Sang kyu shim biography
- November 9th, 1945: Founded the Moo Duk Kwan organization and established first, Hwa Soo Do class in the Ministry of Transportation, Yong San Ku, Seoul Korea.
- Yun is one of the early Taekwondo instructors, a contemporary of martial art Grandmasters Nam Tae Hi, Sang Kyu Shim, Jung Won Sun, Chang Gedo and Kim Il Woong.
- When Mr. Sang Kyu Shim arrived, they had about 120 students.
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Shin Jae-chul
Korean martial artist
In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.
Jae-chul Shin (Korean: 신재철; 20 December 1936 – 9 July 2012) was a Koreanmartial artist and founder of the World Tang Soo Do Association.[1][2]
Biography
Jae-chul Shin began his study of martial arts in 1948 joining the SeoulMoo Duk Kwan Central Gym studying under Grandmaster Hwang Kee,[1] the founder of the Korean Moo Duk Kwan system.[3] By the time he was a first dan black belt, he had already started his teaching career as an assistant instructor at the central gym.[1]
Shin would continue to study Tang Soo Do while attending Korea University, where he would earn both his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science. While studying at Korea University, Shin began teaching at the university, along at the Seoul Central YMCA, various colleges, and many police and military institutions.[3]
In 1958, Shin was drafted into the South Korean air force as a martial arts instructor. While in the air force he was s
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A Brief History of the Korean Karate Academy
The establishment of the Korean Karate Academy began in 1962, in Detroit Michigan. Mr. Edward Ormanian was training in Judo at the Downriver YMCA in Wyandotte, Michigan, where he met a student who said, “he was in karate.” The karate class was on alternate nights, so Mr. Ormanian went the next night to watch a class.
The instructor was Mr. Dale Drouillard. Master Druillard had discovered Tang Soo Do as a GI deployed to Korea, where he became the first American to get a blue belt (“black belt.”) under the instruction of style-founder Grand Master Hwang Kee. He returned to Michigan and opened the first karate club in the state. This was the class that Master Ormanian walked into.
After a few months, Mr. Drouillard became ill in 1962, they sent to Korea for an instructor. When Mr. Sang Kyu Shim arrived, they had about 120 students. Three months later, the club was down to about 25 students. Master Ormanian attained the rank of 1st Dan (“black belt”) at the age of 39, in October 1966.
In March 1968, Mr. Ormanian and his
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Tae Kwon Do Defined
Tae Kwon Do can be described in the following manner: "Tae" means literally means to jump, kick, or smash with the foot. "Kwon" denotes a fist to punch, strike, or block with. "Do" means an art, way, or method to achieve a desired goal. (When written in Chinese script Do is Tao.) Thus, when taken collectively Tae Kwon Do indicates techniques of unarmed combat for self-defense, using the skillful application of hand and foot techniques for the rapid destruction of your opponent.
In Tae Kwon Do there are four basic sets of movements:
1. Chagi, foot techniques.
2. Sugi, hand techniques.
3. Makki, blocking techniques.
4. Pealhagi, dodging or shifting techniques.
Chagi (foot techniques) can be broken down into two groups of techniques: Attacking or defensive techniques. Tae Kwon Do makes extensive use of kicking techniques based upon Korean's unique thought pattern. In Korea it is believed that the hands of a person are very valuable and should not be demeaned by striking an enemy. Additionally, there are ver
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