From the time he was a child, Joe Rogan was interested in all things martial arts. He began practicing karate at age 14 and Tae Kwon Do at 15. By the time he was 21, he had amassed around 100 matches and a black belt under Jae Hun Kim, one of General Choi Hong Hi's original students. He learned the old "hard style" of Tae Kwon Do from Kim, who despised weak "point" kicks. Joe attributes his ability to kick exceptionally hard to his tutelage at this unusual school.
He would go on to take an...