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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