Frank Massar
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Frank Massar
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| Born |
April 2, 1958 London |
| Residence | London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Style | Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Hapkido, Chinese Kung Fu |
| Rank | 9th dan Taekwondo |
| Occupation | Martial Artist; Master Instructor |
| Website | http://www.massartaekwondo.com/ |
Frank Massar is a British martial artist. He currently holds the rank of 9th Dan in Taekwondo and is the founder of Massar Taekwondo Association. He has achieved six “Combat Hall of Fame Awards”, and holds several national and international competition titles. He is also featured in many magazines and books. He studied under Won Kuk Lee and also under Pak Hae Man of Chung Do Kwan. Massar received his Dan qualification directly from Kukkiwon (WTF) and graduated from Chung Do Kwan. Massar's precept is to share his knowledge of martial arts with the community at large, 'Passing on the Gift' and keeps in constant contact with various educational associations to achieve this end.
Massar grew up in North London and began learning martial arts from an early age. Massar was first introduced to Japanese Karate through his brothers. Before the age of 10, Massar had begun to study Judo. Shortly thereafter he was introduced to taekwondo, by Steve Lee. Under Lee's tutelage, Massar's skills developed very quickly and he was soon noted for his fitness, flexibility and superlative Taekwondo kicking style. Massar's eagerness to learn eventually compelled him to become a student of C.K Kok, who was instrumental in expanding his knowledge of Chinese Kung Fu especially the skills of breaking, weaponry, conditioning, medicine and healing, aspects of which can be evident in his freestyle classes. Massar supports the view that individuals should learn more than one martial art in order to become a more complete martial artist.
Park Hae Man, then and current Vice-president of World Taekwondo Chung Do Kwan, trained Massar from the late seventies. Ultimately, Frank became a Grand Master in his own right. Park continues to train Massar to this day. Park and Uhm Woon Kyu were both students of Won Kuk Lee. Uhm was ex President of Kukkiwon and currently President of Chung Do Kwan.
Massar travelled extensively throughout Asia and the Far East from 1979 to 1984. He became friends with Kong Fu Tak while training in the YMCA in the mid seventies. They decided to travel all over Asia and the Far East and it was during these travels that they became involved in Muay Thai and Massar was instrumental in helping Kong Fu Tak take Thai Boxing to Hong Kong.
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