TAEKWONDO HALL OF FAME ®
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Hwa Chong | Consultant to the World Taekwondo Federation | ||
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Yeon Hwan Park | Vice President - USA Taekwondo Union / Author | ||
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Lim Teong Chin | Highest ranked WTF blackbelt holder in Singapore - 8th dan Highest ranked WTF international referee in Singapore - S Class Author of six Taekwondo books Former Singapore National Head Coach (Submitted by Jeremy Lim) Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame |
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Seung Kuk Lee (photo courtesy Al Cole) |
Grandmaster Lee has been the Professor of the Taekwondo Department at
KNUPE (Korea National University of Physical Education) AKA Hankuk Chaedae, for many years and has been responsible for training a great many of Korea's champion's and teams. He also coached Korean teams at the 88 and 92 Olympics, along with Grandmaster Sei Hyuk Kim. (submitted by Al Cole) |
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Kyung Ho Min | Technical Director, UC Martial Arts Program | ||
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Yong Chin Park | President of National Collegiate Taekwondo Association (2005) | ||
| Kyung Myong Lee | Deputy Secretary General of World Taekwondo Federation (1991-1999) |
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Kwong Won Ahn | President of the United States Taekwondo Won | ||
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Jhoon Rhee | Introduced Taekwondo to Capital Hill and Texas in early 60's Regrarded by manyas being the "Pioneer of Taekwon-do" in America |
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Richard Chun | Head of US Team / 1st World Taekwondo Championships Korea 1973 Instructor of the legendary Joseph Hayes Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame |
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Dong Ja Yang | Former President of United States Taekwondo Union | ||
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Chang Seong Dong | Pioneer of Tae Kwon Do In India Founder of Sang Rok World Tae Kwon Do Academy Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame |
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CHONG, Chun Sup photo courtesyAl Cole |
Trained at Jidokwan Paeng-song Dojang Graduate World Taekwondo Academy, Kukkiwon Past President USTU Arizona State Taekwondo Association |
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John
Holloway About Lower Photo |
Inducted Into the Taekwondo
Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007
Current National Director USA/Taekwondo Referees (2005) |
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Jong Chul Lee | Mexican National and Olympic Team Coach (1983-1988) US Natl. Team Head Coach /PAN AM Championships Costa Rica (1994) Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame |
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Sok Ho Kang | President of United States Taekwondo Won Former Vice President of United States Taekwondo Union |
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Central Director - Ontario Taekwondo Association Coach: 2002 US Open, 2002 World Cup Japan team 2001 Pam Am Games Women's Coach |
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Kim Ho Jae (photo by Al Cole) |
Dean of the World Taekwondo Academy at
Kukkiwon More On Kim, Jo Jae |
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Kim Hoon | Head of International Taekwon-do Federation in KOREA / (Office located in South Korea) |
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Sun Hwan Chung | President - Universal Educational Martial Arts United Federation Certified International Referee Former bodyguard to WTF President Un Yong Kim More on Grandmaster Sun Hwan Chung |
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Lynn Jackson | Instructor | ||
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Young Chi Kim* | World Taekwondo Federation Tournament Committee Chairman (1987) Technical Director of Pan American Union (1985 to 1987) United States Taekwondo Union Vice President (1988 to 1992) Director of Junior Olympics (1993) |
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Yong Sup Shin | U.S. Official Olympic Team Delegate for 2000 Summer Olympic Games - Australia .This was the first time Taekwondo was represented as an official medal sport. |
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Byung Ho Choi | Tournament Director - 14th U.S. National Tae Kwon Do Championship Selection for 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul Korea |
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A E Mitchell | President of Grenada ITF Taekwon-do Association and Eastern Caribbean Taekwon-do Association |
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| Ken Cheung | Was the 1st Canadian certified by the W.T.F. as an International Referee
in 1979. He was then promoted to a 1st class International Referee in 1992 and the only Canadian to be an Olympic Judge in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. |
