Grandmaster Russell Wood of Australia is still competing in his seventies. After many years as a dominant force in sparring, he now focuses on poomsae, breaking, and other technical events. In 2014 he won four gold medals at his country's National Championships and a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships. At the 2015 Australian Open he captured five gold medals.
The Ancient Warrior Society photo collection
Grandmaster Jack Rozinszky started training in judo and taekwondo 1950 and in 1963 established the Melbourne Taekwondo Centre, which has grown into one of the largest and most successful clubs in Australia. A member of the Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame, he is recognized as his country’s taekwondo pioneer. His achievements include training three world champions in sparring, poomsae, and para taekwondo.
Grandmaster Barry Jordan still goes airborne in his seventies, competing frequently and successfully around the world. He's Australia's first World Taekwondo poomsae world champion, a gold medalist at three U.S. Open championships, and a three-time gold medalist at the World Hanmadang in Korea.
A youthful Grandmaster Bobby Kim shows what a high kick is all about. He used this kick often during his film career to knock out the bad guy standing behind him.
In this 1978 photo Grandmaster Son Myung-Soo, President of the Royal Tae Kwon Do Federation of Canada, demonstrates the power of a jumping front kick. He began his lifelong study of the martial arts in 1955.