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"AMERICA'S LEADER IN MARTIAL ARTS."
Welcome to the American Taekwondo Association
(ATA). Our family includes more than 250,000 men, women, and children training
in SONGAHM Taekwondo. There are more than 900 schools and clubs across
the United States. The ATA was originally established in 1969 in Omaha,
Nebraska. Today National and International operations are directed from
our headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The ATA is the founding organization of other
international affiliates that include the World Traditional Taekwondo Union
(WTTU), and The SONGAHM Federation (STF). These branches include some 16
countries, offering instruction to more than 30,000 students. |
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Grand Master Haeng Ung Lee was born on July 20,
1936 in Manchuria, China. He was one of the original pioneers that
brought martial arts to America. Grandmaster H.U. Lee founded the American
Taekwondo Association, the World Traditional Taekwondo Union, and Songahm
Taekwondo Federation, which presides over 250,000 members worldwide including
schools in South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the United States.
The students of Grand Master Lee include over 14,000 black belts and over
3,000 certified instructors in more than 900 schools and clubs in the U.S.
alone. He strived to make the world a better place by teaching the
values of life through martial arts. Grand Master Lee passed away
on October 5, 2000 after a hard fought battle with cancer. He left
his legacy to the hundreds of thousands of students across the world.
Since the first class was taught
many years ago, the focus of our program has remained the same: to provide
students the highest quality martial arts instruction available in a safe
and positive learning environment that people of all ages can enjoy. Our
instructors combine excellent student instructor ratios with state of the
art training facilities. This has helped establish ATA schools and clubs
as the leaders in the martial arts industry. Your instructor is a graduate
of an instructor program that represents more than thirty years of research
and development. He or she will be with you every step of the way to help
you reach your individual goals (and maybe even reach some new goals you
never before thought possible).
"I want to thank you for choosing the
ATA and for making SONGAHM Taekwondo a part of your life. Remember, :today
not possible, tomorrow possible."
Sincerely,
Grand Master H.U. Lee
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