Chairman Sang Chul Lee

13-time undefeated Korean National Champion Inventor of the Ax Kick Inducted into the Korean Sports Hall of Fame U.S. National Team coach from 1979-1988 1986 Founder of U.S. Taekwondo Center 1986: Created for the first time a Taekwondo Resident Athlete Training Program at the U.S. Olympic Training Center 1987: Developed program for human adjustment to international travel for competitions with Dr. Jackie Paul of the U.S. Olympic Sports Science Department 1st U.S. Olympic Head Coach in the 1988 Olympic Games 1988: Innovator and Producer of First Olympic Taekwondo Training Videos: “Get Ready for the Gold” Parts I & II President of USA Taekwondo (formerly known as U.S. Taekwondo Union) from 1997-2004 Former Vice President of World Taekwondo (Formerly known as World Taekwondo Federation) Board of Directors of U.S. Olympic Committee 1997-2003 1992: Founder of U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships in U.S.A. 2007 Founder of U.S. Taekwondo Committee 2010 Founder of U.S. Kukkiwon 2009 Founder of U.S. Open Taekwondo Hanmadang