Master Jin Kim
A brief history
of Master Kim:

• 1973 Started Taekwondo training in Seoul, Korea.
• 1981 Commenced Hapkido and Judo training.
• 1984 Help instructor at the Seoul Children Center.
• 1985-1991 Instructor of Jung Kim’s Studio.
• 1987-1991 Taught Taekwondo in several Montgomery county public schools.
• 1992-1993 Instructor of the U.S. Taekwondo academy in Woodbridge, VA
• 1996 Opened Eagle Martial Arts Academy in Silver Spring, MD.
• 1996-2002 Master instructor of Eagle Martial Arts Academy.
• 2003 Opened Champion Martial Arts in Gaithersburg, MD.

Master Kim currently holds a 7th degree black belt in Hapkido and a 6th degree black belt in Taekwondo. He also holds a 3rd degree black belt in Judo.

Grandmaster Thomas H. Thompson (retired)
Grandmaster Thompson was elevated to the rank of Grandmaster by Grandmaster Sung Hyun Hong in a ceremony held in October 2005. Prior to that, he received his sixth-degree black belt from Grandmaster Hong in June 1997. He has trained and taught the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) style of taekwondo since 1978. Before that, he spent his first years training in Moo Duk Kwan tang soo do.

Grandmaster Thompson is a six-time Maryland State Light Heavyweight Champion and winner of numerous grand championships in both sparring and forms—both as a single player and as a member of the Maryland State Team. He also served as the director of the Maryland State Games Taekwondo for four years.

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