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Y.K. Kim is a 9th degree black belt in taekwondo and is the founder of the World Taekwondo Federation. He is also the founder of the International Taekwondo Federation and the World Taekwondo Academy. He is the president of the World Taekwondo Federation and the International Taekwondo Federation. Y.K. Kim was born on 29 November, 1956 in Korea. He is 64 years old as of 2020. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs around 75 kg. Y.K. Kim is a married man. He is married to his wife, Kim Young-Sook. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter. Y.K. Kim has had a successful career in taekwondo. He has won numerous medals in international competitions, including gold medals at the World Taekwondo Championships in 1983 and 1985. He has also been awarded the Order of Civil Merit by the Korean government. Y.K. Kim has an estimated net worth of $20 million. He has earned his wealth through his successful career in taekwondo and his various business ventures. He is also the founder of the World Taekwondo Federation and the International Taekwondo Federation.

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Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 29 November, 1956
Birthday 29 November
Birthplace Korea
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2002

In 2002 Y.K. Kim and Choung Byoung-gug, a legislator in Korea, proposed building a Korea pavilion at Epcot. In 2012 Drafthouse Cinemas redistributed the Miami Connection film, leading to a positive reception.

1980

In the mid-1980s, Korean film director Richard Park met Kim after seeing Kim interviewed on the Korean talk show Meet at 11 p.m. (11시에 만납시다) and the two agreed to produce a film, Miami Connection. Originally the film had a very limited release with no significant attention. The production of the film almost lead to bankruptcy for Kim. In the meantime he established his business and became a motivational speaker.

1976

Kim received a taekwondo black belt at age 13, making him among the youngest in Korea to do so. At first he studied and taught taekwondo in Korea. In 1976 he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina and taught taekwondo there. In 1977 he moved to New York City. In 1978 he moved to Orlando, Florida and opened Y.K. Kim's TaeKwon-Do, his first taekwondo school. The school, on Colonial Drive, became the Martial Arts World, a franchise that Erin Sullivan of the Orlando Weekly described as "the McDonald's of martial arts schools" in Central Florida. The school was originally on Robinson Street, then on Mills Avenue, then its current location on Colonial Drive. As of 1988 Y.K. Kim only claimed ownership of the East Colonial Drive martial arts school. As of that year the other schools are part of the American TaeKwon-Do Federation, which Kim founded. The federation establishes the philosophies and rules used by the schools within the federation.

1946

Young Kun Kim (김영군, born November 29, 1946), known as Y.K. Kim, is a Korean-born taekwondo martial artist who resides in Florida. Kim was the producer and main actor of the film Miami Connection. He also publishes Martial Arts World Magazine, a quarterly magazine for professionals in the martial arts, and wrote the book Winning Is a Choice.

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