Grandmaster C.S. Kim

As members of the International Tang Soo Do Federation, our instructors are held to the standard set forth by Grandmaster C.S. Kim, the founder of the ITF.

Each member Grandmaster Kim has appointed is a Master of superb technical ability with a deep spiritual commitment to the preservation of traditional Tang Soo Do.
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Grandmaster C.S. Kim takes great joy in attending and instructing these events personally, along with senior Master Instructors.

Grandmaster Kim has established guidelines for each member school and Instructor within the International Tang Soo Do Federation.Each I.T.F. member Do Jang is inspected periodically, and all Senior Instructors must be certified as a Kyo Sa Nim (Instructor) by the I.T.F. Testing Board.All Chief Instructors, Assistant Instructors and Black Belts are required to recertify their rank twice annually.

Sa Bom Nim DuFour's Instructor, Grandmaster C.S. Kim, founded the ITF in 1984.The goal in the formation of the ITF was to maintain the high standards of authentic Tang Soo Do.Teaching this martial art in its original form gave much-needed roots to many thousands of Tang Soo Do practitioner's worldwide.

To achieve this goal, Grandmaster C.S. Kim has dedicated a lifetime of training to create a standardization of instruction.With unending dedication, time and patience, Grandmaster C.S. Kim has brought the peace and harmony of traditional Tang Soo Do into the lives of thousands of practitioner's throughout the world.

As members of the International Tang Soo Do Federation, our instructors are held to the standards set forth by Grandmaster C.S. Kim, the founder of ITF.

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