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Highest ranked non-Asian Taekwondo black belt in the world. Only non-Korean honored at the Taekwondo Park in Seoul, Korea. Founder of the United States Chung Do Kwan Association. [5] [6] Paik, Sang-kee: 9th dan: 1929–2009 United States of America Early student of B. I. Yoon and
Sell is the president/CEO of the United States Chung Do Kwan Association (USCDKA) [3] and the only non-Asian female person to be recognized by the Kukkiwon as a 9th Dan Black Belt in the Chung Do Kwan style of Taekwondo, making her the highest ranked non-Asian female Tae Kwon Do practitioner in the world.
Un Yong Kim was the first President of Kukkiwon, [10] [11] and resigned from the position on 15 November 2001. [12] [13] Woon Kyu Uhm of the Chung Do Kwan was elected president on 2 March 2004. [6] The President in late 2005 was Yong Gye Um. [14] On 10 December 2009, Seung Wan Lee of the Jidokwan was elected as Kukkiwon's next President. [15] [16]
After black belt, practitioners of the Kukkiwon system practice the Yudanja and Kodanja series of black belt Poomsae of the Kukkiwon (Koryo, Kumgang, Taebaek, Pyongwon, Sipjin, Jitae, Cheonkwon, Hansoo, Ilyo). Many Chung Do Kwan schools also practice the Chang Hun tul, even if they are not affiliated with the International Taekwon-Do Federation.
These two students of YMCA Kwon Bop Bu founder Byung In-Yoon were Hong Jong-Pyo and Chul Hee Park. Today, Kang Duk Won still exists in Korea and is officially known as Taekwondo Kang Duk Won, which is a social friendship club that endorses the Kukkiwon system and supports the World Taekwondo Federation. Kang Duk Won also has a school in the ...
Vladimir Putin (WT) – Was awarded 9th Degree Black Belt by World Taekwondo in 2013. [120] World Taekwondo stripped Putin's Honorary belt after the instigation of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [121] [122] Donald Trump (WT) – was presented with the honor by Lee Dong Seop, the president of Kukkiwon, on November 22, 2021. This event ...
In his time, Kyo Yoon Lee continued to be active in the Kukkiwon and served on the High Dan/Poom Black Belt promotion committee of the Kukkiwon. Korea Han Moo Kwan still exists today, but only as a fraternal social friendship club. The official training curriculum endorsed by Korea Han Moo Kwan is the Kukkiwon curriculum.
The first official KTA dan promotion test was held on 11 November 1962. [2] The KTA continued awarding dan ranks for several years, but handed over direct dan promotion responsibilities to either the then-WTF in April 1976, according to a Black Belt magazine report, [31] or to Kukkiwon on 5 February 1980, according to historians Won Sik Kang and Kyong Myong Lee. [32]