Our History

Grandmaster Lee H. Park served as president of Moo Sul Kwan and the American Martial Arts Sports and Education Association.  Grandmaster Park was vice-president of the International Council on Martial Arts Education and he was chairman of the Teacher Certification Committee, International Council of Martial Arts Education.  He had previously served as a Delegate at Large at the National AAU Taekwondo Committee, was a past president of the American Hapkido Association; past chairman of the Subcommittee of Safety and Equipment Development, National AAU Taekwondo Committee; and a past chairman of the Regional Board of Examiners, American Taekwondo Association. 

Great Grandmaster Park was a certified 9th dan black belt by the World Taekwondo Federation and 9th dan black belt in Hapkido by the Moo Sul Kwan Hapkido Federation in Korea and 5th dan black belt by the Korean Yudo Association. He is a Hall of Fame member of the World Taekwondo Federation, Seoul, Korea, and was one of the two highest ranking Moo Sul Kwan Hapkido instructors in the world.

Today, Lee H. Park's Moo Sul Kwan and AMASEA has developed programs about taekwondo in Missouri and Colorado, including many clubs, like at Southeast Missouri State University, and numerous before and after school programs at many public and private schools that learn about Taekwondo like at Colorado's Red Rocks Elementary School, Westridge Elementary School, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School, West Woods Elementary School and Montessori Peaks Academy.

CTI Tournament competitions began in 1984, and during the summer of 1985, the first Moo Sul Kwan Summer Expo was held. The Expo was set up for all belt levels and ages of MSK students and instructors. The MSK Expo has been held in Winter Park, Vail, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Colorado Springs and other wonderful places. Based on Great Grandmaster Lee H. Park’s annual AMASEA National Convention, the Summer Expo provides the added touch of the Colorado outdoors. 

In 1996, the 1st MSK Black Belt Symposium was held in Winter Park, Colorado. The Black Belt Symposium takes place each year in the fall and is dedicated to the training of MSK instructors and leaders.

In 1998, the first Camp MSK took place at Snow Mountain Ranch, just outside of Granby, Colorado. Ever since then, Camp MSK, which takes place in June, has been a fantastic six-day training playground  for students and instructors alike.

The CTI Black Belt Team World Tour began with a trip to a competition in Russia (1993).  Since then, the CTI Black Belt Team has visited, trained, competed and demonstrated in 

• Ireland (2022)
• Sweden & Norway (2017)
• South Korea & Jeju Provence (2014)
• Germany & Austria (2011)
• New Zealand (2007)
• Mexico (2006)
• Ireland (2004)
• South Korea (2001)
• Russia (1993)

The CTI has presented 153 dynamic tournaments over the years.  Each year the CTI sponsors the:  CTI Super Bowl, the CTI All-City Championships, the Lee H. Park Team Championships and the Denver Martial Arts Championships. 

There are also CTI Masters Seminars given throughout the year on subjects ranging from free-sparring, poomse, and judging technique to breaking and self-defense.