My Taekwondo Journey

Author: Bret Gordon

About a month ago, I wrote an article detailing my history and experience in the Aiki arts (click here to read). After receiving such positive feedback, I thought it only proper to document my journey in the art I have studied since the beginning: Taekwondo.

​My first exposure to Taekwondo was at 4 years old. The school I joined was originally under a Master Yoo (I don't remember his full name) but at some point when I was 5 or 6 it was taken over by Master Dong Soo Kwak and renamed Ultimate Taekwondo Centers. While Master Kwak ran the school, his assistant Mark Bivens ran the majority of the classes and I consider him my primary instructor during this time.

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Mark Bivens top left in red dobak, Master Kwak top right in the red, white and blue track suit jacket.
​Yours truly in the middle row, second from the left. 

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