Oriental Martial Arts College Columbus Ohio Headquarters

Moogong Ryu

OMAC, the Oriental Martial Arts College, is a worldwide system of affiliated schools that teach the Moogong Ryu martial arts system. Moogong Ryu (Guardian of the Peace) is an innovative and holistic life skills system based on centuries old traditional Korean martial arts such as Taekwondo, Hapkido, and Gumdo while incorporating the best features of other Asian martial, healing, and philosophical arts that our Grandmasters and Masters have studied for over fifty years. These additional arts include Karate, Kung Fu, Jujitsu, Taichi, and Kimoodo.

Moogong Diamond
OMAC's holistic skills focus on personal growth through development of the mind, body, spirit, and emotion of the Moogong Warrior, the OMAC student practitioner. Fundamental to this growth and development are some of the first "Words of Wisdom" that all students are required to learn: innae, geukki, joen gyung, shin-nyum, sarang... patience, discipline, respect, confidence, love.

OMAC Central Ohio has 9 branches and clubs throughout Columbus, Reynoldsburg, Worthington, Dublin, Hilliard, and Franklin County to provide you the greatest opportunities to learn martial arts in Central Ohio, close to your home. We offer multiple taekwondo classes each day, each designed for different ages (youth, adult), skill levels (beginner, advanced), and skill focus (sparring, conditioning, forms, self defense), although a student is free to attend any (or all) of these classes. We also offer other disciplines such as Gumdo, Hapkido, and Kimoodo on certain nights of the week.

OMAC Quick Facts

Sr. Grand Master Joon P. Choi started OMAC in 1971 and has taught over 25,000 students, including nearly twenty US national champions and four Olympic participants.

Sr. Grand Master Joon P. Choi coached the American Olympic Taekwondo Team in taekwondo's first Olympic games: 1988.

OMAC's World Headquarters has been in Reynoldsburg, OH for 26 years.

Sr. Grand Master Choi is a two time Korean National Champion.

Central Ohio Martial Arts Programs include: Taekwondo, Karate, Kung Fu, Hapkido, Weapons, Little Tigers, Kimoodo, and Women's Self Defense.

  • Senior Grand Master Choi Offers Blessings at this Year's Big Bow

    Submitted by melko on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 9:08pm

    Winter Camp was held at the Oriental Martial Arts College over this last weekend, January 20th through January 22nd. The theme was competition, with special classes on sparring, ring stats, and judging. The highlight of the weekend was the traditional Big Bow, in which all students showed respect for each other, rank by rank. Nearly 100 students attended the Winter Camp and Big Bow, from Ohio, surrounding states, and as far as New York.

     

  • February Senior Class

    Submitted by omac on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 9:05pm
    Feb 3 2012 6:45 pm
    Feb 3 2012 9:00 pm
    America/New York

    February Senior Class will be February 3rd. All Brown Belts are required to attend, all green belts are recommended to attend.

  • Happy New Year From Grandmaster Choi

    Submitted by omac on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 12:44pm

    Dear OMAC Family and Friends,
    I thank you for 42 years of your Continuous Dedication and Loyalty for our home "The Oriental Martial Arts College"

    GM Joon Pyo Choi
    President/Founder
    Black Dragon

  • Senior Class Marks the Year of the Black Dragon

    Submitted by melko on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 2:28pm

    This last Friday, January 7th, 2012, over 60 students including 20 black belts gathered at the OMAC Main School in Reynoldsburg for Senior Class. Class began with the traditional words of wisdom. Senior Grand Master Choi announced that 2012 was the Year of the Black Dragon, a year that happens every 60 years. The Year of the Black Dragon is known to bring wealth, happiness, and power to those who are dedicated and hard-working. The key is to apply the word of life and the words of wisdom everyday. This will lead to blessings of power and happiness.

  • 2012 OMAC Winter Camp

    Submitted by omac on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 11:59am
    Jan 20 2012 6:45 pm
    Jan 22 2012 2:00 pm
    America/New York

    Winter Camp Brochure

    Mark your calendars for a weekend of hard workouts and exciting new curriculum. The Moogong Ryu Winter Camp and Big Bow is coming soon. The camp staff is hard at work making this camp the best ever with all new offerings.

    Register Online

  • Congratulations OMAC Headquarters Competition Team: Michagan Midwest Open

    Submitted by omac on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 3:53pm

    Congratulations to the OMAC Headquarters Competition team for the great efforts at the Michigan Midwest Open Tournament on December 3rd, 2011 in Milan, MI. The team of Xavier, Mrs. Rhinehart, Marjie, Niki, Brittany, Eissam and Salem were coached and supported by Head Coach Mr. Moosung Choi, Stephen Potter, Aaron Stapleton, Zoran Dejanov, and Mike Norwood.

    The team performed extremely well and returned with a large number of gold, silver, and bronze medals. Xavier continued his impressive tournament sparring streak, winning Gold after his opponent bowed out of their second match.

  • Congratulations OMAC Headquarters National Competition Team

    Submitted by omac on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 3:25pm
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    MAC National Gold Medal

    OMAC Headquarters is proud to congratulate our National Competition team. On November 12, eight of our competitors traveled to the 3rd Annual USAT-MAC National Taekwondo Martial Arts Festival at Coatesville, PA (near Philadelphia), and returned with 16 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals. All eight competitors returned as National Champions!

    Congratulations to:

    • Master Plasterer: Gold - Traditional Forms, Gold - Open Forms

  • Congratulations to Moosong Dojang (Wilmette) New Blackbelts

    Submitted by omac on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 3:11pm
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    Congratulations to Pearson, Miranda, Eva, and Erica. These four are Moosong Dojang (Wilmette) newest Black Belt students.

  • Exercise Your Body AND Your Mind With Kimoodo

    Submitted by omac on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 3:41pm

    Check out this wonderful story about Kimoodo from the Hudson Valley (NY) Parent website. Master Mikhail Kuns is one of OMAC's most recently certified Kimoodo Instructors and offers classes at Iron Dragon Self Defense and Fitness in Middleton, NY.

  • December Main Test / Holiday Potluck Party and FUNdraiser

    Submitted by omac on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:01pm
    Dec 17 2011 10:00 am
    Dec 17 2011 3:00 pm
    America/New York

    Congratulations to All who tested!!

    And a HUGE Thank you to all who came to support at the Test & to our
    Annual Fundraising Holiday Potluck!

    We hope everyone enjoyed themselves!

    OMAC extends a great "THANK YOU" to our students, staff and Volunteers who made it all happen!

    Happy Holidays & Happy New Year - wishing everyone
    Great Success & Happiness in 2012, the Year of the Black Dragon