Ron Suggs

  • Taught Martial Arts In Asia For Six Years
  • Stationed In Guam, Japan, and Korea
  • Team Head Coach 1981 U.S. Military Team 1st International Friendship Karate-do Tournament 
Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
  • Unarmed Self-Defense Instructor – Military Law Enforcement Personnel Asia
  • Taekwondo Instructor Naval Air Station Miramar, San Diego
  • Letter of Appreciation for meritorious service from Republic of Korea
  • Graduate U.S. Military Police School, Ft. McClellan, Alabama
  • California Regional Coordinator for The U S. Navy Taekwondo Union
  • Gold Patron Life Member U.S. Judo Association
  • Member Organizing Committee for the 13th United States National Taekwondo Championships and the United States Judo Association Junior Nationals
  • Appointed as President of American Hapkido Hurk Choo Kwan Association by Grandmaster Jin Bok Moon and Grandmaster Jin Jong Moon
  • Chairman of medical committee for the 13th United States National Taekwondo 
(USTU) Championships and the U.S.J.A. Junior Nationals
  • Letter of Appreciation from Korean Cultural Service for authoring book on Self Defense
  • Hosted Korean Judo College National Hapkido Demonstration Team in San Diego in 1987
  • Referee for 15th United States National Taekwondo Championships
  • Chairman of medical committee for the 17th United States National Taekwondo Championships
  • Selected as Taekwondo Chairman of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States in Oregon and Southwest Washington
  • 1985 Navy South Pacific Heavyweight Judo Champion
  • Received award from the Korea Taekwondo Ji Do Kwan for the development of Taekwondo in the United States

Further Points of Interest

  • On the 5th of June 1988, Ronald R. Suggs was appointed ‘Master’ by the father of JiDoKwan, Supreme Grandmaster Lee ChongWoo.
  • The 4th of October 1993, the current President of JiDoKwan in Korea, Supreme Grandmaster Lee Sung Wan, awarded Grandmaster Suggs a prestigious ‘Certificate of Merit’ for “furthering the spirit of JiDoKwan in America”.
  • January 2007 – promoted to 8th Dan by the Taekwondo JiDoKwan in Korea making him one of the highest-ranking non-Korean members of this body in the world.
  • Considered by many to be the father of JiDoKwan in America.
  • Founder of the American Taekwondo JiDoKwan Association.
  • Certified as an International Referee (IR) by the World Taekwondo Federation 1989
  • Registered 8th Dan Black Belt by the Kukkiwon, World Taekwondo Headquarters, Seoul, Korea
  • Registered 8th Dan Black Belt in hapkido by the Korean Kido Federation, World Headquarters, Seoul, Korea
  • Registered 3rd Dan Black Belt with Kodokan, Tokyo, Japan
  • Registered 4th Dan Black Belt with United States Judo Association

PacMAC Instructor –  2011, 2012