Description

Jae Hun Kim Tae Kwon Do Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. An ITF-style taekwondo school where Joe Rogan trained under Grandmaster Jae Hun Kim and Michael O'Malley. Rogan earned his black belt here at age 15 and later became an instructor.

Also known as

JHK TKD Institute

Locations (1)

• location_onBoston

  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  warning No sources cited

Instructors (2)

• 
  Jae Hun Kim

  Head instructor

  1980

  Probable

  Probable

  One first-hand account by a student.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  One first-hand account by a student.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Mr. Kim and Mr. Michael O'Malley (a multiple time national champion) emphasized a lot of heavy bag work and power in their training program.”

  — Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan Instagram post crediting Jae Hun Kim Tae Kwon Do Institutelink info
• 
  Michael J. O'Malley

  Instructor

  1980

  Probable

  Probable

  One first-hand account by a student.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  One first-hand account by a student.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Mr. Kim and Mr. Michael O'Malley (a multiple time national champion) emphasized a lot of heavy bag work and power in their training program.”

  — Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan Instagram post crediting Jae Hun Kim Tae Kwon Do Institutelink info

Trained here (1)

• 
  Joe Rogan

  sports_martial_artsITF Taekwondo Possible

  Possible

  Rogan Instagram post mentions O'Malley as instructor at JHK Institute

  Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.

  under Michael J. O'Malley (1982 – 1988)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Rogan Instagram post mentions O'Malley as instructor at JHK Institute

  visibilityFirst-hand alt_routeIndirect

  “Mr. Kim and Mr. Michael O'Malley (a multiple time national champion) emphasized a lot of heavy bag work and power in their training program.”

  — Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan Instagram post crediting Jae Hun Kim Tae Kwon Do Institutelink info

  sports_martial_artsITF Taekwondo Probable

  Probable

  Joe Rogan explicitly credited Jae Hun Kim as his TKD teacher on Instagram

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  under Jae Hun Kim (1982 – 1988)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Joe Rogan explicitly credited Jae Hun Kim as his TKD teacher on Instagram

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “I was very fortunate to learn Tae Kwon Do under the tutelage of the Jae Hun Kim Tae Kwon Do Institute in Boston”

  — Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan Instagram post crediting Jae Hun Kim Tae Kwon Do Institutelink info

Tags

taekwondo · itf · boston

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