Why Santa Clara Families Choose KIMOO Martial Arts

Search for martial arts in Santa Clara and you will find plenty of options. Most are taught by instructors certified by other instructors, two or three generations removed from the source of the art. KIMOO Martial Arts is different, and the difference is not marketing — it is documented.

You are taught by the source, not a copy

Grand Master Jong Yeon Hwang began training in 1971 at the Korea Hapkido Headquarters Dojang — the birthplace of the art — under its founding grand masters. He is certified 8th Dan by the Korea Traditional Hapkido Association.

That lineage matters. When your child learns a wrist lock at KIMOO in Santa Clara, they are learning it the way it was taught at the place the art began, from someone who was in that room.

Credentials you can verify

• Gold medal, 10th Wushu World Cup, Milan, 2005. An actual world title, not a regional trophy.
• President's Volunteer Service Award (Gold), The White House, 2023 — for over 550 hours of service.
• District 2 Business of the Year, City of Santa Clara, 2019. Recognised by this city, for this community.
• U.S. Army honors, 728th Military Police Battalion and 19th Theater Support Command, for training American and Korean soldiers in Korea.
• Commissioner of Martial Arts Science, appointed 2005.

Ask any other school in Santa Clara to match that wall. Most cannot match one line of it.

Your first class is free, and so is your uniform

We do not ask you to commit before you have stepped on the mat. Your first class is completely free — no contract, no deposit, no equipment to buy. Come in comfortable clothes and we handle the rest.

When you do decide to join, your uniform and white belt are free. You walk in as a visitor and leave as a student, properly dressed, with nothing extra to buy on day one.

A program for everyone in the family

• Kids, ages 5–12. Focus, respect and confidence that shows up at home and at school.
• Teens, ages 13–17. Real skills and real fitness in the years that shape who they become.
• Adults, 18+. Traditional Hapkido and Taekwondo that turns stress into focus.
• Women's Self-Defence, all levels. Awareness, escapes and decisive counters, taught with respect.
• Competition Training, by invitation. Prepared by a World Cup gold medalist.

Serving Santa Clara and the surrounding South Bay

Our students come from across Santa Clara and the neighbouring communities of Sunnyvale, San Jose, Cupertino and Campbell. If you are searching for a martial arts school near you in the South Bay, you are within reach of a Grand Master who trained at the source of the art.

Book your free class today

Call (408) 243-1001 or book a free trial through the site. We confirm your first class within one day.

Over 50 years of mastery. More than 10,000 students trained. One standard, taught personally.

Train where the standard is real

Great training is not about a flashy facility. It is about who corrects you, how closely they watch, and whether the standard they hold is a real one. At KIMOO you are corrected personally by an 8th Dan Grand Master who trained at the source of the art in 1971 — not by a rotating roster of part-time instructors.

Classes run throughout the week so students can train around school and work schedules. Call (408) 243-1001 and we will find the times that suit you and confirm your free class within one day.

Visit us: 2181 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050