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Founder of Moo Sool Do and President of World Academy of Martial Arts Association. Korean National Champion (1963–1965). Kukkiwon Advisory Council (2008). Hall of Fame - U.S. Taekwondo Grandmasters Society. Former President, U.S.T.U. Michigan Tae Kwon Do Association. [2] [3] [4] Kim, Ki-whang: 10th dan: 1920–1993 United States of America
Choi Chang-keun (ITF) – began his martial arts training in the South Korean army in 1956, studying taekwondo and karate. [13] Choi taught taekwondo in Malaysia from 1964, and moved to Vancouver, Canada, in 1970. [13] In 1973, he held the rank of 7th dan. [14] Choi was promoted to 8th dan in 1981 by H. H. Choi, and attained the rank of 9th dan ...
Park Dong-keun (Korean: 박동근; born c. 1941), also known as D. K. Park, is a South Korean Grandmaster of taekwondo.He holds the title "Grandmaster," [1] [2] the rank of 9th dan in taekwondo, [2] [3] and was Korea's only undefeated taekwondo fighter in more than 200 International championship competition. [1]
Obtaining the rank denotes one as a "Grand Master". The honorary rank of 10th degree black belt, also known as "Eternal Grand Master", was bestowed upon Haeng Ung Lee, the founder of the ATA, following his death in 2000. The rank was sponsored and awarded by Grand Masters of other major martial arts, many of whom attended Haeng Ung Lee's funeral.
He currently has earned a ninth-degree black belt and holds the title kwan jang-nim (Grandmaster) under the direction of the Kukkiwon. Park was the undefeated Korean national champion of Tae Kwon Do from 1971 to 1975 and the former coach of the U.S. Olympic and Pan-American Tae Kwon Do team. [2] Park trained in his native Korea from early ...
This is a List of World Championships medalists in men's taekwondo. Finweight. −48 kg: 1975–1983; −50 kg: 1985–1997; ... Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze
Sun-hwan Chung (born May 6, 1940), also known as James Sun-hwan Chung, is one of the highest-ranking Tang Soo Do, Hapkido, and taekwondo grandmasters in the world. [1] [2] He is founder of the Moo Sool Do (Martial Arts United) form of martial arts and is president of the World Academy of Martial Arts, LLC.
Brenda J. Sell (born 1955) is an American martial arts instructor, and the highest ranking non-Korean female practitioner of taekwondo, [1] according to the Kukkiwon, an international ranking body within Taekwondo. She holds the rank of 9th degree black belt in the art. [2]