Dragon Kim, Jin Young

Master Dragon Kim, Jin Young earned his 9th Degree Black Belt from the Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Headquarters in South Korea. Before immigrating to the United States in 1982, he taught self-defense and hand-to-hand combat to the Korean Police Department and United States Army. With over 45 years of experience teaching the art of Taekwondo, he displays an exceptional talent for developing the mind, body and spirit of Taekwondo students.

He travels widely in the United States and abroad as a featured Taekwondo educator and exhibitor. Master Dragon Kim shared the spotlight with Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 1997 Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio in an exhibition with over 40,000 spectators. In November 2012, Grand Master Kim received a special invitation to give a lecture and demonstration at the Seoul Taekwondo Paradigm Seminar.