ABOUT

Grand Master Kiran Upadhya is the Director of KTTA(since 1985). She is the First Lady to get a Black Belt in Taekwondo in India. She is the most senior lady instructor in India. Starting back in the 80's till date she has trained numerous champions.Kiran takes pride in making the women strong by conducting regular Women Safety Workshops.

GM Kiran is a 7th Dan Black belt (Korean)and Entrant of THE LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS(1995,2009 & 2015). She is the 1st lady instructor to get 7th Dan black belt in india. Kiran is an International Master Instructor and International Poom Dan(Black belt) Examiner . She has won many National Gold medals in Poomsae and Sparring(kyorugi).

Gm Kiran has been recognised by numerous outstanding awards and felicitations. Kiran has had a vast range of students from lower to middle income families, corporates to celebrities. Her tutelage is extremely popular among all these kids. The biggest celebrity being the King Shah Rukh Khan. Srk's kids Aryan,Suhana and Abram are serious practitioners of this art and have won loads of Gold medals in State and National level competitions.

A Perfect Step’ released in 2024 ,is a prize winning documentary made on GM Kiran’s journey of Taekwondo.This short film has won many National and International awards.

Taekwondo is a Korean form of martial art where in "Tae" means the use of one's legs (kicks),"Kwon" is the use of one's hands(blocks, strikes) and "Do" is the art. So the art of using one's hands and legs for self defense is called "Taekwondo"..