Interview with Grandmaster KJN Dr Joe Cariati IX

Here I interview Grandmaster KJN Joe Cariati, 9th Dan GM KJN Cariati started his martial art training in the early 70’s, with over 45 years of martial art training and experience, GM KJC Cariati is one of the most senior Ch’ang Hon Style Taekwondo practitioners in the world today.Serving and working with the late Founder of Taekwondo, General Choi Hong Hi, in the last 15 years of his life, allowed GM KJN Cariati to learn the original Taekwondo technique in its most authentic form.
In between 1991 and 2002, he traveled with the late Founder as Personal Assistant throughout North America, South America, and Europe, which marked the most valuable period in his life.
Living and working side-by-side with the Founder no doubt has equipped GM KJN Cariati with excellent knowledge in the original Taekwondo technique developed in that last period of the Founder’s life.
GM KJN Cariati is one of a handful non-Korean who has earned the privilege of being a direct disciple of the Founder.
This undoubtedly makes GM KJN Cariati a true heritage in the original martial art of Taekwondo.After the Founder passed in 2002, GM KJC Cariati joined hands with a few other senior Taekwondo practitioners to preserve the Founder’s legacy by forming the International Ch’ang Hon Taekwon-Do Federation.
GM KJN Cariati was elected as the Executive Vice President in the Founding Congress in 2003, and was elected to be the President of ICTF four years later in 2007.
GM KJN J Cariati has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of ICTF under a perpetual term by the Executive Committees in 2017.Today, GM KJC Cariati stands as a Ch’ang Hon Style Taekwondo Martial Art Icon.
His unselfish character drives him to impart the most authentic original Taekwondo techniques to the Taekwondo practitioners throughout the world in invitational seminars and events.
As a true Ch’ang Hon Style Taekwondo martial artist, GM KJN Cariati’s contribution to the betterment of original Taekwondo martial art is unmatched and beyond comparison. ICTF ChairmanICTF PresidentGrandmaster KJN Joe Cariati, 9th Dan