Issue # 247 – July 2022 (Digital)

3 Word from Publisher – Woojin Jung.
6 Left and right; Balance
Author: Masoud Hayeri Khyavi
You’ve probably seen or heard of the spectacular “Game of Thrones” series. One of its characters is “Jaime Lannister”, who is a skilled king guard and swordsman.
7 Cover Page – Global Traditional Martial Arts (“GTMA”) At the helm of GTMA’s leadership is Ninth Degree Black Belt Grand Master G.K. Lee. Grand Master Lee has led a life of service to martial arts for more than 40 years. He leads GTMA with passion, strength and wisdom administering over every aspect of the organization. Meet the GTMA Fab Four Grand Masters:
13 Master Chad Behrend – Perseverance Pays Off By Master Guy Edward Larke Part One: Not every black belt and in particular not every master started as a natural athlete, nor is growing up in an upper middle-class background.
18 Heart to Heart – Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim -Your Thoughts Create Your Reality. Whatever we think about consciously and subconsciously
manifests in our daily life in one form or another. Negative thoughts will hold us back. Positive thoughts will propel us forward.
24 The DictatorsBy Grandmaster Doug Cook -Imagine putting Joseph Stalin, Idi Amin, Moammar Qaddafi, Sadam Hussein and Kim Il Sung in one room together. What would likely happen? Aside from sharing some vivid war stories, it is almost certain they would passionately express radically different, single-minded worldviews, probably devolving into heated debate.
27 Lessons from the Pandemic
By Steve DohertyTaekwondo families aren’t always mom, dad, and kids. Sometimes it’s a grandparent and grandkids like me, my grandson, and two granddaughters. Until the Coronavirus struck, my family was enthusiastic about Taekwondo; it was a fun and exhilarating family affair that we all enjoyed.
Introduced TaeKwonDO to Mexico in 1969
29 Great Grandmaster Dr. Tae Yun Kim, a Legend & Pioneer -The First girl in Korea to train in the martial arts, Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim is a Legend and Pioneer.
55 Father of Mexican Taekwondo
David Moon born Dai-Won Moon in Duk Hap, Korea