American Black Belt Academy
"Start with Discipline"

"THE GREATEST POWER IN LIFE IS DISCIPLINE"

When Master Kang was young, he was often a sickly and timid child. Always lacking in confidence, he felt a lot of fear in trying new things. When he turned 4, his mother took him to a taekwondo school in Korea. That's how Master Kang's Taekwondo Journey began. However, from the first day of taekwondo class, he cried. Then he still cried almost every day. A week passed, then a month, and gradually, he began to change. He started to get along with other children and gained confidence. Since then, he no longer hid behind his mother.
 
Master Kang loved taekwondo, attending the gym every day, improving his skills and eventually becoming a taekwondo athlete from elementary school to high school. In elementary school, he trained for about 4 hours a day, 6 hours in middle school, and approximately 8 hours in high school. As a taekwondo athlete, he won many competitions, even achieving first place in the International Taekwondo Championship held in Turkey.
 
Upon entering university, he began working part-time as a taekwondo instructor at a school near the campus. Master Kang enjoyed teaching taekwondo to children, leading him to obtain a kindergarten physical education certificate and an elementary school PE certificate. These educations helped understanding and guiding children better. Although he initially considered becoming a physical education teacher in Korea, his passion for teaching taekwondo to children led him to immigrate to California, USA after completing military service.
 
In the United States, Master Kang started his teaching career under Master Kwak at the American Martial Arts Academy in Simi Valley. There, he served as an instructor and the sparring team coach. While coaching the sparring team, he coached two taekwondo junior nationals to success.
 
After marrying Ms Tasha, who is now ABBA manager, in California, they moved to Alpharetta, Georgia, where Master Kang worked as the Head Instructor at Chung's Taekwondo. About a year and a half later, they moved to Peachtree City and opened the American Black Belt Academy in 2012. Since then, Master Kang has been instructing numerous students.

He Came to America to Teach.

Master Jeong started taekwondo in elementary school in Korea. By middle school,
he had made the demonstration team — and that decision changed the direction
of his life.

From 2007 to 2014, he traveled with the Taekwondowon demonstration team to
China, the United States, and France. He was a teenager standing in front of
crowds who didn't speak his language, watching them react to something that
had been part of his life since he was a child.

That's where the idea started. Not to compete abroad — to teach abroad.

At nineteen, he left Korea for the United States to do exactly that.

Today he holds a 5th Dan black belt, has medaled at the national level in Korea,
and has taken first place at the ATU championships. But the thing he brings to
the floor isn't the ranking. It's the decision he made as a teenager standing
in a dojang in a country he'd never been to before — that this was worth
crossing an ocean for.

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303 Kelly Dr, #10, Peachtree City
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Established in 2012 and grew into one of the largest martial arts center in Peachtree City area. American Black Belt Academy program emphasis on respect, discipline and confidence. We believe martial arts has the power to change child into more focused, goal oriented, confident and strong individuals who can overcome peer pressure and bullies. There will never be a dull moment in our academy!

303 Kelly Dr, #10, Peachtree City
GA 30269

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