 There has been some controversy surrounding "The Weaponless Warriors", published in 1974, as the bulk of the work appears taken, without acknowledgement, directly from Eizo Shimabukuro's 1963 work "Old Grandmaster Stories", which was translated into English for the first time in 2003.Kim was named "Black Belt Magazine"'s "Karate Sensei of the Year", in 1967, and was later inducted into the "Black Belt Magazine" Hall of Fame.Kim was the Director of the American Amateur Karate Federation and Vice-President for the International Traditional Karate Federation (ITKF).