Best Instructor + Best School = Best Life!; proven principles for martial arts & success

Despite a background of limited resources and opportunities, Grand Master Woojin Jung was able to take on the many challenges of life, as well as try many new and different things, precisely because of martial arts. He is very proud of being a martial artist, and holds other martial artists of all martial arts styles in the highest regard. Best Instructor + Best School = Best Lift! is intended to offer helpful advice to any martial artist practicing any of the many styles of martial arts. It will tell you how to find and keep the best school and instructor for you, your family and all students of martial arts.

This book is not a textbook on martial arts. Most Korean pioneers of martial arts faced many difficulties and uncertainties in the first years of their professional lives, primarily because there were no set methods of managing a dojang, and there was no general agreement on curricula. It is Jung's hope that this book will provide a concise self-study course for the reader to learn management skills and strategies specific to martial arts training and teaching.

Jung has included many anecdotes from his real-life experiences. In addition, he defines specific strategies and management guidelines for instructors on the front line of martial arts, as well as for their students and potential students.

On December 31, 1971, Grand Master Woojin Jung landed at the Cedar Rapids, Iowa airport in the United States. The ground was covered with a meter of snow. Both confused and awestruck, he thought, 'This is the land for me to be challenged.'

Upon his arrival in the U.S. from Korea, GM Jung had only five dollars--he was almost penniless. His English was still poor and life was hard at first. His first job was a pump man at a gas station. Poor and hungry, living in a foreign country was much harder than he expected.

''At first, I had hard times, but every morning I was excited. My earliest memory is that I had to work from six in the morning into the evening, but I was supposed to spend only 20 dollars a month. It was hard. There was a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant on the way to the gas station. At home I was supposed to eat only some rice and water, so I couldn't afford to buy anything from there. So I bought a piece (of chicken) a week on Friday. I became happy from Thursday. I ate even the bones. It was the most delicious thing in my life. Sometimes I go there, looking at trees in front of the store. I go to KFC and eat one piece on December 31st every year.''

Today, he is known as one of the most successful Taekwondo masters in the U.S. He runs seven fitness clubs and owns several shopping malls. He operates a 36-acre Taekwondo training site in the Rocky Mountains and is the publisher of the world-famous magazine, TaeKwonDo Times.

But he has not forgotten the hard work and perseverance that got him to where he is today. Working around his clubs, he seems like a janitor, picking up garbage and cleaning pools. It is a rare thing to see from such a successful businessman.