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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.
Nam Tae-hi (Chung Do Kwan → ITF) – was a pioneering South Korean master of taekwondo [8][9][10][11] and is known as the "Father of Vietnamese Taekwondo". [8] With Choi Hong-hi, he co-founded the "Oh Do Kwan" and led the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association (KTA). [8][12] Choi Chang-keun (ITF) – began ...
The original masters of taekwondo is a group of twelve South Korean martial art masters assembled by the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) in the early 1960s to promote the newly established art of taekwondo. [1][2][3][4][5][6] In alphabetical order following Korean naming conventions, they are: Choi Chang-Keun, Choi Kwang-Jo, Han Cha-Kyo, Kim ...
Championships Gold Silver Bronze 1975 Seoul Son Tae-hwan (KOR) Ramiro Guzmán (MEX) Hubert Leuchter (FRG) Dennis Robinson (USA) 1977 Chicago Kim Yong-ki (KOR) Hour Waei-shing (ROC)
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 ...
H.U. Lee was born in Manchukuo, a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in 1936. After World War II, his family relocated to South Korea, where Lee began his martial arts training in 1953, and earned his first degree black belt in 1954. [4] In 1956, Lee entered the Korean army as a trainer for special troops.
Cho Hee-il (born October 13, 1940) is a prominent Korean-American master of taekwondo, holding the rank of 9th dan in the martial art. [1] He has written 11 martial art books, produced 70 martial art training videos, and has appeared on more than 70 martial arts magazine covers. [1] Cho won several national and international competitions as a ...
In 1972, Choi joined his family in Oregon and started teaching tae kwon do at the YMCA, Lewis and Clark College and Reed College (Judo - '74-'75), and Sunset High School before opening his own studio in Northeast Portland. [2] Choi's Taekwondo Academy was the second taekwondo school in Oregon. [3]