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TAEKWON-DO academy of the 7th Infantry Division with Major Park. Introduced to General Choi. 1958 Attended the First Instructors course held under the First Army in Won Ju, Korea, led by Major Woo (2nd Dan Black Belt), Lieutenant Hong (1st Dan Black Belt) and Captain Nam (3rd Dan Black Belt)Appointed to the Special Security Mission for the Army Commander. Trained in all Martial Arts for 8 months. 1960 Promoted to 2nd Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon-Do 1962 Appointed as Head Instructor of the Oh Do Kwan Headquarters school in Seoul. Organized the world's first TAEKWON-DO Championships, held in Wonju, Korea, where CK Choi became free sparring and patterns champion 1963 Promoted to Tae Soo Do (Karate) 3rd Degree Black Belt 1964 Trained directly under General Choi for four months, where the 24 Tae-Kwon Do patterns were formed. Assisted General Choi with the First TAEKWON-DO Book. Introduced Park Jong-soo to General Choi. Appointed as the first Instructor to Instructors for the minister of defense (Army, Navy, Air Force & Marine Corps.) 1965 Organized TAEKWON-DO as primary martial art trained in the Korean military. 1966 The International TAEKWON-DO Federation (ITF) was formed. Appointed as Chief Instructor and a founding member of the ITF. -Taught Tae-Kwon Do Patterns, Chon-Ji to Choong-Moo to instructor Jhoon Ree. Thereafter Jhoon Rhee went to USA and published the TAEKWON-DO Handbook. Taught Tae-Kwon Do Patterns Chon-Ji to Choong-Moo to instructor Kim Han-chan. Thereafter Kim Han-chan went to Argentina. Appointed as the first Tae Kwon Do Chief Instructor to the Korean National Police Force, by the Minister of Homeland Affairs 1967 Developed the first International Instructors course for the ITF, where the minimum student entrant would possess a 4th Dan black belt. 1968 Invited by the Singapore government to introduce TAEKWON-DO. Instructed in Malaysia Perak State. 1969 Organized the first Malaysian TAEKWON-DO Championships in Penang 1970 Arrived in Vancouver BC Canada to promote and demonstrate TAEKWON-DO with C.K. Choi at UBC, SFU, & various high schools. 1971 Organized with Han Cha-kyo, the first Asian TAEKWON-DO Championships, held in Hong Kong. Taught Army Cadets in New Westminster BC Arrived in Montreal Canada
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1974 Organized the World's First TAEKWON-DO Championships held at the Montreal Forum. 24 countries participated. 1975 Invented the stretching machine “the Stretchersizer” 1976 Invited as the Instructor, of the European Instructors course held in Glasgow U K. 1977 Studied Bio Physical Education at Concordia University 1978 Moved to New Westminster BC 1979 Trained 21 TAEKWON-DO instructors in Argentina including Dr Hector Marano and Pablo Trajtenberg, and with an unprecedented move, promoted several of them directly from 2nd Dan to 4th Dan Black Belts. 1981 Promoted to 8th Dan Black Belt. Elected as the secretary general of the ITF. Appointed as the chairman of the merging committee for the ITF and WT. As chairman of the merging committee, negotiated the merging agreement between the ITF and the WT, that was submitted to the International Olympic Committee by Un-yong Kim, in order to have Tae Kwon- Do accepted as an Olympic sport. 1982 Quietly resigned from the ITF and all Tae Kwon do duties, due to opposition to General Choi’s controversial political statements made in North Korea 1991 Promoted to 9th Dan Black Belt 2015 JC KIM`S two sons Rich Kim and Edward Kim are following in his footsteps, are currently and have been for over 30 years, teaching Tae Kwon-Do in Surrey, BC at
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main reasons for their departure was Choi's insistence on initiating relationships with North Korea, during a period in which that country and South Korea were "technically at war" (Gillis, 2003, p. 104; C. K. Choi, 2010, p. 147), or at best, had "no diplomatic relations" (C. K. Choi, 2010, p. 147) or "no diplomatic ties" (World Taekwon-Do Alliance). At least one of the masters reported that it was with regret that he stopped supporting Choi. North and South Korea are still considered to be technically at war.
