Dr. Sanko Lewis currently resides in Korea. He specializes in Korean martial arts. He is an ITF Taekwon-Do 5th degree black belt, and was promoted by Grandmaster Park Jong Soo in 2014. He is also a Hapkido 4th degree black belt, issued by the Korean Hapkido Federation (KHF) in 2016, and received his master's certification from the KHF in 2017. He furthermore has formal training in Taekkyeon (Gyeollyeon Taekkyeon).
Dr. Lewis has also trained informally or cross-trained in a variety of other martial arts, such as Yusul (Korean jujitsu) Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, Tang Soo Do, Jeet Kune Do and Tai Chi Chuan.
Dr. Lewis is founder and head of the Soo Shim Kwan, which is affiliated to South Africa Taekwon-Do Institute (SATI), and founder and co-head of the Mudo Academy (previously Potchefstroom Regional Academy). He was one of the founding members of the SA-ITF and acted on the SA-ITF National Council, the highest authority of the SA-ITF, from 2003 until 2015. He was also Director of RED (Research and Education Directorate) for the SA-ITF for nearly a decade; before which he acted as the SA-ITF’s Information Director. In 2016, Dr. Lewis re-established the South Africa Taekwon-Do Institute with the help of Instructors Karel Wethmar and Annari Wethmar. He wrote the first version of the SATI constitution and acts as SATI's Constitutional Director and Research-and-Education Director.
Dr. Lewis lives in Seoul, South Korea and is an instructor at "The Way" Martial Arts Gym where he teaches primarily ITF Taekwon-Do and self-defence, but also Hapkido and Yusul occasionally. His full-time occupation is a university lecturer at an English department and teaches subjects in English Literature and Academic Literacy. He graduated from Kyunghee University (Yongin, Korea) in 2016 with a PhD in Physical Education -- Taekwondo (Martial Arts Philosophy). He was awarded a certificate of excellence for his dissertation.
Apart from martial arts, Mr. Lewis also likes other active recreations like Parkour (“Urban Free-Running”) and scuba diving.
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