Phillip R. Turner 

         The son of a United States Military Serviceman, Mr. Turner began his martial arts training in 1971 studying Judo while living in Japan.  Upon moving to Korea in 1978, he began learning Tae Kwon Do.  When he relocated to Phoenix, AZ, he began his journey in Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan, which was headed by the founder of Tang Soo Do, Grand Master Hwang Kee (United States Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation/ Korea Soo Bahk Do Association). 

          On December 20, 1982,  he was awarded his 1^st Degree Black Belt, Cho Dan Rank (Dan #22962) by the United States Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation/ Korea Soo Bahk Do Association.  He joined the World Tang Soo Do Association headed by Grand Master Jae Chul Shin and was subsequently promoted to the rank of 2^nd Degree Black Belt in 1984 and 3^rd Degree Black Belt (Dan #20549) in 1988. 

          On November 10, 2001, Mr. Turner tested for and was promoted to the rank of 4^th Degree Black Belt, Master, nearly three years later, on November 20 th 2004 Mr. Turner was again tested and promoted to the rank of 5 th degree black belt, Master (Dan#20549) by International Master Instructor, Darryl Khalid (7^th Dan) of the Universal Tang Soo Do Alliance.  Since 1979, he has guided and educated Mr. Turner in the art of Tang Soo Do.

          In 1994, Mr. Turner began learning Hap Ki Do from the late Al Wong. Al Wong was a long-time, close friend of Grand Master Bong Soo Han (International Hapkido Federation). Shortly thereafter, Mr. Turner began studying Grand Master Han’s curriculum. On June 30, 2001, Mr. Turner was promoted to the rank of 1st Degree Black Belt in Hap Ki Do (Dan#82), there are less than one hundred twenty people that have been promoted to black belt by Grand Master Han. On June 21, 2003, Mr. Turner was promoted to the rank of 2nd Degree Black Belt (Dan#31). On February 28, 2004, Mr. Turner was promoted to 3rd Degree Black Belt (Dan#13). Mr. Turner has traveled with Grand Master Han and assisted in teaching Hap Ki Do seminars.

          Between August 1996 and January 1998, Mr. Turner was a contract training provider certified by the State of California to teach defensive tactics/arrest and control tactics to law enforcement agencies. The departments that employed him included the Orange County Probation Department, the San Bernardino County Probation Department, and the Riverside County Probation Department. Additionally, in April of 2001, Mr. Turner assisted Grand Master Bong Soo Han in teaching defensive tactics to Special Agents of the Los Angeles Field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.