YOON, Kwe-byung



Great Grand Master YOON, Kwe-byung
(Above photo and text submitted by GM Kim Soo)

He was known as YOON, Kwe-byung or by his original name "Yoon, Ui-byung".  He was the Chief Master at Han Mu Kwan in Tokyo in 1947 which had ties to Grandmaster Kanken Toyama's Shuto-Kan.  In addition to studying under Grandmaster Kanken Toyama, he also studied under Mabun Kenwa the founder of Shito-Ryu.  Dr. Yoon Ui -byung was a professor at Seoul National University in Korea and the 1st president of Jido-kwan.  He was the Dean of the College of Animal Husbandry at the Keon Kuk University in the '60's. Dr. Yoon Ui-byung was also related to Yoon Byung-in ,and both shared a close friendship wih Kanken Toyama.  The above photo is from his book on Bong-sul (bo) which depicts him when he was approximately 28 or 29 years of age.