Changing lives through martial arts
Martial arts saved him as a child. A small boy who was bullied in Korea became a national champion — and he still teaches the principles that changed his life.
Kwanjangnim often says that martial arts saved him. Small in stature and bullied as a child in Korea, he was heading somewhere destructive when he found the training hall. What he learned there was not only how to defend himself, but a set of principles for the rest of life.
That is what a traditional school is for. KJD teaches respect for yourself and for others, discipline, and perseverance — and the students who stay longest tend to be the ones who came for fitness and stayed for that.
Our youngest student is four years old. Our eldest is seventy-two.
1972
National Taekwondo Champion, South Korea
9th Dan
In Taekwondo, Hapkido and Gumdo. 4th Dan in Judo
5th
In the world as a first-class international referee
2000
Team Manager, South African Olympic team, Sydney
관장님 · Kwanjangnim
Grandmaster Eun Woo Lee
Founder and chief instructor
Kwanjangnim is Korean for the head of the school. Grandmaster Eun Woo Lee founded this academy in Bromhof in 2002 and still teaches here.
He was South Korea’s national Taekwondo champion in 1972, holds 9th Dan in Taekwondo, Hapkido and Gumdo and 4th Dan in Judo, and is a first-class international referee ranked fifth in the world. In 2000 he managed the South African Olympic Taekwondo team at Sydney, the games at which Taekwondo became a medal sport.
He also created kwanjangdo — his own syllabus, which brings Taekwondo, Hapkido, Gumdo, Korean kickboxing and Tai Chi into one system. It is what you actually learn here.
사모님 · Samonim
Lorraine Lee
1st Dan · coach of the competition team
Samonim Lorraine Lee teaches alongside Kwanjangnim and coaches the academy’s competition team.
She runs the tournaments KJD hosts, which have drawn clubs from Kimberley, Centurion, Vanderbijlpark and as far as Malawi. She is usually the person you speak to first.
What parents say
My kids have been attending lessons for about 5 years. They have grown in confidence, their concentration has improved and they love being taught by Master Lee.
Afzal IsmailParent · Google review This is the very best Taekwondo academy in Johannesburg. Grandmaster Eun Lee is so inspiring… my son has developed in ways that were unimaginable. We are so grateful to him.
Tamara SegalParent · Google review
Your first lesson is free
Wear a t-shirt and tracksuit pants. There is nothing to buy and nothing to sign.