Taekwondo,also spelled tae kwon do or taekwon-do,is a Korean martial art involving punching and kicking techniques. The literal translation for taekwondo is "kicking","punching",and "the art or way of". It sometimes involves the use of weapons.
Dae Sung Lee is a Korean-American master of taekwondo who holds the rank of 7th dan. Lee is a 10-time US national taekwondo team member and two-time Olympic coach. He served as taekwondo coach for the US Summer Olympic team in 1992.
ATA Martial Arts,formerly known as the American Taekwondo Association (ATA),was founded in 1969 in Omaha,Nebraska by Haeng Ung Lee of South Korea.
USA Taekwondo (USAT) is the national governing body (NGB) of Taekwondo for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and thus the United States' official Member National Association of World Taekwondo USAT has complete authority over all decisions regarding US national junior and senior team selections for World Taekwondo events,including the Summer Olympic Games Taekwondo competition event.
Park Dong-keun,also known as D. K. Park,is a South Korean Grandmaster of taekwondo. He holds the title "Grandmaster," the rank of 9th dan in taekwondo,and was Korea's only undefeated taekwondo fighter in more than 200 International championship competition. Park introduced the martial art of taekwondo to Thailand in 1966,before settling in the United States of America,and was the taekwondo coach of both the US National Team and the US Olympic Team.
Edward B. Sell was an American martial arts instructor,and the highest ranking non-Korean practitioner of tae kwon do,holding the honorary rank of 10th degree black belt in the art. Sell founded the U.S. Chung Do Kwan Association.
Hwang Jung-oh is a retired judoka from South Korea,who represented South Korea at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,California. There he won the silver medal in the men's half-lightweight division (–65 kg),after having been defeated by Seoi nage in the final match. He is also the founder of Hwang's Martial Arts.
The original masters of taekwondo is a group of twelve South Korean martial art masters assembled by the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) in the early 1960s to promote the newly established art of taekwondo. In alphabetical order following Korean naming conventions,they are:Choi Chang-keun,Choi Kwang-jo,Han Cha-kyo,Kim Jong-chan,Kim Kwan-il,Kong Young-il,Park Jong-soo,Park Jung-tae,Park Sun-jae,Rhee Chong-chul,Rhee Chong-hyup,and Rhee Ki-ha.
Tae-hong Choi was a grandmaster in taekwondo,winner of multiple martial arts titles and a teacher of thousands of students in Oregon.
Kim Pyung-soo,also known as Kim Soo,is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
Arlene Limas is an American taekwondo practitioner and multiple international gold medalist of Mexican and Polish descent.
Sihak Henry Cho,was a Korean taekwondo pioneer and instructor with the ranking of 9th dan who is recognized as one of the first people to introduce Asian martial arts into the United States of America. He was the student of Yun Kwei-byung. S. Henry Cho was originally a teacher of Kong Soo Do.
Hadi Saei is an Iranian councilor and former taekwondo athlete who became the most successful Iranian athlete in Olympic history and the most titled champion in this sport by winning 9 world class titles . Earlier in his career and in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,Saei had won the Bronze medal. He was elected as member of City Council of Tehran in 2006 local elections and was reelected in 2013 but lost the 2017 election. He is one of the three most medal winners olympians in the sport of Taekwondo.
Dana Hee is an American martial artist,stuntwoman,action film actress and model,who has also worked as sports color commentator,trainer,spokesperson,motivational speaker and master of ceremonies,as well as a rancher. She was a gold medalist at 1988 Summer Olympics in taekwondo.
Park,Yeon-Hwan is a South Korean Grandmaster of Taekwondo. He currently has earned a ninth-degree black belt and holds the title kwan jang-nim (Grandmaster) under the direction of the Kukkiwon. Park was the undefeated Korean national champion of Tae Kwon Do from 1971 to 1975 and the former coach of the U.S. Olympic and Pan-American Tae Kwon Do team.
Michael J. O'Malley,is an American Taekwondo athlete and instructor.
Gili Liel Haimovitz is an Israeli taekwondo fighter. In 2009 he won the gold medal in the -45 kg category at the European Taekwondo Junior Championships,and at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games he won a gold medal in the under-48-kilogram event.
Jun Lee is a Korean American Taekwondo Grandmaster 9th dan and the founder of Black Belt World,a Taekwondo school of the Korean Martial Arts. He has been referred to as one of the top ten martial artists in the United States. He holds the world record for breaking 5,000 one-inch thick boards in seven hours. The Kukkiwon named Grandmaster Lee its spokesperson for International affairs on February 22,2021.
Tae-ho Kwon is a Korean taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the men's finweight at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