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America: H. H. Choi moved to Canada and T. H. Nam settled in the USA. Three of the masters settled in Europe: Kwang-il Kim (West Germany, now Germany, c. 1970), Sun-jae Park (Italy, c. 1970), and Ki-ha Rhee (United Kingdom, 1967). Two of the masters settled in Australia: Chong-chul Rhee (c. 1965), and Chong Hyup Rhee (c. 1970).
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1972 Opened the first TAEKWON-DO School in Montreal. 1973 Appointed as the first chairman of the technical committee of the International TAEKWON-DO Federation. Promoted to 7 Dan black belt. Organized the World's First TAEKWON-DO Masters Demonstration, at the Montreal Forum where 27 Masters attended.
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Many of the original masters of taekwondo went on to prominent roles in the ITF in the late 1960s and 1970s. As time passed and many of these masters left the ITF, their photographs were removed from Choi's series of taekwondo textbooks and replaced with photographs of current ITF masters. One of the
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karate. From 1963 to 1967, Kong served in the South Korean army, attaining the rank of Sergeant. He participated in several demonstration tours across the world. Following a career in the South Korean military, Kong emigrated to the United States of America just before or in 1968. He and his younger
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C. K. Han was born on 20 July 1934 in Seoul, Korea. He trained under three martial art masters: Tae-hi Nam, Duk-sung Son, and Woon-kyu Um. Han was the first of the original masters of taekwondo to demonstrate overseas, participating in the March 1959 tour of Taiwan and Vietnam. Following a career in
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The phrase "original masters of taekwondo" is used to describe this group of men, but does not indicate that they were the first (or original) masters in the KTA. The leaders of the nine kwans that unified to form the KTA was a different group of men who, while perhaps senior to some of those listed
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for three years, teaching unarmed combat to the Marine Commandoes, Marine Brigade Headquarters, and the Marine 2nd Infantry Division. Rhee helped introduce the art of taekwondo to Southeast Asia—most notably in Malaysia and Singapore, but also in Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Brunei. He founded his own
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J. S. Park was born in 1941 in Chung-Nam, Korea. He trained in taekwondo under H. H. Choi. In 1965, he was invited to be the coach of the German Taekwon-Do Association, and moved from South Korea to West Germany. The following year, he moved to the Netherlands and founded the Netherlands Taekwon-Do
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K. H. Rhee was born on 20 March 1938 in Seoul, Korea. His martial arts training began when he was around 7 or 8 years of age, learning judo from his father. He later learned karate from one of his schoolteachers. When Rhee served in the South Korean military forces, he came into contact with H. H.
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J. C. Kim was born in 1936. 1953 Began studying martial arts with Kim Bong-gil 1955 General Choi announced and created the name TAEKWON-DO on 11 April. 1956 Joined the Military Police Academy, studied various Martial Arts under Kim Sung-bok 1957 Under the direction of General Ha built the first
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Seven of the masters settled in North America: Chang-keun Choi (Canada, 1970), Kwang-jo Choi (USA, 1970), Cha-kyo Han (USA, 1971), Jong-chan Kim (Canada), Young-il Kong (USA, c. 1968), Jong-soo Park (Canada, 1968), and Jung-tae Park (Canada, 1970). The leaders of the group also settled in North
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as "original masters of taekwondo", were practising arts with other names, such as tae soo do, kong soo do, and others. Some of those leaders resisted using the name taekwondo. The men in the present group were among the first to adopt and promote the name taekwondo.
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the South Korean military, he emigrated to the United States of America in 1971, settling in Chicago. Han founded his own organisation, the Universal Tae Kwon Do Federation, around 1980. He continued teaching taekwondo until his death in 1996.
