Bloomington Karate Center
Bloomington Karate Center, 9012 Lyndale Ave South, Bloomington, MN
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Bloomington Karate Center offers Hapkido classes, Taekwondo classes, and kickboxing. The program also includes training for amateur and professional fighters and provides Hapkido training for law enforcement officers. Bloomington Karate Center combines Hapkido and Taekwondo in its courses, and students can earn world-recognized ranking in both forms of martial arts.
The Bloomington Karate Center first opened in April 1974 and has been teaching students continually since 1974. It has been doing business in Bloomington since 1974, longer than any other martial arts school in Bloomington, and is described as the oldest and largest martial art school in Bloomington, with over 50 years of teaching. The school was opened by then 8th Degree Master Jun Sun Hyon, later run by Grand Master Tim Mullin, and from 1998 to 2008 the active head instructor was C.B. Bunkholt, a 5th Degree K.I.C.K. World Super Featherweight Kickboxing Champion and student of Grand Master Mullin. Today the school is run by a coordinated effort of Grandmaster Mullin and his Black Belts.
All instructors are certified and accredited by The World Hapkido Federation and The USA Hapkido Central Association. Bloomington Karate Center is unique in that it is run solely by volunteers, including instructors from many professional backgrounds such as doctors, business owners, attorneys, financial advisers, programmers, school teachers, artists, and law enforcement professionals. Because instructors are not teaching as a way to make a living, the school is able to keep tuition down and offer instruction without contracts, and instructors teach to promote and pass on Hapkido and American Kickboxing.
Bloomington Karate has been training amateur and professional fighters for over 30 years and has been home to several national and world champions at both the professional and amateur level, including World Super Featherweight Kickboxing Champion C.B. Bunkholt. It continues to train fighters for competition, for conditioning and staying in shape, and as an aspect of overall martial arts training. Bloomington Karate is the Midwest headquarters for Kick International, which is the national governing body in North America for the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO), the exclusive world governing body approved by the Sport Accord for formatting and guiding the sport of kickboxing for future Olympic acceptance. The school was voted Readers' Choice Award for Best Martial Arts School 2023.
The program’s mission statement describes its martial arts training as a program of physical exercise that develops agility, balance, and coordination, and that is mixed with an attempt to understand oneself and one’s relationship to society. The mission statement also says the program focuses on self-control, respect, and confidence to cope with everyday problems, and describes Hapkido as a personal challenge of self-improvement where each person sets their own goals and progresses at their own pace. It states that Hapkido is built on participation from all levels of age and ability and is for any sex, and that it is a common ground for mutual respect, helping others grow, and building self-respect through a series of positive gains that affect a person’s whole lifestyle.
Bloomington Karate is a sponsor of the Rescue Our Kids program. It has worked with law enforcement agencies for many years in both basic and advanced applications of Hapkido and offers discounts to law enforcement officers.
Last updated August 16, 2026.
The Bloomington Karate Center first opened in April 1974 and has been teaching students continually since 1974. It has been doing business in Bloomington since 1974, longer than any other martial arts school in Bloomington, and is described as the oldest and largest martial art school in Bloomington, with over 50 years of teaching. The school was opened by then 8th Degree Master Jun Sun Hyon, later run by Grand Master Tim Mullin, and from 1998 to 2008 the active head instructor was C.B. Bunkholt, a 5th Degree K.I.C.K. World Super Featherweight Kickboxing Champion and student of Grand Master Mullin. Today the school is run by a coordinated effort of Grandmaster Mullin and his Black Belts.
All instructors are certified and accredited by The World Hapkido Federation and The USA Hapkido Central Association. Bloomington Karate Center is unique in that it is run solely by volunteers, including instructors from many professional backgrounds such as doctors, business owners, attorneys, financial advisers, programmers, school teachers, artists, and law enforcement professionals. Because instructors are not teaching as a way to make a living, the school is able to keep tuition down and offer instruction without contracts, and instructors teach to promote and pass on Hapkido and American Kickboxing.
Bloomington Karate has been training amateur and professional fighters for over 30 years and has been home to several national and world champions at both the professional and amateur level, including World Super Featherweight Kickboxing Champion C.B. Bunkholt. It continues to train fighters for competition, for conditioning and staying in shape, and as an aspect of overall martial arts training. Bloomington Karate is the Midwest headquarters for Kick International, which is the national governing body in North America for the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO), the exclusive world governing body approved by the Sport Accord for formatting and guiding the sport of kickboxing for future Olympic acceptance. The school was voted Readers' Choice Award for Best Martial Arts School 2023.
The program’s mission statement describes its martial arts training as a program of physical exercise that develops agility, balance, and coordination, and that is mixed with an attempt to understand oneself and one’s relationship to society. The mission statement also says the program focuses on self-control, respect, and confidence to cope with everyday problems, and describes Hapkido as a personal challenge of self-improvement where each person sets their own goals and progresses at their own pace. It states that Hapkido is built on participation from all levels of age and ability and is for any sex, and that it is a common ground for mutual respect, helping others grow, and building self-respect through a series of positive gains that affect a person’s whole lifestyle.
Bloomington Karate is a sponsor of the Rescue Our Kids program. It has worked with law enforcement agencies for many years in both basic and advanced applications of Hapkido and offers discounts to law enforcement officers.
Last updated August 16, 2026.
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