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NIH Tae Kwon Do School
About the School |
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NIH Tae Kwon Do Homepage
What is Tae Kwon Do? Membership Instructors Training locations Training schedule Links Beginner's Class |
Martial arts instruction and practice is in its third decade of
history at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH Tae Kwon Do Club and
the NIH Judo Club had their origins in the fall of 1978. Dr. Thomas E. Malone
and Dr. W. French Anderson developed the concept for a combined Judo and Karate
introductory course and announced the meeting of the charter class in the
December 12, 1978 NIH Recreation and Welfare Association "Smoke Signals". The
course was planned as a service to the NIH staff and to the neighboring
communities. Seventy-eight people arrived for the first session, and as a result
of this large evidence of interest, the two separate clubs, Judo and Tae Kwon Do
were created. The Clubs have operated since their inception as members of the
NIH Recreation and Welfare Association. They have close affiliation with each
other, reflecting their common origin.
In 1983 Dr. Donald G. Murphy and Ms. Susan E. (Stewart) Goubeaux established the NIH Self-Defense club, which had its origins in the Tae Kwon Do Club. The Tae Kwon Do Club also sponsored the NIH Aikido Club, the latter having been established in July, 1989. The Aikido and Self-Defense Clubs combined in 1990 to form the NIH Aikido and Self-Defense Club. The NIH Kendo Club was established in 1993 under the leadership of Mr. James Yan and Dr. Don Seto. In 1994 Chi-Kung, under the leadership of Mr. Shuren Ma, was introduced to NIH through the NIH Aikido Club. Chi-Kung is now an NIH R&W club and a member of the R&W family of martial arts clubs. The NIH Tae Kwon Do Club is independent, although it maintains informal affiliation with the United States Tae Kwon Do Union and the World Tae Kwon Do Federation. The NIH Aikido Self-Defense Club is affiliated with the Aikido Association of America (AAA). The AAA is affiliated with the Aikikai Foundation. NIH martial arts training facilities are shared by the Aikido, Chi-Kung, Judo, and Tae Kwon Do clubs, and the clubs operate under a single Martial Arts Board co-chaired by Drs. Malone and Kim. The NIH Tae Kwon Do Club was an independent school for the first 4 years of its existence. During this time it practiced the Chung Do Kwon style of Tae Kwon Do. The Club became a branch school of the Dong Ya Yang Tae Kwon Do and Judo Institute in 1982. As a branch school, the Club was under the overall guidance of Professor Yang, Tae Kwon Do Grandmaster (8th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 7th degree blackbelt in Judo). At this juncture in its history, the Club expanded its style of practice to encompass Kukkiwon Tae Kwon Do, and became a member of the Maryland Chapter of the United States Tae Kwon Do Union and affiliated with the World Tae Kwon Do Federation. In 1986, largely through the efforts of Dr. Malone (sensei of the NIH Judo club and then Deputy Director of NIH), a defensive arts training facility on the NIH campus was planned for occupancy by the two clubs. This facility came into existence in 1989, and was formally named the Thomas E. Malone Judo and Tae Kwon Do Center. At this stage, the NIH Tae Kwon Do Club became an independent Club, ending formal status as a branch school. The Club has its primary heritage in both Kukkiwon and Chung Do Kwon Tae Kwon Do. The Club also incorporates a breadth of defensive arts training from Korean, Japanese, and other defensive arts traditions. The authors of these pages, and the Club instructors, assume no responsibility for use of techniques taught when used outside of formal class training. |
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