Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine

Interviews, Biographies & Legacies - Vol. 6
Special Edition
242 Pages

An Interview with Master Philip Lear - The Peaceful Warrior
TKD Memories: The First Civilian Dojangs
Master Keith Finch: 25 Years of Teaching
The Untold History of the Beginning of Tae Kwon Do in Iran:
An Interview with Grandmaster Davoud Arjomand - 1st Iranian TKD Instructor
Eleni Koutsilianos - A Life in Competitive Taekwondo
Grandmaster Raymond Choy
An Interview with Mark Davies - Founder of ‘Tactical Edge
What Does Taekwondo Mean To Me?
What Can You Do When You Just Stand Up? - An Interview with Stuart Penn, 4th Degree
An Attempt to Define “Taekwon-Do” - Looking at.Bruce Lee, General Choi and his Legacy
How Politics Killed Taekwon-Do Unity
An Interview With Ørjan Nilsen - Exponent of Kukkiwon Taegeuk & Yudanja Poomsae
Invoking The Tigress 2017
An Interview With The Ginger Ninja Trickster - Aaron Gassor
Yonhap Radio Interview With Dr. George Vitale
An Interview with Grandmaster Robert Dunn
The Legacy of Grandmaster Sae-Jin “Jack” Hwang
An Interview with Marek Handzel - Author of “The Dojang”
An Interview with Grandmaster Ray O’Neill
The Path to Master
An Interview with Master Eric San Jose
Submission Guidelines
Sponsorship Packages
Patricks TKD Funnies

Contributors
Master Roy Bertrand, Master Philip Lear, Master Mike Swope, Supreme Master Kim Bok-Man,
Master Keith Finch, Grandmaster Davoud Arjomand, Dr. Reza Ghodsi, Richard Conceiceo, Eleni Koutsilianos, Grandmaster Raymond Choi, Mark Davies, Master John McNally, Stuart Penn, Bryan Poole, Manuel E. Adrogue, Dr. George Vitale, Ørjan Nilsen, Master Doug Cook, Cheryl Crouchen, Amy Fitzpatrick Smith, Pamela Pyke,
Nancy Bree Garrett, Jean Bailly-Orlovsky, Ellie Hanson, Taylor DiMeglio, Aaron Gassor, Yonhap Radio, Grandmaster Robert Dunn, Grandmaster Sae-Jin “Jack” Wang, Marek Handzel, Grandmaster Ray O’Neill,
Master Chris Snow, Master Eric San Jose and Stuart Anslow - with the cartoons of Patrick McWade

Interviews, Biographies & Legacies - Vol. 6
Special Edition

One of the strengths of Totally Tae Kwon Do is the variety of articles; variety of contributors, voices and writing styles; and variety of masters and instructors revealed in its pages. This variety makes Totally Tae Kwon Do unique and contributes to the community like no other magazine today. No one is turned away. This 6th volume of Interviews, Profiles and Legacies demonstrates the magazine's exhaustive commitment to all who practice Taekwondo.

In the next 200+ pages, Totally Tae Kwon Do collects interviews with and profiles of instructors, Masters, Grandmasters and personalities across cultures and continents who have made and continue to make a personal difference for their students and for the art in general. But we also hear personally from a 1st gup student preparing for his black belt and a master who discusses the obstacles he has had to overcome on the path to mastery.

Be warned: This volume can't be read in a single sitting.

We learn of Master Philip Lear in Paris, France. Meet Grandmaster Davoud Arjomand, the first Iranian Taekwon-do instructor, and learn how Taekwon-do spread to his country. Hear from Mark Davies, who founded Tactical Edge, a battle-tested self-defense system taught to UK special forces. Learn about Grandmaster Sae-Jin "Jack" Hwang, who coached the United States Tae Kwon Do Team to compete at the 1st World Taekwondo Championships in Seoul, founded the longest-running tournament in the United States and hosted the 2nd ITF World Championships for General Choi Hong-Hi.

We discover Stuart Penn, 4th Dan, who despite a prosthetic arm and leg yet succeeds when many others would have settled for considerably less. Visit Orjan Nilsen in Norway, where he trains, teaches, researches and shares all things Taekwondo, including Kukkiwon poomsae and the many-limbed monstrous history of the art. Learn about Aaron Gassor, aka Ginger Ninja Trickster, YouTube sensation turned stuntman and actor. Meet Grandmaster Robert Dunn, who fought in Vietnam as a Green Beret, was inducted into the International Karate Hall of Fame in 1988, founded the Jun Tong Taekwondo Federation in 2009, and continues to teach and inspire yet today.

We hear from Grandmaster Ray O'Neill, a long-time student of pioneer First Grandmaster Rhee Ki-Hi and co-founder of ACE Taekwondo in the U.K. We visit Master Eric San Jose in the United States, student of Grandmaster Tae Sun Kang (son of pioneer Grandmaster Suh Chong Kang), NASKA forms champion and instructor of champions such as Mr. Joe Colon and Ms. Sammy Smith.

We learn about the first civilian Taekwon-do dojangs. Senior Master Keith Finch reminisces about his experiences as an instructor of Taekwon-do for the past 25 years. Master Chris Snow shares his personal journey to become a master of Taekwon-do.

Finally, we hear what Taekwondo means to student Bryan Poole, 1st Gup