Mr. Higgins was born on Valentine's Day in Las Cruses, New Mexico.  The only one in a family of 7 (5 kids) that was not born in Texas.  Mr. Higgins has 4 sisters and parents who live in Austin, Texas.  It was in Austin that he started his martial arts training.

Mr. Higgins has been Web Developer/Internet Consultant for the Nasdaq Stock Market and currently owns an E-Commerce development company, SiteTeks, Inc. Mr. Higgins is a licensed Virginia realtor specializing in single family homes and foreclosures.  He is also webmaster for his real estate broker, Thomas & Thomas Realtors. At night, he teaches Tukong Moosul as well as,  "SmartForce Training" classes on Saturdays or computer classes (beginning computer, Web Site Design and Construction, programming, Internet introduction, Online Stock & Options Investing) at The Academy. 

Mr. Higgins started his martial arts training in Tae Kwon Do (TKD).  Due to his physical abilities and hard practice, he was promoted after only 3 days to Yellow Belt. One week later, he was involved in an embarrassing gymnastics accident that stopped his training due to a shattered wrist, hyper-extended elbow and dislocated shoulder. Doctors wanted to fuse his wrist bones because of the extent of the bone damage, but he said no.  Once all the pins had been removed, Mr. Higgins started rehab. Almost a year later, Mr. Higgins began training with one of the original 6 Tukong Grandmasters, Won Ik Yi who had moved to Austin after leaving the South Korean Army. He continued to re-hab his injuries to almost 100% recovery.

While attending the University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Higgins trained hard in martial arts (TKMS) and was unprecedentedly double and quadruple promoted at times in the Shaolin Martial Arts school because of his diligence and hard practice, as well as, his support of the Tukong school.  Mr. Higgins was instrumental in helping the school become one of the largest martial arts schools in the nation. Grandmaster Won Ik Yi trained him privately as they worked closely many days in to the early morning hours to formulate and develop what later became the Tukong Moosul Federation (TKMSF). 

Mr. Higgins was trained for and awarded the position of "White Tiger Instructor" after only 14 months to teach the very best of the Tukong School.  The White Tiger students, studying with Mr. Higgins, all double promoted and won gold in many tournaments.   "It was less of my teaching abilities and more their motivation and hard work," Mr. Higgins says. 

After training very hard to try out for the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team, Mr. Higgins was told he would not be able to even compete in the trials because he was not a Black Belt in the proper TKD association (WTF). It seemed America's best athletes would also have to have already paid many thousands of dollars to certain associations and organizations to have the opportunity to even try to get a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team.  Mr. Higgins later left the Austin Tukong school to work on his passion of commercial space development in Dallas.

Mr. Higgins met Tukong Grandmaster In Ki Kim when Grandmaster Kim came to Austin to visit with Tukong Grandmaster Yi.  Grandmaster Kim and Mr. Higgins became very close as Grandmaster Kim taught Mr. Higgins even more Tukong training at black belt levels. Mr. Higgins has been training with Grandmaster Kim since 1987. Grandmaster In Ki Kim has certified Mr. Higgins to 5th Dan in Tukong Moosul since training him for the past 12 years. Mr. Higgins will be tested for his 6th Dan (Master Level) in 2001, one generation (20 years) since he started his martial arts training. Mr. Higgins has worked closely with Grandmaster In Ki Kim to establish the Tukong Moosul Association (TKMSA)

Mr. Higgins currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia where he teaches Tukong classes and is a Co-Founder of the Tukong Martial Arts Academy and the TKMSA. Mr. Higgins is looking forward to developing the Academies as other Masters and black belts from other styles come to be re-trained to teach Tukong Moosul and learn computers (the modern martial artists weapon of choice). His personal goal is to make a difference in developing leaders for America's future that have character and high standards of excellence.  "Leaders start out as children and young adults.  Tukong and computers will give them the confidence and skills to be the leaders our country needs for the future."