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Muhammad Ben Ahmed Al Selete |
President of Qatar Taekwondo Federation | ||
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Per Andresen | Leder (Leader) National Taekwondo Norway | ||
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Guangsong Li | President International China Taekwon-do Federation | ||
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Tong Mun Kim (Photo / Chuck Stepan |
Instructor | ||
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Chong Su Kim | President of the Pan Am Tang Soo Do Federation | ||
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Jack Hwang | USA Head of Team 1st World taekwondo Championships - Seoul Korea / 1973 |
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ll Hoi Kim, | USA Team Coach, 1st World Taekwondo Championships |
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Ki Chung Kim* | Instructor 2 Time Korean National Champion (Middle-Weight) Produced champions Mark Williams, Herbert Perez, and Keith Kelly |
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Jon Chung Kim | Instructor 1970 Korea National Champion Brother of Ki Chung Kim Director Keystone Open Taekwondo Championships |
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Yusuf Bilal (Joe Tucker) |
Instructed Taekwondo Champion Keith Kelly |
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Young.Jun Chang | Instructor | ||
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Moon Sung Lee | Instructed International Taekwon-do Champion Darryl Gaston | ||
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Sean Kim | Instructor | ||
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Jae Hun Kim | Instructor | ||
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Yoo Jin Kim | Instructor | ||
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Thomas F. Henzey | Instructor | ||
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William Scott (Photo / Chuck Stepan) |
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Albert Cheeks |
Instructor/ Member of the USA Team at the First World Taekwondo Championships held in Seoul Korea 1973 - (Bronze) Winner of numerous Grand Championships including Henry's Cho's All American Open at Madison Sq. Garden (1973) |
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Manuel Alberto- |
Instructor/ First Mexican to win an Olympic Taekwondo medal - 1988 - Silver Instructed Olympian brothers`Oscar (Silver '04), Iridia Salazar Brnz ('04) Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame |
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Sang Soo Kim* |
Instructor/Demonstrator | ||
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Byung Moo Lee |
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Howard Lee |
Instructor/Tournament Director | ||
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Dr. Jin Bang Yang |
The last student of Grandmaster Chong Woo Lee and Professor at Yong In University. Official of the KTA and WTF. He made the 1987 "Art of Competition" video from the WTF, and also the TERC training series. Well known students of Dr. Yang in the USA are Barry Partridge (US top coach) and *Keith Krotish (IR) (Keith passed away suddenly this year.- by Al Cole |
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| Lee Kyong-myong | Worked in the World TaeKwonDo Federation after teaching TaeKwonDo in Europe for 20+ years. He is a Professor in the Sports Diplomacy Department of Choong-cheong University and haspublished several books on TaeKwonDo. |
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| Kang Won-sik | Worked for the Korea TaeKwonDo Association, the AsiaTaeKwonDo Union and also the Kukkiwon. He is currently a Professor in the TaeKwon Do Department at Yong-in University and the President of TaeKwonDo Shinmun, a TaeKwonDo newspaper in Korea |
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Byung Min Kim |
Instructor Founder Byung Min Taekwondo School |
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Ik Jo Kang |
Instructor/Tournament Director | ||
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Yong II Kong |
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Instructor /
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Inc TaeKwonDo International - Vice President (West Coast Div) WBJJF - Vice President (World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation) TaeKwonDo International Marketing & Seminar Click Here For More |
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Jim Roberts Sr. (Photos / Chuck Stepan) |
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Ye Bong Choi | Instructor | ||
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Allen Steen | Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007 | ||
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Pat Burleson | First Black Belt of Allen Steen Winner of Jhoon Rhee 1st U.S. National Chmps. / Wash.D.C. (1964) |
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Ki Moon Kwon | Served as the US National Team Coach for 2001, (12th Pan American Taekwondo Championships, December 7-9, 2000, Oranjestad, Aruba USA National Collegiate Head Coach for 2002 More on Ki Moon Kwon |
