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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

"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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  • Crain's Chicago Business
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  • Pm Magazine
  • Ultrasport Magazine
  • Tae Kwon Do Times
  • The Village Newspaper
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