General Hong Hi Choi

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  It is reported that the president of International Taekwon-Do Federation, Choi Hong Hi will attends this meeting.

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  General Hong-Hi Choi was elected its president.

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  In 1965 the Korean martial art's umbrella organization changed its name to the Tae Kwon Do Association under the recommendation of General Choi Hong Hi. On March 22nd 1966 Choi Hong Hi founded the International Tae Kwon Do Federation (ITF).Soon Tae Kwon Do gained the full support of the Korean government and was made the national sport of Korea.

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  General Choi writes in his book, Taekwon-Do, that Tae Kyon was secretly practiced and passed on to students by Tae Kyon instructors.
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  General Choi began martial art training in the 1930's with his calligraphy instructor, Han Il Dong, who taught the frail youth Tae Kyon.
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  First Lieutenant Hong Hi Choi rose rapidly through the Korean military ranks, possibly aided by his martial arts experience.

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  Hong Hi Choi, Founder of Taekwon-Do

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  It was under Han Il Dong in the 1930s that Choi, the future "Father of Taekwondo," began his martial arts instruction (Dong was Choi's calligraphy instructor, and began teaching Tae Kyon to Choi because the youth was so frail).
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  It was under Han Il Dong in the 1930s that Choi, the future "Father of Taekwondo," began his martial arts instruction (Dong was Choi's calligraphy instructor, and began teaching Tae Kyon to Choi because the youth was so frail).
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  After two years of "concentrated training," Choi gained his 1st Dan. He then went on to the University of Tokyo where he continued his training and gained his 2nd Dan, after which he taught Shotokan Karate at the Tokyo YMCA. When the Second World War began, Choi was "forced to enlist in the Japanese army."
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  Following his release from prison and commission in the Korean Army, Hong Hi Choi rapidly rose through the ranks, possibly aided by his martial arts experience.
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  In 1953-1954, Gae Byang Yun founded the Ji Do Kwan (also known as Jee Do Kwan), Byung Chik Ro founded the Song Moo Kwan (also known as Sang Moo Kwan), and Hong Hi Choi founded the Oh Do Kwan ("Gym of My Way") with the help of Tae Hi Nam.
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  In 1946-1947, Hong Hi Choi taught martial arts to both Koreans and Americans stationed at Tae-Jon. In 1952, Tae Hi Nam was stationed in Ft. Benning, Georgia, and received a lot of publicity when he demonstrated before military troops and the public.

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  Hong Choi, founder of the International Tae Kwon do Federation, and the O Do Kwan System, and Grandmaster Whang Kee founder of modern Tang Soo Do.

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  This affiliation became known as the Korea Taekwondo Association and General Hong-Hi Choi was elected its inaugural president.

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  A history of taekwondo - Budosport Capelle Taekwondo... - [Cached Version]
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  At least nine Koreans trained in Japan: Yong-Shul Choi, Geka Yung, Hyung-Ju Cho, Won-Kuk Lee, Pyong-Chik Ro, Hong-Hi Choi, Yong-i Choi, Ki-Whang Kim, and Pyung-In Yun.
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  Hong-Hi Choi (b. 1918) and Yong-i Choi (b. 1923) both went to Japan in the late 1930s, earned their second dan in karate-do before being drafted into the Japanese army in 1943, and later became famous karateka ("karate experts").
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  Hong-Hi Choi went to Japan in 1938, earned his second dan in karate-do at Tokyo University, and then taught at the Y.M.C.A. in Tokyo.After the war he returned to Korea and later became known as the "father" of t'aekwondo.
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  As late as 1965, Hong-Hi Choi (the "Father of Taekwon-Do") was still teaching Shorin-ryu and Shorei-ryu forms (including Heian 1-5, Empi, Rohai, Bassai, Kusanku, Jion, Tekki 1-3, Hangetsu, and Jitte) along with his own forms, called the Ch'ang Hon set.
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  They were certainly gone in 1981 when Karl Nicoletti visited the D.P.R.K. with a demonstration team led by Hong-Hi Choi and Chuck Sereff.
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  Hong-Hi Choi founded the Odokwan in 1953, supported by Tae-Hi Nam.
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  The Subakdo Association, after its rejection by K.A.S.A., turned to Hong-Hi Choi for political support.A conference between the two groups took place in Sept. 1959, which resulted in the creation of the new organization.When Hee-Il Cho (b. 1940) joined the army in 1961 as a fourth dan in tangsudo, he became a t'aesudo instructor and learned the Ch'ang Hon forms designed by Gen.
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  Hong-Hi Choi as its new president, since Choi's support of the coup had garnered him much influence with the new military government.
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  Hong-Hi Choi, then a retired two-star general and ambassador to Malaysia, had himself introduced t'aesudo to Malaysia in 1962.
  
  Internationalization efforts became even more fervent after the Tokyo Olympics of 1964.On Aug. 5, 1965, the K.T.A. was renamed the Korean Taekwondo Association and in that same year, Hong-Hi Choi led a "Good-Will Mission of Taekwon-Do" on a tour of fourteen countries.
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  In response, the International Taekwon-Do Federation (I.T.F.) was founded on Mar. 22, 1966, with Hong-Hi Choi appointed as president of the new organization.
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  A schism between Hong-Hi Choi and the K.T.A. appeared in 1973.
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  Hong-Hi Choi publicly denounced R.O.K. President Chung-Hee Park in September, 1977, claiming that that Park was "using Taekwon-Do for his political ends."

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  Published on: 2/16/2006    Last Visited: 5/15/2009  

  HONG HI CHOI
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  General Choi started to study Taek Kyon, an ancient Korean method of fighting with the feet, at the age of 12. Later, when he was studying in Japan, he met a Karate teacher who helped him earn his first degree Black Belt in less than two years. He then intensified his training, striving to earn his second degree. Around the same time, he started teaching.
  
  Conscripted into the Japanese army during World War II, he was posted to Pyongyang where he was imprisoned. Wanting to maintain his good physical and mental health during his imprisonment, he practiced karate, alone at first, then by teaching it to the staff of the prison and the other prisoners.
  
  Becoming an officer in the new Korean Army after the end of the war, he continued to teach his martial art to his soldiers as well as to American soldiers serving in Korea.
  
  His beliefs and his vision of a different approach to teaching martial arts led General Choi to combine elements of Taek Kyon and Karate techniques to develop a modern martial art. He called it Tae Kwon Do, which means "the way of the feet and the hands", and this name was officially adopted on April 11th, 1955.
  
  In 1959, General Choi was named President of the Korean Taekwon-Do Association. Seven years later, on March 22nd,1966, he created the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF). As the Founder of Taekwon-Do and President of the ITF, he had the ability to share his art with students everywhere. Today, Taekwon-Do training is available around the world.
  
  After a life dedicated to the development of Taekwon-Do, a modern martial art based on traditional values, philosophy, and training, General Choi, Founder of Taekwon-Do and President of the International Taekwon-Do Federation, died of cancer on June 15th, 2002, in the country of his birth.

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