Harlem Tae Kwon Do

Specialties

Fitness and martial arts classes for: All ages 4+; women; self defense; discipline; focus

History

Established in 2002.

First location on 125^th Street for two years. Moved to 116^th Street in 2005.

Meet the Business Owner

Master Fall M.

Business Owner

Master Malick Coulibaly dit Fall, a master and world class competitor, began studying taekwondo in 1982 in his home country of Mali, West Africa. As a red belt, he won his first national championship and remained National Champion of Mali from 1986 to 1993. During this time, he received his 1^st and 2^nd Degree Black Belts. In 1993, he went to New York to singly represent his country in the World Taekwondo Championships at Madison Square Garden where he reached the quarterfinals.

After the World Championships, he moved to New York. Shortly after he arrived, he found West Side Taekwondo. There he received his 3^rd and 4^th Degree Black Belts and continued competing.

He left West Side Taekwondo in 2001 to open his own school, Harlem Tae Kwon Do, in 2002. In 2006, he founded One World Taekwondo Foundation, a non-​profit organization aimed at providing taekwondo to members of the community that cannot afford to join. Most recently, he received his 6^th Degree from Grandmaster Dong Keun Park.