Korean Sword Martial Arts

Specialties

martial arts, self defense, taekwondo, sword skills, karate, kickboxing, stretching, sword, kicking, punching, self esteem, teamwork, lose weight, weight control, women’s self defense, discipline, concentration, fitness, workout, exercise, family, sport, indoor

History

Established in 2015.

Haedong Gumdo, Korean Sword Martial Arts (KSMA), has been practiced in South Korean many years and this is one of the common martial arts over there. We are teaching Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Ground and grabbing techniques, Self-​Defense Skills and Break fall and rolling techniques throughout the regular class sessions. KSMA students also train themselves to improve their concentration skills, respect and manner, learn self-​discipline, and more. We are learning Martial Arts from family like environment. Students are encouraged to come to the class as often as possible and they are welcome to stay in the class more than one hour if they wanted to.

Meet the Business Owner

Nam L.

Business Owner

Master Nam Lim, 4^th degree black belt in HaeDong Gumdo (Korean Sword Martial Arts, KSMA), has a black belt in Taekwondo and is certified for instructing bare hand combat of Korean Martial Arts. He has been teaching Martial Arts in South Korea and in the United States for over 13 years. In addition, he taught the U.S. Army soldiers when he was an instructor in South Korea. He started Korean Martial Arts at age 6 in his hometown of Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Taekwondo was the first traditional Korean Martial Arts that he started with, then he specialized in KSMA. He studied several other Martial Arts and taught different skills to his classes. He graduated from SIUE with a Biology degree and he was a student instructor at SIUE Taekwondo Club throughout his school years. Master Lim’s dream is to help his students become successful in their lives with good morals, respect, positive attitude, a mind set to do their best on everything and the satisfaction from the results of their result.