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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
Tae Kwon Do Pioneers ITF Choi Kwang-jo (최광조) 9th dan: 1942– Atlanta, USA Choi Kwang-Do Independent Han Cha-kyo (한차겨) 9th dan: 1934–1996 Chicago, USA Universal Tae Kwon Do Federation Independent Kim Jong-chan (김종찬) 9th dan: 1936– Vancouver, Canada Jong Kim Martial Arts Surrey (Taekwondo) ITF Kim Kwang-il (김광일) 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]
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 ...
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.
During the 1970s, Park established the Manitoba Tae Kwon-Do Association. [10] In 1975, he was ranked 6th dan. [11] In 1978 and 1979, he accompanied Choi on taekwondo demonstration tours in Europe. [12] In 1984, he conducted a seminar in Brisbane, Australia. [13] [14] At the time, he was ranked 8th dan in the ITF. [14]
Championships Gold Silver Bronze 1975 Seoul Han You-keun (KOR) Liu Chin-chien (ROC) Moritz Von Nacher (MEX) Jaime Martin (PHI) 1977 Chicago Ha Suk-kwang (KOR) Jorge Ramírez (ECU)
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.