Meet The Team
MST. Philip Radley-Smith
Head of KOMA UK
Philip started his martial arts journey in 1995 under Grand Master Adrian St CYRIEN and is ranked as a Hosinsool 7th Dan, Taekwondo 6th Dan, Hapkido 5th Dan and Simmudo 4th Dan. Under GM St CYRIEN, Philip has competed internationally as part of the Great Britain team and has competed independently in counties such as South Korea, as well as undertaking Dan grading in the USA.
Philip’s personal philosophy is that Martial Arts are a gift of knowledge and that this knowledge should be shared and developed to best suit the individual. With this in mind, Philip has trained in different disciplines in counties such as South Korea, the US, Canada, Spain and China etc. in order to assimilate a repertoire of additional skills that suit his body dynamics and approach to life.
Philip is the father of four children and holds worldwide patents pertaining to wearable computers. He also has the privilege of owning and running several IT companies with offices in the UK, USA and Azerbaijan (where principal customers include Hollywood Studios for whom the companies provide secure online and App screening solutions, worldwide).
MST. Kian Wong
Technical Director
Born in Malaysia in 1975, Master WONG started his WT-style TaeKwonDo training in 1987 and achieved his first black belt in 1990. He continued his martial art studies in England from 1995 where he had the honour and good fortune to train under two of KOMA’s great masters, Master Ken THOW and Grandmaster Adrian St CYRIEN.
Kian currently holds the ranks of 7th dan Hosinsul, 7th Dan TaeKwonDo and 4th Dan HapKiDo. He has been the Head Instructor at the London School of Economics, University of London Taekwondo club for more than 25 years.
Kian is a passionate advocate of functional self-defense and emphasizes focus on close quarter combat (CQC) training as part of his club’s curriculum. In addition to HapKiDo, these have been richly supplemented through his studies of other adjacent military and civilian based CQC systems from Korea (Tukkong Moosool 4th Dan), the Philippines (Arnis/Eskrima) and Israel (Kapap), for which he has received instructor or associate instructor appointments. Kian is a member of the British Combat Association and has trained alongside military and law enforcement officers from the UK, Korea and Israel. Outside of the dojang, Kian is a keen mountaineer and ice-climber and spends an unnecessary amount of time in the French, Italian and Scandinavian Alps.
G.M. Julian S. Lim
President of KOMA SEAPAC
G.M. Julian S. Lim founded KOMA in 1988 and presently oversees the worldwide KOMA operations as the President of KOMA SEAPAC.
G.M Lim holds the ranks of 9th Dan Taekwondo, 9th Dan HapKiDo and 9th Dan Tukkung MooSul.
His primary military experience and associations include:
• Cross trained with various US SF and SOF units: Special Forces; Rangers and Airborne;
• Member of the US 75th Ranger Regiment Association; US Airborne Pathfinder; US National Infantrymen; American Airborne; 707th Special Missions Battalion (ROKA SF)
• Last ranked Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry); tabbed MST HALO; MST Airborne; Air Assault; Pathfinder
• Member of: INT Counterterrorism and Security Professionals; INT Counter-Terrorism Officers; US First Responders Association; US Counter Terrorism Task Force; Institute of Defense and Government Advancement; ASIS; Airborne Law Enforcement; INT Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers.
G.M Lim’s Malaysian military and police experience includes being Senior Instructor/Consultant to the Royal Malaysian Police Field Force (Jungle Warfare specialist unit) and Head of the Royal Malaysian Armed Forces Tempur Tanpa Senjata (Military Close Quarter Combat) Program, which consists of Unarmed Combat and Bladed Weapons.
G.M Lim has a passion for teaching and bringing awareness of authentic Korean martial arts and their application in civilian life, law enforcement, and military applications.
In Memory
MST Ken H.H. Thow (RIP)
The late Master Ken H.H. Thow, alongside Grandmaster Lieutenant-Colonel(R) J.S.Lim, established several fight clubs at the London School of Economics (LSE), City University and University College of London during the late 1970's. An early pioneer of the Korean martial arts scene, Master Ken initially taught ITF style Taekwondo before converting to the Chung Do Kwan system during the mid 1980s.
Master Ken held the rank of 6th Dan in Taekwondo, but many who were fortunate to have trained with him will remember his passion for the wider martial arts universe; he held senior ranks in Karate, Hapkido, Kali-eskrima, Wing Chun and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu among others. The late Master was as adept with his bare hands as he was with the "balisong" (butterfly knife). eskrima baton sticks and the Chinese three-section staff.
The LSE Club continues to be run by senior students of the late Master since his passing.
MST Ken H.H. Thow (RIP) Gallery - Click to See More
GM Adrian St CYRIEN (RIP)
Former Head of KOMA UK
The late GM Adrian St CYRIEN was the former head of KOMA UK.
GM Adrian was born on 9th March 1958 and passed away on 9th October 2021. He first started martial arts training with Judo. In 1972 at age 14 he started Kyokushin Karate. While attending college in 1974 (Engineering major) he met two Malaysian students who had started a TaeKwonDo (TKD) club.
In-between studying TKD, Adrian also studied HapKiDo (HKD), Thai Boxing, Kick Boxing, Wado-Ryu, Shorinji-Ryu and Tiger/Crane Kung Fu. Adrian also had the privilege to train under the following Grandmasters of Taekwondo: Founder of ChungdDoKwan Taekwondo, GGM Won-Kuk LE; GM Hae-Man PARK; GM Cha-Sok PARK TKD/HKD. He was ranked 9th Dan YBTI, 8th Dan TKD CDK; 7th Dan HKD and 5 Dan SimMuDo.
GM Adian was an ‘old school’ Martial Artist. He wanted to be sure that the technique worked and hence training with him was tough. He would sometimes say, ‘I would rather have just one dedicated student than have 200 who are chasing belts. He had no time for posers or show offs – if he did not like you then you were out. He never taught for the money, he taught for the love of Martial Arts.
Whilst he looked for technical ability, what he was really looking for was the student’s ability to ‘go to the well’ and ‘dig deep’. He would take you to the edge so that you knew where the edge was. He wanted you to know that if you could endure a seven hour black belt grading then you had the skills, temperament and focus to succeed in all aspects of your like.
GM Adrian is a much missed Martial Artist whose world was all about honor, respect and dedication.
GM Adrian St Cyrien Gallery
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