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Jeff Smith | Instructor/ Grand Champion of numerous traditional Taekwondo Tournaments Grand Champions at Ed Parker's Long Beach Internationals and 7-Time Light-Heavyweight World Champion |
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Young In
Cheon (photo by Al Cole) |
Former ROK Marine Team Champion Head Coach for the Gold Medal winning 2000 Sydney Olympic USA Team Awarded twice as Coach of the Year by the U.S.O.C. 2000 /2002 Numerous times National Team, Junior National Team and Collegiate Team Coach Director of LA Open and Young In Cheon Invitational |
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Al Cole | Team Leader, US National Taekwondo Team (USTU) at the 1st World Olympic QualificationTournament for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Team Manager, US National Collegiate Taekwondo Team (NCTA), World UniversityTaekwondo Championships (FISU), Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico Past President of the USTU Ohio State Taekwondo Association Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame |
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Charles Stepan | Inducted Into the Taekwondo
Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007 Technical Advisor /Taekwondo Hall of Fame |
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Young-Cheul SUH | Instructor in Germany | ||
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Hee II Cho | Instructor/Author/Action International Martial Arts Association | ||
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Mark Williams | Instructor/ Chairman, New Jersey State Taekwondo Association Director, New Jersey State Taekwondo Championships US National Team Coach |
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| Gregory Glover | Instructor / A Senior student of the late-great Jidokwan Grandmaster Chung Koo Kim |
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Allan "K.T" Glover* | Instructor / A Senior student of the late-great Jidokwan Grandmaster Chung Koo Kim and a fierce competitor in full-contact and traditional Tae Kwon Do events in the 70's. |
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| Bassem Aad | National Head Coach of the Lebanese national team, for the past seven
years International referee & instructor. |
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Steven Oliver | Instructor / Marketing Expert | ||
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Bob Heckmann (lower photo by Erich Heckmann) |
"Five Points Karate instructor, Bob Heckmann, 5th Degree Black Belt has studied directly under Grand Master Duk Sung Son for thirty years. He is one of Grandmaster Son's original students". FivePointsKarate.com |
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Mark J. Lesley | Instructor/ Member of the Board, Ivy/Northeast Collegiate TKD League N.E..Regional Director for the National Collegiate Taekwondo Assocation. Head Coach of the NYU Sport Taekwondo Club Certified National Referee Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame |
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Willam Sullivan | Instructor/ Certified International Referee Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology |
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Hector Jiminez | Instructor | ||
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Mahn Suh Park | Instructor Director, Taekyon Championships, Philadelphia, PA 60's & 70' |
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II Joo Kim | Director, North American Taekwondo Championships Instructed the late-great Byron Jones |
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Yong II Kong | Inducted Into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame April 6th, 2007 | ||
| BIll Dewart | Instructor / Lecturer AAU Taekwondo Regional Sports Director (Region 13) |
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Jan-Erik Lehn* | First Norwegian to receive Taekwondo Black Belt , November 10, 1976 |
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| Howard Lee | Instructor | |||
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Kang Rhee | Instructor/Demonstrator | ||
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Robert Beaudoin (Photo / Chuck Stepan) |
President of the Academy of Karate in Waterbury, Ct. General Secretary of the World Tang Soo Do Association |
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Mel Steiner | President of the International Ch'ang-Hon Taekwon-Do Federation | ||
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Chan Yong Kim | Instructor Pioneer of 88 Olympic Gold Medalist Jimmy Kim |
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Simon Rhee | Instructor/Actor | ||
| Phillip Rhee | Instructor / Actor | |||
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Suk Jun Kim | Instructor / | ||
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Ahn Ye Mo* | Instructor | ||
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Hyeon Kon.Lee | Instructor | ||
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Chul Koo Yoon | Indiana State Taekwondo President from 1974-1994 Technical Director of 1987 Pan American Games |
