KIM’S TAEKWONDO BOISE

PROUDLY SERVING THE TREASURE VALLEY SINCE 1982

Are you ready to experience the peace of mind that comes with growing confidence in yourself and your potential?

Do you want to get stronger, learn self-defense, and improve your cardiovascular endurance? Then Traditional Taekwondo is for you.

Whether you’re 6 or 60 years old, Taekwondo offers incredible physical and mental benefits, providing a proven path for success. The formula is simple: hard work and self-discipline.

What You’ll Gain:

  • For Adults: Build a comprehensive set of self-defense skills while developing physical confidence, mental focus, and emotional resilience.

  • For Children: Learn the same valuable skills through a structured program that promotes courtesy, integrity, and self-control. 

    As they progress through the belt ranks, they’ll develop goal-setting behaviors and perseverance.

Learn from a Master:

You'll be training under 9th-degree Grandmaster David Knife, a former Division I college athlete and direct student of Grandmaster Hong Sik Kim—a Taekwondo master who trained the South Korean National Police before bringing traditional Korean Taekwondo to the U.S. in 1968. Grandmaster Knife founded our Boise dojang in 1982 and has been teaching ever since.

PROGRAMS

Children practicing martial arts in a dojo, with an instructor observing. The students are wearing traditional uniforms and there are Korean language posters on the wall.

CHILDREN

WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE

Taekwondo practitioners practicing self-defense techniques in a martial arts dojo.
Group of people practicing martial arts in a dojo, wearing white uniforms with black belts.

ADULT

BEGINNERS

Three martial artists in uniforms practicing taekwondo in a dojo.

Kim’s Taekwondo School is one of the largest independent martial arts networks in the United States, with a federation of schools spanning from Honolulu, Hawaii, to South Carolina. Our strongest presence is in the Pacific Northwest, with key locations in Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Boise, ID, and Bozeman, MT. We are proud to serve a dedicated community of students across this vast region.

“Better to carry one sharp knife than a hundred dull ones.”