Also known as
Lee Chong Woo · Lee Chung Woo
Description
Korean taekwondo leader. An early member of the karate division of the Chosŏn
Yŏn-Mu Kwan, he reopened it with Yoon Kwe-byung in 1951 as the Jidokwan and
became its head in 1967. As chairman of the Korea Taekwondo Association's
technical committee he wrote its 1971 manual, the first with only the new
taekwondo forms. Later secretary general and vice president of the WTF, he was a
central figure in making taekwondo a full-contact sport.
Offices held (3)
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1971
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“Lee Chong Woo published, in 1971 as Chairman of the Technical Committee of the
Korea Taekwondo Association, a manual titled Taekwondo Kyobon”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
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“Lee Chong Woo, who later became the Secretary General and Vice President of the
WTF”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
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“Lee Chong Woo, who later became the Secretary General and Vice President of the
WTF”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
info
Sources
“according to Lee Chung Woo, who was one of the early members at the Chosŏn
Yŏn-Mu Kwan, “I learned Karate in the Kwon Bup Division.”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
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“Subsequently, in 1951, Yun became the school’s leader, when he, together with
Lee Chong Woo, reopened it and renamed it Ji-Do Kwan”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
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“Lee Chong Woo, who later became the Secretary General and Vice President of the
WTF, turned out to be perhaps the most central figure for the practical
promotion of sports taekwondo”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Lee Chong-woo. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6BS8174VQR5M883BS3CMBAE - CC
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title = {Lee Chong-woo}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M6BS8174VQR5M883BS3CMBAE}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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