The International Association of Korean Martial Arts™ is an organization founded to bring back respect, tradition, and integrity to the Korean Martial Arts.

Grand Master C. I. Kim founded the Association in 2005 after two of his students approached him with the idea. These two students were tired of seeing commercial schools "selling out" the traditions of the Korean Martial Arts that they purportedly taught and were founded on. The goal in the formation of the International Association of Korean Martial Arts™ was to maintain the high standards of Korean Martial Arts that they once had many, many years ago and bring back the respect, tradition, and integrity to the Korean Martial Arts.