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randmaster Ahmed invited Grandmaster
GSang Sup Kil to the United States after dis-
charge from the military. It was a long and te-
dious process, but emigration to the U.S. was
granted in 1980. In between, Grandmaster
Ahmed continued his study of Tae kwon Do
and was in constant contact with Grandmas-
ter Sang Sup Kil. He rose in rank over the
years and opened a program at a nonprofit in
Dearborn, Michigan, serving disadvantaged
children and adults in 1970. His class rose
to over 100 students in three months. It was
time to open a dojang, so opening up in De-
troit, where his skills were needed, was a sure
thing for him. In less than one year, the school,
a small store front, grew to 150 students. He
opened up a second school in Riverview, Mi-
chigan, in 1980 when Grandmaster Kil arrived.
Grandmaster Kil joined him, and they worked
and lived together for one year. Grandmaster
Sang Sup Kil went on to become President of
the Michigan Taekwondo Association and US
National Commissioner of Taekwondo USAT.
He has coached a multitude of students to the
coveted title of US National Champion. He is
an international master instructor and referee
as certified by the World Taekwondo Federa-
tion. Presently he serves on the advisory com-
mittee to the WTF.

During this ten-year period from 1970 to 1980
Grandmaster Ahmed, after working as a poli-
ce officer and then a correctional officer, swit-
ched to health care and took a job as direc-
tor of hospital security. He still kept a full-time chigan, Olympic Eligibility Chairman of USTU
busy dojang open and even managed go to and later USA Tae kwon Do Michigan. He was
school full-time. Tae Kwon Do taught him the medical advisor for more than ten years to the
drive to succeed and the energy to do it. USTU and USA Tae kwon Do Michigan, and
He continued through school, becoming a re- Governors Cup Championships, as well as V.
gistered nurse (licensed in Michigan and Flo- President of USTU and later USA Tae kwon
rida) and later a naturopath and acupunctu- Do Michigan and Olympic Eligibility Chairman
rist. Grandmaster Kil, his brother Grandmaster of USTU and later USA Tae kwon Do Michi-
Yong Sup Kil, and Grandmaster Ahmed conti- gan. He was Medical advisor for 10 plus years
nue their long-standing friendship/family rela- to the USTU and USA Tae kwon Do Michigan,
tionship to the present day. and Governors Cup Championships. He is cu-
rrently official representative of Great Grand-
During the period of 1970 to the present Grand- master Kyo Yoon Lee to Korea Han Moo Kwan
master Ahmed, in addition to teaching, beca- Association, on the advisory board of Kil’s
me a member representing Han Moo Kwan Tae Kwon Do Han Moo Kwan schools, and a
Tae kwon Do with the Michigan Tae kwon Do member of the Grand Masters League.
Association as Michigan’s kwan. During this
period and after Master Kil’s arrival, Grand- His students participated in the then USTU
master Dr. Ahmed served as Vice President of (now USA) Tae kwon Do and did very well,
the USTU and later the USA Tae Kwon Do Mi- with a few receiving national medals. He star-

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