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.
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.
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.
The Ancient Warrior Society photo collection