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He recently has completed a tour of the US and Canada in which he, along with other Korean Grandmasters, promoted the study and practice of traditional martial arts. See main article: Kim, Bok man: 11th Dan founder Rank as Founder Of World Chun Kuhn Taekwon-Do Federation-WCTF. 10th Dan in Traditional Taekwon-Do, Founding Member of ITF c. 1934 ...
The Republic of Korea sent the original masters of taekwondo to introduce this Korean martial art across the world. 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.
Kyongwon Ahn, 9th dan (), is a South Korean taekwondo master who founded the United Taekwondo Association (UTA) [1] in the United States.. Ahn was born in 1937 in Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan, [2] and began training in the martial arts began when he was 12 years old.
Chong-chul Rhee (KTA → Rhee Taekwondo) – South Korean master of taekwondo who arrived to Australia in the 1960s. [45] He is the founder of Rhee Taekwon-Do, which is widely publicised as Australia's first and biggest taekwondo school. [46] [47] [48] Rhee holds the title 'World Master' and the rank of 8th dan in taekwondo. [45] [46] [47] [49]
Son Duk-sung (Korean: 손덕성; Hanja: 孫德成; June 17, 1922 – March 29, 2011) was a martial artist, Grand Master and ninth-degree black belt, co-founder of the Korean martial art of taekwondo, successor of Lee Won-kuk and leader of the Chung Do Kwan school (1950–59). He was also the chief Instructor of the South Korean Army and the 8th ...
Park Jong-soo (1941 – 27 November 2021) was a South Korean master of taekwondo and one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association. [1] [2] [3] He held the rank of 9th dan. [4] [5] Following a career in the South Korean military, he emigrated to Canada in 1968.
Kong Young-il (born 1943) is a South Korean master of taekwondo and one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association. [1] [2] [3] He holds the rank of 9th dan. [4] [5] [6] Following a career in the South Korean military, he emigrated to the United States of America in the late 1960s.
Choi Kwang-jo (born March 2, 1942) is a former South Korean national champion in taekwondo, and is one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Following a career in the South Korean military, he emigrated to the United States of America in 1970.