Lee Chong-woo

South Korea

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)

  • corporate_fareChairman of the Technical CommitteeKorea Taekwondo Association Probable
    Probable
    One academic history.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    1971
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    One academic history.
    “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 info
  • corporate_fareVice PresidentWorld Taekwondo Probable
    Probable
    One academic history.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    One academic history.
    “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
  • corporate_fareSecretary General World Taekwondo Probable
    Probable
    One academic history.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    One academic history.
    “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 info
“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 info
“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 info

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