Publisher's Synopsis
One of America's foremost experts on the practice and performance of the taekwondo forms, Grandmaster Nicholls has been successfully teaching and competing since the 1960's in America, Asia and Europe. Certified ninth degree black belt with the prestigeous Jidokwan, he has been certified as a black belt practitioner with the Kukkiwon since 1975 and is the regional director for the United States National Taekwondo Federation and the World Koryo Gumdo Association. As the first western athlete to win a full contact title with the World Taekwondo Federation in Asia he has been a pioneer for the arts in America for fifty years. This series of books is the result of a lifetime of study, several University degrees in the related subjects and constant striving to learn everything there is to know on this deep and important topic.