About

Chief Instructor Colin Wee leads seminar in Upstate NY.

I’m Colin Wee. I started martial arts in the early 1980s and earned my first black belt in ’87. Before that, I trained in archery, competing internationally and later serving as Assistant National Coach for Singapore. Martial arts came naturally. It gave me tools to handle stress, navigate unscripted situations, and build clarity under pressure. That mindset still drives my practice today.

This blog began as a way to document my journey through Traditional Taekwondo. Over the years, it grew into a space where I explored the logic behind traditional systems, the nuance of technique and movement, and the philosophy that underpins what it is we're practising. I don’t write to impress—I write to explore, and share what I don't know and what I’ve learned from decades of training and teaching.

Joong Do Kwan, the school I run in Perth, Western Australia, is a boutique Traditional Taekwondo practice. Our lineage traces back to Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee and has evolved under the guidance of Grandmaster Keith Yates’ American Karate and Taekwondo Organization. We focus on practicality, adaptability, and preparing for the unpredictable—because that’s what real training demands.

If you’re curious about how we approach martial arts, I invite you to explore my book Breaking Through: The Secrets of Bassai Dai Kata. It’s an award-winning deep dive into karate kata application, featuring over 200 annotated photographs and insights drawn from years of obsessive training. 

It was with hope that Taekwondo practitioners would look past the superficialities, and see the irony of a Taekwondo-trained instructor coming up with a book on Karate bunkai. This was not to be, and in fact few others have really understood the book is not about karate at all. If you are interested in the background of this project, read Crossing Boundaries: A Taekwondo Instructor's Journey into the Secret's of Karate's Origins.

You can find more at breakingthrough.world, or connect with me on YouTube and Instagram.

Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or just starting out, I hope this blog gives you something to think about—and maybe something to train for.