United Arts College

Description

Located in down town Sacramento California the school was founded in 1964 by Master Kang. Taekwondo, Judo, Kung Fu, Jiu-jitsu, Aikido, Kick boxing, Tai Chi, Chi Kung and weapons are taught in a integrated tradional Eastern manner.

Master Myung Kyu Kang was born in Manchuria (now called Shin Yang China) and started training martial arts at age 3. He later moved to Seoul Korea where he trained under top Japanese, Korean and Chinese masters. He is a graduate of the University of Korea Yudo College.

In Korea he taught Tae Kwon Do to the Korean Air Force Academy, the 23rd Intelligence School, United States 728th Division and several universities, colleges and high schools in Korea. While in Korea, he established 20 Tae Kwon Do gymnasiums. The largest one is called Dong Po Gymnasium.

In 1964, Master Kang came to the United States. Here he organized the Tae Kwon Do Association in the United States. He was the first President of the Moo Duk Kwan Association of the United States. There are 300 branches of Moo Duk Kwan in the United States. In December, 1969, Master Kang received the Dan Bak medal, the second highest award from the Republic of Korea. He is one of six men in the world to hold the 10th degree black belt ranking. Master Kang has taught Tae Kwon Do for 60 years and has over 70,000 students with over 5,000 black belts.