Tae Kwon Do Instructors

Master Lewis

Chief Instructor

Master Lewis is a 6th Dan Black Belt, Ph.D., and Internationally Certified Tae Kwon Do Instructor. He began training under Grand Master Chae Sun Yi in 1983, at the age of eleven. Since that time he has won a number of National Form and Fighting Championships and competed with the US Tae Kwon Do Team and Olympians from all over the world. Master Lewis has been teaching Martial Arts to men, women, and children of all ages, at both private martial arts academies and universities since 1993, and brings a knowledge of injury prevention and rehabilitation, sports nutrition, behavioral psychology, world philosophy, and mind-body connection to his teaching and practice. Master Lewis also has over 25 years of Mixed Martial Arts experience, and has trained in a wide variety of styles from Wrestling, Boxing, and Muy Thai, to Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Aikido, and Judo.

Grand Master Chae Sun Yi

Our Founder

Grand Master Chae Sun Yi holds a 9th degree black belt and is the Founder, President and Chief Instructor of Sun Yi's Academy headquartered in Topeka, Kansas, and the Traditional Tae Kwon do Association. Grand Master Yi has more than 45 years experience serving and promoting this martial art. He began his illustrious career in Korea where he served as the Captain of the National ROK Army Tae Kwon Do team, that won the South Korean National Presidents Cup. In 1973 Grandmaster Yi immigrated to the United States to teach Tae Kwon Do, and since that time he has produced over 1000 black belts to date. Grandmaster Yi’s students have won hundreds of national championships, competed with the US Olympic team and gone on to open their own Sun Yi’s academies across the nation. Grand Master Yi continues to teach and train today, hosting regularly scheduled Instructors and Black Belt Seminars as well as the Traditional Tae Kwon Do Championships each year.

For more information about Grand Master Yi and his academy, visit www.sunyistkd.com.