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c. 1934–2021. USA. Kim Bok-man (Korean: 김복만; Hanja: 金福萬, [1] (3 December 1934 – 14 August 2021), Father of South East Asia Taekwon-Do was an early pioneer of taekwondo in the 1950s and 1960s in South East Asia, particularly Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Sarawak and Hong Kong.
Website. Official website. 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. [3]
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.
McCune–Reischauer. Pak YŏnHwan. Park, Yeon-Hwan (born June 29, 1952) is a South Korean Grandmaster of Taekwondo. [1] 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 ...
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
Choi Chang-keun. Choi Chang-keun OC (Korean: 최창근; Hanja: 崔昌根; born 1941), widely known as C. K. Choi, is a South Korean–Canadian master of taekwondo, [1][2][3][4][5] and one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association. [6][7] Following a career in the South Korean military, Choi emigrated to ...
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]
Rhee Jhoon-goo (Korean: 이준구; Hanja: 李俊九, January 7, 1932 – April 30, 2018), commonly known as Jhoon Rhee, was a Korean-American taekwondo practitioner. He is widely recognized as the "father of American taekwondo" for introducing the Korean martial art to the United States when he immigrated in the 1950s. [5][6] He was a 10th dan ...