Tribute to General Choi by: Grandmaster Bobby Kim
Tribute to General Choi By Grandmaster Bobby Kim I met General Choi Hong-Hi in Aurora, Colorado, when he visited my dojang, Kim’s Taekwondo Institute, during the early nineteen seventies. At that time, he was already regarded as the “father of Tae Kwon Do,” but he still had much important work ahead of him. Before his…
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My Father: The Daughter of TaeKwon-Do Founder General Choi Hong Hi
My Father By Meeyun Choi My father would have been 100 years old this November(2018). As if he could avoid death by being constantly on the move, he was already planning the next trip as soon as he came home. Perhaps he was the happiest when he was teaching, discussing, demonstrating Tae Kwon Do in…
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The Man, the Myth, the Legend: General Choi Hong Hi, Father of TaeKwon-Do
Celebrating 100 Years of General Choi’s Life 1918-2018 By George Vitale On November 9, 1918, under the lunar calendar a boy was born who was named Choi Hong-Hi. This birth took place in the northeastern part of Korea, which was then already under a couple of decades of colonial occupation by Imperial Japan. Few know…
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Final Respects to the Founder of TaeKwon-Do From Woo Jin Jung
“One thing that is too often missing in today’s world is respect. People should show respect for one another. People should respect their family members, seniors, teachers, neighbors and others. It is important to show respect through actions, not through words. If you show respect to others, they will respect you. In my dojang I…
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What and who are we if the “Art” in “Martial Art” no longer exists?
Choue Chung-won has been the President of the World Taekwondo Federation since 2004 when the founder of WT Kim Un-yong was removed because of corruption. For many years the Taekwondo sport has been dominated at the top levels of leadership by politicians, not Taekwondo people. Politicians do not understand Taekwondo as an artform, only as…
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The True History of TaeKwon-Do: If there was no Choi Hong-Hi there would be no Taekwon-Do
The History of Taekwon-Do The history of Taekwon-Do begins with the name of one single solitary individual: Choi Hong-Hi. Any fair minded, thinking person that is informed of the actual events as they unfolded can only come to one conclusion after analyzing factual data. That conclusion is simply: If there was no Choi Hong-Hi there…
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Taekwondo People All Over, Have Been Damaged by Corruption
Jan 28, 2004, Korean NBC News reported that 37 million won, $137,000 US, 93,000 Euros and over $1,000,000 worth of jewelry was seized from Un Yong Kim’s residence. His son, John Kim, is prohibited from entering the USA, Korea and Thailand after jumping bail. Years of corruption at the top of the WT leadership have…
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World Taekwondo hosts innovative Conference on social development, safe sport, and integrity and compliance
MANCHESTER, UK (May 13, 2019) – World Taekwondo today hosted an innovative Conference focused on delivering best-in-class insight and interactive discussions on key issues facing taekwondo and the world of sport. The World Taekwondo Conference was split across three key themes: sport for social development; safe sport; and integrity and compliance. Experts specialising in each…
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