After his tenure in the Korean Army, Kwang Jo Choi began his study of Tae Kwon Do (Way of the Foot and Fist) under its founder, General Choi Hong Hi. Through Kwang Jo Choi’s talent and dedicated training, he was awarded the prestigious title of Chief Instructor under General Choi’s International Tae Kwon Do Federation before he was 25 years old.

In addition to teaching self defense to the Korean Army and National Police, Kwang Jo Choi was personally selected by General Choi to serve as an elite member of a group of experts chosen to spread Tae Kwon Do throughout the world. Through his mission, Kwang Jo Choi became one of Tae Kwon Do’s most prominent ambassadors and was directly responsible for its spread throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and eventually, the United States.

Motivated by his continuing dedication to the advancement of the martial arts and his desire for self improvement, Grandmaster Choi searched for ways to improve on the techniques and teaching methods of his predecessors. It was during his first years in Hong Kong, where he settled over twenty years ago, that Grandmaster Kwang Jo Choi began consolidating his revolutionary martial arts theories and concepts.

For some time, Grandmaster Choi had felt that many of the traditional techniques were too stylized and rigid for practical self defense. He discovered that many of these same techniques could actually harm the body and, over the long term, be detrimental to one’s health and longevity. Also, Grandmaster Choi saw too much importance being placed on sports competition with the winning of trophies taking precedence over the ideals of personal and human development.

Based on these observations, coupled with years of research and practical experience, Grandmaster Choi pioneered one of the most revolutionary changes in recent martial arts history; the introduction of an entirely new martial arts form – Choi Kwang Do.