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Won Keun Bai | Instructor | ||
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Song Oh Moon | Instructor | ||
| Soon Ho Chang | Instructor to USANational Champion / World Taekwondo competitor Dr. Tom Seaborne |
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| Yong Kil Kim | Instructor | |||
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Ki Yun Yi | Instructor | ||
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Noh Guen Guak (Photo / Chuck Stepan) |
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| André Blake* | First Canadian instructor to receive 7th dan from Gen. Choi Hong Hi. (March 22, 1991) . His first instructor was Chong Soo Lee |
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Hyun Ok Shin | Instructor/Tournament Director (70's) | ||
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David Charney | Instructor/ Voice of Henry Cho's All American during the early 70's | ||
| Ann Roberts | Instructor/ Adjunct professor for martial arts and personal defense at The American University in Washington, D.C. for nearly ten years |
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Shelly Smiley (Photo / Chuck Stepan) |
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| Wesley Jenkins | Instructor | |||
| Sang Kee Paik | Instructor | |||
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Dae Soung Kim | Instructor
http://www.dkparktaekwondo.com/ |
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John Park | President of D.K. Park Tae
Kwon Do, Inc. Trained and coached several hundred state and national champions Head coached a U.S. team in 1995 for the Sardinian Open (Italy) Founded Tae Kwon Do program at Chelsea Piers (NYC) in 1995 Former Secretary General Junior Olympic Committee for Tae Kwon Do |
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Gregory Battle | Instructor Henry Cho's All American Open 1978 (3rd Place - Middleweight) |
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Larry Chenault | Instructor | ||
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Joe Seda | Instructor/Author | ||
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Rafael "Spider" Rodriguez | Instructor/ Taekwondo Forms Champion "No.1 student" / first Black Belt of the legendary Joseph Hayes |
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| Mickey Barbee | Instructor | |||
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Bernard Kerik | Security Consultant/Author Instructed by Grandmaster Y.J. Chang (Jidokwan) |
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Al Shackil | Instructor | ||
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Mike March | Instructor | ||
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KIM Nam-Seuk | Coach Team/Uganda / 1st World Taekwondo Championships 1973 - Korea | ||
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J.A.A. Etima | Head of Team/Uganda / 1st World Taekwondo Championships 1973 - Korea | ||
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Hwang Ho Yong | Instructor - Czech Republic | ||
| Robert Beaudoin | Instructor | |||
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Paul McNicholas | Instructor/ Manager of the Irish National Taekwon-Do Team (2003) |
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Jamie Moore | Australia’s first Australian Born Master Instructor / "Authentic Taekwon-do" - Australia Australia National Team Coach Organizer of the 14th World Championships for ITF (July 2005) Technical Advisor / Taekwondo Hall of Fame |
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Donal O'Donoghue | Opened Mulhuddart Taekwon-Do Club with Ms. Nicola-McCutcheon More on Mr. Donal O'Donoghue |
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Ron Sell | Instructor | ||
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Eddie Marquez | Instructor | ||
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George Walcott | Instructor Continental Class Referee |
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Simon Chung | Instructor | ||
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Peter Lue | Instructor | ||
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John Blankenship (Photo / Chuck Stepan) |
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| Doo Han Kim | Instructor/ Competed in Henry Cho's All American Open Tournament of Champions |
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| Daniel Sng | Instructor / Island Taekwon-do Centre - Singapore | |||
| Melvin Hibbs* | Olympian
Taekwondo Academy - Nova Scotia Affiliated with Chong Lee Schools |
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| Archie Mabote | Instructor/ Referee at the Greece International Taekwondo Championships (Sent by Lesotho, Africa) |
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| Robert Summers | Currently operates a dojang in North Carolina (USA) but taught for Master Jong .Soo Park in Toronto, Canada from 1979-1985 |
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| Lee Sung Soo | Instructor | |||
| Keith Finch | Instructor | |||
| Soo Kon Kim | Instructor |
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