Brian Corrales, Sa Bom — Head Instructor

Wasatch Martial Arts Academy is owned and operated by Master Brian Corrales.  Master Corrales brings over 35 years of martial arts experience into his classes, 25 of which where he has owned his own school.  Brian Corrales has participated in the infamous Ko Dan Ja Shim Sa, an 8-day Masters Test in the mountains of California in 2008, in Switzerland in 2013, and in Utah in 2019. He is currently a 6th Dan (6th degree black belt equivalent) in the art of Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan.  He is also a certified Sa Bom, designating him as a “master model” instructor.  This is the highest level of teaching certification that Soo Bahk Do offers.  Master Corrales is the highest ranking Soo Bahk Do practitioner in Utah and operates the only certified school in the state that is legally authorized to teach Grandmaster Hwang Kee’s art form known as Tang Soo Do, Soo Bahk Do, or Moo Duk Kwan.

In 2010, Master Corrales was appointed as Region 8’s Youth Ambassador where teaches seminars at the regional and national level targeting children, teenagers, and young adults.

In 2011, Master Corrales was appointed by the Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee to officiate as a Regional Examiner in Region 8 (Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico). In 2017, he was appointed by H.C. Hwang Sa Bom Nim, President of World Moo Duk Kwan, to officiate as an Assistant to the Technical Advisory Committee for the US Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation and then a member of the Technical Advisory Committee in 2019. He currently serves on the Ki Sul Bu responsible for technical excellence and standardization of the Art.

Master Corrales has been a guest instructor at various seminars and events worldwide including various locations in the United States, Korea, Europe, and Africa.  He has personally trained at the Moo Duk Kwan Central Dojang in Korea and has received instruction from both the founder of Soo Bahk Do, Kwan Jang Nim Hwang Kee and his son Kwan Jang Nim H.C. Hwang.

Using Soo Bahk Do as the foundation, his teaching methodology has been shaped by his personal life experience with practitioners in Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, Shorin-ryu, Shotokan, Budoshin Jiujitsu, and Brazilian Jujitsu.  He is also known to hold special seminars using the Kan Bong (6 foot Korean staff) and Qigong. Master Corrales is a seeker of knowledge and his classes given unique insight that he has acquired from his diversity of training.

Master Corrales holds dan number 36364, which was issued to him by Grandmaster Hwang Kee.

Assistant Instructors

Makala Pace, Kyo Sa		Al Ingold, Jo Kyo
Andrew Gassman, Jo Kyo		Julianne Cook

Our Lineage

1. Hwang Kee, Kwan Jang Nim – Founder of Tang Soo Do and Soo Bahk Do as pertaining to the Moo Duk Kwan.
2. Master Jae Chul Shin #698 – Founder of the World Tang Soo Do Association.
3. Master Chuck Norris #2819
4. Victor Martinov, Sa Bom Nim #10189 – Current member of the Senior Advisory Committee to the World Moo Duk Kwan
5. Jeff Moonitz, Sa Bom Nim #17650 – Current member of the Hu Kyun In (Guardians of the Art)
   
6. Oliver Whitcomb, Sa Bom Nim #23268 – Current Regional Examiner
7. Brian Corrales, Sa Bom Nim #36364

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