Grandmaster Herbert Perez: Gold Medal Olympian & Gold Medal School Operator (Part 4)

MAWnews: Interesting. What’s your analysis of Taekwondo organizations globally, like the Kukkiwon with its new president (Dong Sup Lee), and new plans relative to the art?  HP: The Kukkiwon doesn’t have anything to do with the Olympic sport. It’s a traditional martial art organization that was originally created by the Korean government. I’ve been doing a lot of educational work with them. I do teach some of their seminars and I most recently got my ninth dan from the Kukkiwon. I was fortunate enough to pass and and currently I’m the only person in the world to have an Olympic gold medal and a Kukkiwon. I was the first person