Tiger Gym International is headed by Grandmaster Han Eung Kyo based out of Bintulu in Malaysia. Grandmaster Han was a student of Grandmaster Hwang Kee, the originator of Tang Soo Do, until 1992. Grandmaster Han's dan number is 1369.
Tiger Gym was opened in the 60's by Grandmaster Han in Seoul, Korea, with the agreement of Grandmaster Hwang Kee, who actually attended an opening event there (see photographs in Gallery section).
TGI (Tiger Gym International) came into being in 1992 when, in common with a lot of other Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Senior Instructors, Grandmaster Han decided to form his own independent organisation.
TGI UK is headed by Master Brian Edmondson in London, with clubs in London, Oxford and Coventry.
This site is intended as your starting point for information on Tiger Gym and the clubs that comprise it and for Tang Soo Do in general.
TGI and Master Brian Edmondson are a founder member of the Tang Soo Do Union, an umbrella Organisation formed to promote Tang Soo Do to the public and arrange and participate in cross organisational events. A successful "Training with the Masters" was arranged as a TSD Union event in 2007 at which over 270 students took place with at least 18 Masters in attendance and assisting with training.
Other TSD Union events and TSD Union Supported events are being organised for 2010 for the benefit of the students of all organisations.
Tang Soo Do has also been accepted as an approved Martial Arts by the IMGC (International Martial Arts Games Committee), which is a subsidiary of the IOC (International Olympics Committee) and are working towards eventual full Olympic recognition and the creation of a Martial Arts Olympics. The next IMGC Games are to take place in Estonia in early 2011 and TGI will certainly be there. (What an opportunity for all TGI students !!)
Should you have any queries regarding specific clubs you will find the phone and email details by clicking on 'contacts' in the left hand menu. Or, if you wish to email Master Edmondson directly you can use the following address Master.Edmondson@TangSooDoTGI.org.
If you have any problems or suggestions for the site please feel free to email Support@TangSooDoTGI.org.
Thanks and Tang Soo!