Grandmaster Darryl D. Khalid, 8th Dan, began his martial arts training in Korea in 1970 while stationed at Osan Air Force Base. His instructor was Master Chun Sik Kim.
Grandmaster Khalid has served as the Defense Tactical Coordinator for Glendale Community College Police Reserve Academy which serves the west side of Maricopa County in the State of Arizona.
In 1987, he received the Master of the Year award from the World Tang Soo Do Association (WTSDA). In 1988, Master Khalid traveled with Grand Master Jae Chul Shin to China where they placed the first non-Chinese monument at the Shaolin Temple. In 1990, he became the chairperson of the self defense committee for the WTSDA developing new techniques for instructor training.
As an ambassador of the WTSDA he was also sent to Magdan, Russia on a diplomatic tour, where he introduced Tang Soo Do to local police and schools from Kindergarten through 12th grade.
In September of 1997, he formed his own organization, the Universal Tang Soo Do Alliance and currently serves as its president. He also operates Khalid's Martial Arts in Glendale, Arizona.
In 2000, Grandmaster Khalid was inducted into the World Black Belt Hall or Fame.
Master Umar Khalid (5th Dan)
Master Umar began his martial arts journey at the age of 4 and has faithfully been training since. He has been instructing since he was 14. Master Umar received his Master recognition in 2000. Since then, he has reached 5th Dan. He also choreographs our demonstration and competition teams, as well as, trains and instructs in hip-hop dance.
Master Darryl Khalid II (5th Dan)
Master Darryl Khalid Jr. began his training in Tang Soo Do at the age of 4 and has made it to 5th Dan. He has won many championships and titles in martial arts throughout his training and is known for his quickness and stability. Master Khalid has also been training in hip hop for many years. He is the founder of FoorKlan Productions and teaches many hip hop courses throughout the valley, including Arizona State University and Scottsdale Community College.
Master Kasiem Khalid (4th Dan)
Master Kasiem began his training in Tang Soo Do at age 4 and has made it to 4th Dan. He has been training in hip hopo dance since he was 10 and Capoeira dance since the age of 16. He has been faithfully training and instructing ever since. Kasiem has performed on multiple television commercials and shows such as Soul Train, and he has participated in at least 50 formal performances a year. He has won various hip hop titles such as, 1999's Break Dance Champion.
Tang Soo Do MASTERS
Master King (5th Dan)
Master Steve King began his Martial Arts training in 1978 with Chinese Kempo Karate in Toledo, Ohio under the instruction of Michael Sherman and Tom Nering. Steve also trained and competed in the sport of kickboxing. Moving to Arizona in 1982, he found Khalid's Martial Arts Academy in 1987. Master King received his Black Belt in 1990 under the instruction of Grandmaster Darryl Khalid and has continued to train and instruct at Khalid's Martial Arts. He earned his 4th Dan Masters degree in 2003 and 5th Dan in 2007.
Master Quick (4th Dan)
Steven E. Santa Cruz has been loyally training under Grand Master Darryl Khalid Senior for 13 years. He began his journey in 1996 and is currently concentrating on becoming a 4th Dan Master of Tang Soo Do this fall of 2009. He is the 2004-2005 Arizona State Champion in the categories of forms, fighting, and breaking. He respects, loves, and follows the Tao of Universal Tang Soo Do; however his influences are the philosophies and techniques of Bruce Lee and the Art of Jeet Kune Do. -Bruce Lee Kyran Howard began his Tang Soo Do training in 2003. In June of 2009, he reached the rank of 2nd Dan and plans to continue a life-long pursuit beyond the rank of Master. Training at Khalid’s Martial Arts is fun and very challenging. The training has helped him build his speed, power, and mind. Training with the Khalids has enabled him to win many sparring tournaments. His most noteable accomplishment has been earning the Adult Male Grand Champion Sparring at Tucson Tang Soo Do Championship.
Master Samson (4th Dan)
Master Mays (5th DAN)
Master Lindsay (5th DAN)
Master Muhammad (5th DAN)
Master Abbot (4th DAN)
Master Hills (4th DAN)
BLACK BELTS
Mr. Santa Cruz (3rd DAN)
“A good fight should be like a small play...but played seriously. When the opponent expands, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity... l do not hit...it hits all by itself. Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it..”
Mr. Harley Howard (3rd DAN)
Mr. William Mason III (3rd DAN)
Mr. Mister Jackson (2nd DAN)
Mr. Howard (2nd DAN)
Mr. Applegate (2nd DAN)
Todd Applegate served with the 3rd RANGER Battalion of the U.S. Army during the late 80's and early 90's. During this period, he developed an interest in martial arts through hand-to-hand combat training that featured Judo techniques. In 1994, he studied Tae Kwon Do for a short period with Grandmaster Young Sil Seo in Columbus, Georgia. He took up the art again with Master Ik Ho Seo in 2003 until being stopped by ACL surgery. In 2005, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona and earned his black belt with Master Williams (student of Grandmaster Woo Jin Jung) at Arizona Family Tae Kwon Do in 2007. The school closed shortly after he earned his black belt which prompted a search for a new school. He tried several schools, but chose Khalid's Martial Arts due to its balanced, analytical, and challenging traning that has a unique focus on sparring, hand fighting, knife techniques, qi gong, and pressure point techniques.
Mr. Patrick Quick (1st DAN)
