About Grandmaster
Kang Jun
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Grandmaster Kang Jun is a martial artist and educator who founded Gongkwon Yusul in 1996.
With over 30 years of training and teaching experience, he has built a system that goes beyond technique—grounded in principle, flow, and real-world application.
It's an integrated martial arts system that connects striking, joint locks, takedowns, and ground techniques into one continuous movement.
It was developed under the philosophy of “Moving Art,” where timing, structure, and efficiency shape every action.
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Grandmaster Kang Jun has trained and guided countless practitioners and instructors both in Korea and around the world.
Today, Gongkwon Yusul continues to spread across Korea, Europe, the United States, and beyond.
His teaching brings clarity to complex movement, allowing anyone—from beginners to instructors—to understand and apply the system with confidence.
He has also authored multiple martial arts books, expanding martial arts beyond technique into a philosophy and a way of life.
Gongkwon Yusul offers a path of understanding and transformation.
It is a process of discovering yourself and shaping change through training.
Training with Grandmaster Kang Jun and walking the path of Gongkwon Yusul carries a deeper meaning.
It goes beyond practice—it is participation in something that continues to grow.
 As part of the first generation of Gongkwon Yusul,
the time shared in this moment holds lasting value.
It carries the potential to become a page in the future history of martial arts.
We seek martial artists who move forward with purpose and a spirit of challenge,
ready to build a new path together.
Within this journey, we grow together,
and we become part of something that will be remembered.
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