Grand Master Choi's Philosophy of Perseverance & Justice

Sun Duk Choi was born in Gyeongsangbugdo, South Korea. He holds a 9th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. He started studying Tae Kwon Do at the age of 10. Grand Master Choi first instructed Tae Kwon Do at the Chuncheon Police Academy in 1954. He next instructed at the U.S. Army 7th Division Headquarters in 1960 for which he received a letter of appreciation from Major General F.W. Boye, Jr., Commander of the 7th Division, on July 3rd, 1967. In 1967, Grand Master Choi took 1st place in the light weight division of the Korean National Tournament. In 1968, the next year, Grand Master Choi was the Grand Champion of the Korean National Tournament. In 1971, Grand Master Choi came to the U.S. and taught Tae Kwon Do to the California Police Academy. In September, 1971 he opened the Albuquerque, New Mexico Tae Kwon Do Association and began training the Albuquerque Police Homicide Team. In January, 1974 Grand Master Choi started the Arizona Tae Kwon Do Association. Mayor of Phoenix from 1976 to 1983, Margaret Hance, awarded Grand Master Choi the "Phoenix Award" in the late seventies. In 1980, Grand Master Choi toured the world in a Tae Kwon Do exhibition with General Choi and the Super Masters. Grand Master Choi is the founder of the International Tae Kwon Do Institute and President of the Arizona Tae Kwon Do Association.

For special training, Grand Master Choi jogs 10 miles every Sunday. Grand Master Choi continues to teach 13 hours a day, 6 days a week. With this rigorous schedule, Grand Master Choi has the body and the health of a 30 year old man. Grand Master Choi wears his uniform and teaches 6 days a week, unheard of for a 9th degree Grand Master and Korean Grand Champion. He does this out of love for his art and dedication to its traditional practice. Grand Master Choi has been studying for almost 65 years, teaching for over 50 years, and has been teaching the Martial Arts in the Phoenix area for over 25 years. Grand Master Choi loves American people and has always enjoyed teaching American people the true art of Taekwondo. Grand Master Choi is now teaching in his own building.