“Martial Arts is not about being better than the other person, it’s about being better than you were yesterday.” Frankly, I think that’s not entirely true… Martial Arts – and life in general, for that matter – is about competition. It is about having the ability to [...]Read more

I always train with the same mindset: when the situation calls, be able to break it. Breaking a board or brick is hard on its own. But when you begin adding multiple, it can get extremely difficult. First, whether you’re trying to break by kicking or punching, you must develop [...]Read more

I was recently asked, “Master Gorino, when is it most fun for you to train? When is it the least fun?”  I almost didn’t understand the question.  The answer is simple: Tae Kwon-Do is always the most fun thing I do. The only way I can answer that person’s question is to [...]Read more

The early days of Tae Kwon-Do were anything but glamorous. In the 1960’s, General Choi, widely considered the father of Tae Kwon-Do, took a team of 8-12 of his best men around the world to spread the word about the martial art. That team included great fighters like Ricky Ha and [...]Read more

Without question, one of the coolest parts of running a dojang is when a student and their loved ones earn black belts in the same ceremony. As is the case with anything, there are both positives and negatives to families training Tae Kwon-Do together. But the good vastly [...]Read more

BOOM.  BOOM.  BOOM. One of my dear friends, Grand Master Francois Balet, was lifting weights at a YMCA in Canada one day back in the mid 60s. That booming sound stopped his workout dead in its tracks.  He went to find out where the sound was coming from. What he [...]Read more