Grand Master Kim has been involved in Taekwondo for over 45 years. When Taekwondo was in it's infancy and there were few schools across Canada, Grand Master Kim was one of the first to pioneer this new martial art. After moving to Canada, Grand Master Kim opened his first Canadian Taekwondo School in Ontario in September in Ontario in September of 1971 and subsequently a school in Alberta in 1974. He later moved to B.C. and was a resident of the Comox Valley for six years, establishing the Courtenay Taekwondo School in September of 1977.

Grand Master Kim has served as the Director of the Canadian Taekwondo Association, President of the B.C. Taekwondo Federation and is Past Chairman of the Master's Advisory Committee for the B.C. Taekwondo Federation. He currently conducts Woo Kim Taekwondo Schools in Surrey, Langley, Courtenay, Comox, Parksville, and Nanaimo.

On July 11th 2005, at the Annual General Meeting Grandmaster Kim was once again elected President of the World Taekwondo Federation BC. Grandmaster Kim will work hard for the next few years to bring BC Taekwondo to new levels and set the stage for generations to come.

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Pictures captured from 1991 Video of Grandmaster Woo Kim performing a demonstration at the Woo Kim Taekwondo Championships