Master Schwalbach is the Chief Instructor at Cape Town Korean Martial Arts and is a Certified Sah Dan (4th degree Black Belt Instructor) with the World Tang Soo Do Association, as well as a 4th Degree Master in Haidong Gumdo.
Mr. Schwalbach started his martial arts training in 1996 in Mozambique at the age of 15. He has participated in many regional and international championships with outstanding results which include:
- 2001 – 2 gold medals in European Championship in Cardiff, Wales, GB
- 2002 – 3 gold medals in World Championship in Orlando, Florida, USA
- 2006 – Instructor of the Year for Region #14, Africa
- 2010 – 2 silver medals and 1 bronze at World Championship in North Carolina, USA
- 2011 – Region #14 Male Grand Champion
Aside from martial arts, Mr. Schwalbach received his Masters in Architecture from the University of Cape Town in 2009 and has been practicing architecture since then.
Master Schwalbach pays great importance to the artistic expression of martial arts and the practice of perfection. Forms (hyungs) are one of his favourite parts of martial arts as they constitute the essence of the art, containing both the artistic and practical sides of practice.