Grandmaster Peter Choo

     Grandmaster Peter Choo was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was one of the co-creators of Kajukenbo. Responsible for the Korean art of Tang Soo Do or the "KA" in Kajukenbo. Grandmaster Choo studied with Professor J Rhee in Tae Kwon Do, Professor Sam Luke in Koichi Tohei, a 10th degree master in Aikido. He had the priviledge of training at master Tohei's home. Grandmaster Choo received the 1937 Joe Lynch Boxing Award. Joe Lynch is the trainer of Max Baer, the Heavyweight Champion of the world in 1934-1936. He also received several of championship awards during his three years of tourney with the 6th Army Far East, U.S. Army Europe Troops as a Green Beret.
     Grandmaster Choo has quoted, "if you think you're beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't if you'd like to win, but think you can't, almost an cinch, you won't. For life's battle don't always go to the stronger or faster man. For sure as fate, the man who wins is the man who thinks HE CAN!"
     Grandmaster Peter Choo was inducted into the Hawaii Martial Arts Society Hall of Fame in 1999. He was also one of the first four senior advisors for the Society since it's founding in 1995.

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