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Specialties
Training in traditional TaeKwonDo
Leadership development
Anti-bullying programs
Self-defense
Public speaking
Martial Arts School Management
History
Established in 2001.
Grandmaster Jae Kyu Lee is the founder of J.K. Lee’s Black Belt Academy. He has been practicing Martial Arts for over 50 years. He immigrated to America from South Korean in 1975 and opened his first school in 1976. The Brookfield location opened in 1988.
In 1991 Grandmaster Lee achieved the rank of Grandmaster as a 9th degree black belt, the highest rank attainable. In 1997 Grandmaster J.K. Lee was awarded the Top Master Instructor award by the South Korean Government. He has also been featured in publications such as the Tae Kwon Do Times and the Journal of Osteopathic Sports Medicine.
In addition to his many accolades as a Grandmaster in Martial Arts Grandmaster J.K. Lee has been very proactive in the greater community. Grandmaster J.K. Lee trained the U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Team, the Indiana University Basketball Team, and the Marquette Basketball Team. After the tragedy of September 11th Grandmaster J.K. Lee was involved in training flight attendant
Meet the Business Owner
Jeff G.
Business Owner
Mr. Gendelman began studying martial arts over 40 years ago. He has trained in New York City, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Japan and holds advanced ranks in four different styles. For over 10 years he has devoted himself to Grand Master J.K. Lee’s incomparable Tae Kwon Do curriculum. Mr. Gendelman’s life experience, teaching credentials and years of instructing children and adults make him uniquely qualified to bring out the best in people. He is a graduate of both the University of Minnesota and Outward Bound Survival School. He is also a certified instructor in the award-winning Safety Kids program, completed the Verbal Judo program at Northwest Technical College, and received self-defense instructor certification from Master Police Instructor, Dave Young.