Master Woon has been training in Tang Soo Do since 1984.  During this time he has been a student under and trained with Tong Mun Kim, Master Nar and Master Johnson.  Master Woon has trained in Tae Kwon Do in Sweden, Kick Boxing in the United Kingdom and also at the Tang Soo Do World Headquarters in Brandon, Florida under the tutelage of the late Grandmaster Jae Joon Kim.  Through his Martial Arts career Master Woon has found the family feel and unity within Tang Soo Do has been second to none, and will always remain his home.

Wune Tang Academy had been the leading UK representative of World Traditional Tang Soo Do Federation founded by the late Grandmaster Jae Joon Kim.  After the sad death of Grandmaster WTA spread its wings and became a Limited company.  Wune Tang is growing with a solid base of committed trainers.  We offer a real martial art with a firm belief in our art being classed as a ‘fighting art’ (meaning contact as a necessity).  Wune Tang is the outward thoughts and hopes of what we believe a respectable, hard working and honest Martial Art should be.  Keeping our martial art as pure as possible and not dilute the history of Tang Soo Do by ‘latest influences’ but still move forward as all exponents should in a tried and tested manner.  Tang Soo Do is the complete martial art.

WTA Instructors are fully licensed, first aid trained, insured, CRB checked and are members of the Amateur Martial Arts Association and World Association of Kickboxing Organisation.

WTA Instructors are participating in courses delivered by the Rugby Borough Council, Greater Warwickshire Sport and Sports Coach UK.

This section contains information about the Korean traditional martial art of Tang Soo Do.  It is a primary system of empty handed self defence dating back about 2,000 years.  This style or system was originally used as a way for the common people to protect themselves from the sword of the Samurai.

The ‘Tang’ represents the Chinese influence on the development of modern Tang Soo Do.  Grandmaster Hwang Kee, who founded Moo Duk Kwan spent many years in China, as Korea was occupied by Japan and Koreans were forbidden from practicing their own traditional martial arts.  Many Koreans escaped the Japanese occupation and worked and trained in China until the end of the 2nd World War ended the occupation.  Grandmaster Hwang Kee was among that number.

The word ‘Soo’ translated ‘hand’ or ‘open-handed’ also carries with it the implication of being un-armed.  While there are certain weapons that students learn how to use and there are many techniques designed to defend against weapons, the art of Tang Soo do is the art of un-armed, ‘open-handed’ self defence.

Finally, the word ‘Do’ means ‘way’ or ‘way of life or art’.  Tang Soo do (contrary to the understanding of many non-practitioners) is not a sport or a hobby.  It is a way of life, a path to follow.  As such, it carries with it not only techniques for striking, blocking and kicking but a philosophy for living and mental aspects to be cultivated.