Y.K. Kim, Date of Birth
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Korean taekwondo practitioner
Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1956
Profession: taekwondo athlete
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Y.K. Kim
- Young Kun Kim (???, born November 29, 1946), known as Y.K.
- Kim, is a Korean-born taekwondo martial artist who resides in Florida.
- Kim was the producer and main actor of the film Miami Connection.
- He also publishes Martial Arts World Magazine, a quarterly magazine for professionals in the martial arts, and wrote the book Winning Is a Choice.Kim received a taekwondo black belt at age 13, making him among the youngest in Korea to do so.
- At first he studied and taught taekwondo in Korea.
- In 1976 he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina and taught taekwondo there.
- In 1977 he moved to New York City.
- In 1978 he moved to Orlando, Florida and opened Y.K.
- Kim's TaeKwon-Do, his first taekwondo school.
- The school, on Colonial Drive, became the Martial Arts World, a franchise that Erin Sullivan of the Orlando Weekly described as "the McDonald's of martial arts schools" in Central Florida.
- The school was originally on Robinson Street, then on Mills Avenue, then its current location on Colonial Drive.
- As of 1988 Y.K.
- Kim only claimed ownership of the East Colonial Drive martial arts school.
- As of that year the other schools are part of the American TaeKwon-Do Federation, which Kim founded.
- The federation establishes the philosophies and rules used by the schools within the federation.In the mid-1980s, Korean film director Richard Park met Kim after seeing Kim interviewed on the Korean talk show Meet at 11 p.m.
- (11?? ????) and the two agreed to produce a film, Miami Connection.
- Originally the film had a very limited release with no significant attention.
- The production of the film almost lead to bankruptcy for Kim.
- In the meantime he established his business and became a motivational speaker.In 2002 Y.K.
- Kim and Choung Byoung-gug, a legislator in Korea, proposed building a Korea pavilion at Epcot.
- In 2012 Drafthouse Cinemas redistributed the Miami Connection film, leading to a positive reception.
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