Grand Master Jae Yoon Ahn

Grand Master Jae Yoon Ahn is Master Anna YS Ahn’s oldest brother. He holds a Kukkiwon Certified 9th Degree Black Belt, which is the highest rank that one can achieve. He was one of the youngest to achieve such a goal in 2012 at the age of 57. Now at the age of 60+, he is still physically and mentally at the top of his game.

Among other numerous awards, the most prestigious is the fact that at the age of 40, he was a poomsae division national champion for 3 straight years which allowed him to be named the MVP award for 3 consecutive years. As a result of such national success and bringing pride to South Korea, GM Jae Yoon Ahn was awarded the Presidential Award for receiving the National Championship for 3 years in a row. Age wasn’t a factor; he competed even at a later age.

Being an educator was a part of his life as was competing. They came hand in hand; he knew how to use his body and was able to transfer it over to teaching. He was an excellent and an outstanding demonstrator and was able to incorporate his model movements into examples for others. GM Jae Yoon Ahn resides in Seoul and is one of the certified head instructors for Kukkiwon, the World Taekwondo Headquarters for over 20 years. He was also the chairman of the poomsae judge committee for Korea Taekwondo Association.

Together, GM Jae Yoon Ahn with his younger brother GM Jae Ro Ahn were two of the founders to the ongoing research team to restructure and amend the rules and regulations for the modern poomsae forms for competition.

GM Jae Yoon Ahn’s skills and knowledge are astounding as exhibited, as an outstanding demonstrator and as an informative instructor. He is always working towards the advancement of taekwondo and is the front runner in research and preservation of taekwondo. The great demand for his instruction for seminars takes him globally; he has taught at over 40 countries worldwide.