Instructor Lorenzo Smith was born in a small town in North Florida. He was the last of five children. While growing up, he and his brother loved spending Saturday afternoons watching martial arts movies. Instructor Smith always wished he could learn martial arts and perform the “cool” moves he saw the actors performing. He would even try some of them out on his cousins in the back yard.

After working many years in a corporate environment, Instructor Smith realized he was not fulfilled and in December 2008, moved to Douglasville, GA. The following year, he decided to fulfill his dream and opened SMITH'S MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY in May 2009. He changed the name of the school to SMITH'S BLACK BELT WORLD in May of 2012. Today he shares his passion for Taekwondo with students from all over metro Atlanta.

"We are not put on this Earth forever. Therefore, we should fulfill every dream we have as soon as possible."

Founder and President of Black Belt World

8th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon-Do (Kukkiwon)

Appointed as guest professor for the Department of Taekwondo at Woo Suk University in South Korea

Appointed as guest professor for the Department of Taekwondo at HanZhong University in South Korea

Secretary General/Chairman of the Board of Directors
for the International Coalition of Good Health and Good Friends (ICG)

Professor, California New Hope University, Graduate school of Special education with emphasis on Taekwondo

Former Editor-In-Chief of TAEKWONDO TIMES, a Worldwide magazine

Board Breaking World Record Holder (Broke 5,000 boards within 7 hours)

Selected as one of 'Top Ten Martial Arts Masters
in the USA' by the World Martial Arts Research Institute

The Capital of North Carolina, Raleigh, proclaimed
Dec 2, 1997 as Grandmaster Jun Lee Day

'Light of Life Award' for outstanding public service by State of North Carolina

Featured on the front cover of Taekwondo Times magazine

Featured on the front cover of Martial Arts World magazine

Founded the 'Black Belt World College Scholarship' a non-profit organization

Meredith College Adjunct professor

Duke University Tae Kwon Do Team coach-The 32nd National Collegiate Championship

Certified International Referee (By Kukkiwon)