Ohio TaeKwon-Do Pioneer Supreme Grandmaster Joon Pyo Choi (1945 – 2021) Passes Away
Monday September 13 2021, Supreme Grandmaster Joon Pyo Choi passed away. Born in Korea in 1945, Joon Pyo Choi grew up during a very hard time in the region. At a very young age, Choi’s family escaped to a refugee camp in the south and his father was taken prisoner and sent for execution as…
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George Vitale Speaks about the Origins of TaeKwonDo
This article was originally posted on Korea and the World. One of Korea’s most successful exports is Taekwon-Do: a martial art practiced by tens of millions around the globe and recognized as an olympic sport since the 2000 games in Sydney. Yet, far from being united, the world of Taekwon-Do has suffered various schisms. The…
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Kenya Youth Compete in Chinese Martial Arts Competition
In Nairobi Kenya local youth competed in a Chinese Martial Arts Tournament. The event was sponsored by the Chinese Embassy in Nairobi Kenya on Sunday June 13th. “Organized by the Kenya Martial Arts Association, the event saw more than sixty young people come together to face off in the country’s Kiambu County on June 13,…
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Happy Birthday Taekwondo World
– On the 11th of April 1955 a board, consisting of ministers and army officers was convened by Gen. Choi in order to officially name this art that he had researched into and invented. Taekwon-Do was the name submitted by the General and accepted thereby becoming the name of the most powerful Martial Art the…
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Life lessons from anime and martial arts: Japanese intuitive learning teaches that relying on experience is what counts
Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba, standing, gives a demonstration in Tokyo in 1967. The author’s experiences in learning the martial art in Japan were very different than they were in the U.S. © Getty Images There is a scene in the hit Japanese anime TV series “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ” in which the…
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