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Achievements and Honors
- 9th degree Black Belt-Grandmaster level
- 2003 Inductee to the Martial Arts World Hall of Fame as "Leader of the Year"
- 2005-2006 National Register's WHO'S WHO in Executive and Professional
- Keynote speaker for the Leaders Summit Convention in Martial Arts
- Trained over 9,000 Chicago Police Officers and Cook County Corrections Officers
- HAP KI DO Meritorious Service Award for Contribution and Recognition in Martial Arts
- Number 1 Martial Arts School in the Nation and Nationally Recognized
Quotations
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"Kwang Seek Hyun believes, in the classical tradition, that mental and physical training must be balanced to create a balanced individuals."
-Esquire Magazine
"Everything in Grandmaster Hyun's background has helped him to develop a still more deadly form of his art."
-Black Belt Magazine
"Kwang Seek Hyun is part physical education instructor, part medicine man, part philosopher, and an unsurpassed teacher."
-Chicago Reader
"I've studied Tae Kwon Do and found it impractical. Hapkido is versatile. If you find a weakness in one area you can excel at other areas of the art."
-Carlos Rivera
(Defensive Tactics Instructor, Cook County Dept. of Corrections)
"The other arts have become sports. If you want to come out on top of a physical street confrontation then Hapkido gives you a toolbox of techniques…realistic tools, not sports tools."
-Jim Morawski
(Defensive Tactics Instructor, Chicago Police Department)
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You've seen us or read about us in:
- Black Belt Magazine
- Chicago Magazine
- Chicago Reader
- Chicago Parent Magazine
- Chicago Tribune
- Crain's Chicago Business
- Esquire Magazine
- Pm Magazine
- Ultrasport Magazine
- Tae Kwon Do Times
- The Village Newspaper
- ABC News
- CBS News
- NBC News
- WGN News
- The Warner Saunders Show
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