Moo Yea Do
Moo Yea Do is a martial art created by World Grandmaster 'Tiger' Yang, 10th dan. Yang based his art on several disciplines: taekwondo, kenpo, kung fu (including wing chun and tai chi), aikido, judo, and jujitsu.
Tiger Yang
Yang comes from a long line of accomplished martial artists. His formal training began at the age of six in the Shu San mountains of Korea, the site of his father's martial art school. Using an 'iron hand' approach, his father instructed him, along with his ten blood brothers, to run through the forest and strike trees, leap over large boulders, catch rabbits, and stand under icy waterfalls. Many times as a disciplinary measure Yang was instructed to hold buckets of water high in the air for half an hour or more.
Yang served his country as Lieutenant and Chief Instructor of taekwondo to the Vietnam West Point Academy. From there he instructed the men of the 8th division, US Army, South Korea. After completing his military service, Yang won the 1969 and 1971 heavyweight championships of the National Martial Art Championship Tournament in Japan. Later he toured Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taipei, and Hong Kong, giving demonstrations.
Yang's career continued in Washington DC, where he taught martial arts to Central Intelligence Agency field agents. Upon completing his assignment in Washington, he moved to Chicago, where over a period of seven years he operated 13 schools of his own.Yang trained and coached Muhammad Ali before and during his travels to Germany, Jamaica, the Philippines, and Korea. He also accompanied Ali to Japan for The Famous Ali–Antonio Inoki fight.
From 1973 to 1980, Yang embarked upon a movie career, which included 30 films and a Saturday television show, for which he won a prize for "Best Entertainer of the Year". A Hollywood career brought him back to California, where, after making several movies, he began to fulfill his life dream of creating his own art form.