Master Hwang

I started with Taekwondo at the age of seven. Introduced to me by my uncle in Korea, I continued my practice of this treasured Korean art throughout my school years. After I completed high school, I attended Yong In University, one of the top Taekwondo institutions of learning. There I became team captain and acquired several of my 10 national championships, competing with the best of the best in the world.

After my tenure at Yong In University, I moved on to join the Korean Marine Corps team where I trained for three years. The training was very rigorous, to the point where exhaustion did not exist. Soon after I left the Marine Corps, I returned to Yong In University and attained the remainder of my 10 national championships while being team captain and coach. After a number of years, I left Yong In University again to go teach and train at a physical high school, which is a high school that offers classes for higher athletes.

I taught there for a year and then moved to the United States to open a Taekwondo school. That school is called Hwang's Taekwondo, and I have been teaching students there for over 18 years. I have produced numerous US National Champions, International Champions, and Jr. World Champions; I have also produced thousands of Black belts. I have coached the Washington State Team since 1987, the US National Collegiate Team since 1992, and the US National Team several times. I am currently the President of the Washington State Taekwondo Association and the Vice President of the US Collegiate Taekwondo Association, and a member of the United States Taekwondo Union Coaching Science Committee. I am currently a 8th Dan Black Belt, a Grand Master in Taekwondo, and a 4th Dan Black belt in Hap Kido and Judo.