moo duk kwan

(Originally posted on 1/22/13, re-edited and reposted on 1/23/13, and now edited for continuity) At the age of three, Eric Kovaleski was introduced to the martial arts by his father, Robert Kovaleski and senior grandmaster Frank Trojanowicz, a pioneer in Korean Martial Arts instruction in the northeastern United States since 1961 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Robert, 62 going on 63, is a Tang Soo Do Grandmaster himself, and has been training since 1966. He is the founder of the International Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Association. At age 11, Eric began teaching his own classes, and advanced to teaching adult classes at 13. In 1994, he started his own school, known to this day as Master Kovaleski’s Karate U.S.A., which now has three locations throughout Pennsylvania, with a fourth on the way. While growing up, Eric grew to share his father’s passion for martial arts training, unlike his older brother, […]

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