Choi Kwang Do

Choi Kwang Do was founded by Kwang Jo Choi, who was born in South Korea before emigrating to Canada in the early 1970s.^[3] Choi was a successful Tae Kwon Do practitioner and trainer before establishing his own style.

While teaching and demonstrating Tae Kwon Do in South East Asia, Kwang Jo Choi states that he became injured to the point where he was unable to continue with the discipline.^[4] So he left Malyasia (where he was demonstrating at the time) for North America, in the hope of finding orthopedic surgeons who would be able to help with his injuries.^[5] Determining that the injuries were caused by the style of martial arts which he was performing, Choi undertook rehabilitative exercises, attended various seminars and studied techniques for rehabilitation. Choi claims that he incorporated these techniques into his own fighting style, and from that he developed Choi Kwang Do.^[5]

Today, Choi Kwang-Do is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is taught in over 70 countries including the United Kingdom with schools in England, Scotland and Wales.^[6]