general choi hong hi founded taekwondo on 11 april 1955.
general choi hong hi founded taekwondo on 11 april 1955.
when did general choi hong hi founded taekwondo?
11 april 1955
choi combined elements of taekkyon and karate to develop a martial art that he called "taekwon-do" (태권도; 跆拳道), which means "foot, fist, art" or "the way of hand and foot" and it was so named on 11 april 1955. choi founded the oh do kwan, and held an honorary 4th "dan" ranking in the chung do kwan. due to accusations of dishonesty, choi was stripped of his rank and position in the chung do kwan. during the 1960s, choi and nam tae hi led the original masters of taekwondo in promoting their martial art around the world, though these would be only the first of many such endeavors.
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patterns ("tul") are performed in accordance with "the encyclopedia of taekwon-do" in 15 volumes written by general choi hong hi, the latest edition being from 1999 (later editions have been published, but the 1999 editions were the last general choi hong hi was directly involved with). this comprehensive work contains 15 volumes with volumes 8 to 15 dedicated to the 24 patterns and containing descriptions of the pattern movements as well as pictures showing possible applications of some of the movements. there is also the book entitled "the korean art of self defense" (the 1999 edition, the latest used by itf under grandmaster tran trieu quan and itf under grandmaster choi, or the 2004 edition, the latest used by itf under chang ung), also known as the condensed encyclopedia, written by general choi hong hi. this is a single condensed encyclopedia of approximately 770 pages with a section dedicated to the 24 original patterns.
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