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HISTORY ROOM AND FAMILY TREE

    | 1973-2016 The Jung’s Tae Kwon Do history room in the original dojang. This room represents the heart and spirit of the current and future members of the Jung’s Tae Kwon Do family. The family tree shows the generations of black belt instructors who have made Jung’s Tae Kwon Do a success. The…

KBS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT PEACE AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA

    | Watch this documentary titled Taekwondo, the One Goal in Life HERE  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MASTER JUNG

    | Happy Birthday, Master Jung – Still Kicking at 70!  

TAE KWON DO TRIP TO N. KOREA (OCTOBER 2015)

by George Vitale     | I can assure you we will NOT be taking the Turtle Ship across the DMZ this October. And no, the Admiral will not be coming with us. But I will, of course, pass on any and all information as it becomes available. | Please feel free to call me,…

N. KOREAN IOC MEMBER WILL VISIT SEOUL IN OCTOBER (2015)

    | Chang Ung, a North Korean representative to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), plans to visit South Korea in October to attend inter-Korean taekwondo events, according to foreign reports. Chang’s scheduled trip is re-igniting controversy over which of the two Koreas has the right to operate the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF). | Along…

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE HISTORY?

    | DO YOU WANT TO MAKE HISTORY? Why don’t you join us as we make an historic trek across the DMZ that has separated Korea since 1945! This is open to any Taekwon-Do student and will take place this October (2015). Details are being worked on and so far we believe we will…

HISTORY ROOM PHOTOS

by WJJ    

JULY 2016 TAEKWONDO TIMES – GRANDMASTER SEONG JI

by TKD Times    

REMODELING OF ORIGINAL DOJANG

    | Remodeling on the original dojang is continuing with many people pitching in.    

RETURNING TO HOME TOWN AFTER 36 YEARS

    | Grandmaster Jung has returned to the origInal dojang on Mount Vernon Rd. in Cedar Rapids after 36 years of teaching at the New Life FItness Center. During these years he built 13 fitness centers around the country. From now on he will be working in the historic back office of the first…

RETURN TO ORIGINAL DOJANG

    | Grandmaster Jung is returning after 35 years to his original dojang. Many black belts and students are helping with the remodel.This building is where our hearts and spirits still reside. It will continue as a dojang, office and museum for future generations.    

GOOD NEWS FOR GOODWILL TOUR 2012: U.S. AGREES TO INCREASE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE EXCHANGES WITH NORTH KOREA

    | Washington (CNN) — North Korea has agreed to halt nuclear tests, long-range missile launches and enrichment activities at its Yongbyon nuclear complex in exchange for food aid from the United States, the State Department said Wednesday. The state-run North Korean news agency, KCNA, announced the agreement separately. “Today’s announcement represents a modest first…

9TH DAN GRANDMASTERS

  | The ITF has approximately only 10 9th Dan Grandmasters. Here, in North Korea, several of these elite Grandmasters came together for a photo in September 2011.