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in the ITF. He founded his own organisation, the Global Taekwon-Do Federation (GTF), on 14 June 1990—the year after his departure from the ITF due to North–South Korean political issues. Park was based in
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and then taekwondo. From 1965 to 1967, Park directed military taekwondo training in Vietnam. He emigrated to Canada where he met his future wife, Linda, in Toronto in 1970. In 1984, Park was ranked 8th
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C. H. Rhee was born around 1940 in Korea. In the mid-1960s, he contributed to the introduction of taekwondo to Malaysia and Singapore. He arrived in Australia in 1970 and settled in
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S. J. Park is a pioneer of taekwondo in Italy. In 1964, he visited Croatia to present seminars on his art. He introduced taekwondo to Italy around 1968. In 1968, he was ranked 5th
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C. K. Choi, J. C. Kim, Y. I. Kong, J. S. Park, and K. H. Rhee have maintained the strongest links with the ITF. H. H. Choi had personally promoted C. K. Choi to 8th
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Choi Chang-keun was born around 1940 in Korea. He began his martial arts training in the South Korean army in 1956, studying taekwondo and
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outside South Korea. The following table summarises demonstrations or instructional tours for which references are available.
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Tae Kwon-Do Kidokwan: International Taekwon-Do Instructor training course by legendary pioneer First Grand Master Rhee Ki-ha
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Austria · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · Finland · Greenland · Hungary · Poland · United Kingdom · West Germany · Yugoslavia
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brother, Young-bo Kong, founded the Young Brothers Taekwondo Associates in 1968. Kong was promoted to the rank of 9th
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magazine lists his title at the time as president of the 'World Tukido Council.' He is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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The Republic of Korea sent the original masters of taekwondo to introduce this Korean martial art across the world
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J. T. Park was born in 1943 or 1944 in Korea. He began training in the martial arts as a child, starting with
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Y. I. Kong was born in 1943 in Korea. He began training in the martial arts as a child in 1952, starting with
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Choi and learned taekwondo in the 35th Infantry Division. From February 1964, he taught taekwondo to
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ITF Taekwon-Do International Instructors' seminar: Conducted by Grand Master Rhee Ki-ha, IX Dan
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China International Taekwon-Do Federation: 2008 International ITF Taekwon-Do seminar in China
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An interview with World Master Chong-chul Rhee, 8th Dan, the Father of Australian Taekwon-Do
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The original masters of taekwondo featured in the earliest demonstrations of taekwondo as a
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personnel in Singapore. He emigrated to London on 2 July 1967. He attained the rank of 8th
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Republic of Ireland Taekwon-Do Association: Grand Master Rhee Ki-ha, 9th degree black belt
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United Arab Republic (now Egypt) · Italy · Malaysia · Singapore · Turkey · West Germany
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The following table summarises the status of the twelve original masters of taekwondo.
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Taekwon-Do in Europe: National Taekwon-Do Goodwillteam 1965 – Grandmaster Kwon Jae-hwa
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Anonymous (1977): "European Tae Kwon Do Union inaugurated at first European meet."
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C. K. Choi, K. I. Kim, Y. I. Kong, J. S. Park, J. T. Park, S. J. Park, K. H. Rhee
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C. C. Rhee was born around 1935 in Korea. As a youth, he trained in martial arts,
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Association. In 1968, Park settled in Toronto, Canada. Park holds the rank of 9th
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35 years down memory lane … with Rhee International Tae Kwon Do (1970–1979)
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Derby School of Taekwon-Do: Forty years of Taekwon-Do in the United Kingdom
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Taekwon-Do Pioneers: Historic footage of the original Taekwon-Do Masters
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Anonymous (2007): "In the words of a master: GM Rhee Ki-ha, 9th Dan,"
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TaeKwonDo Times: Taking the Wheel – More with Grandmaster Linda Park
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Anonymous (1974): "International Tae Kwon Do demo held in Canada."
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Choi Kwang Do Martial Art International: Grand Master Kwang-jo Choi
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Retrieved on 1 January 2005; link has expired, as at 26 July 2007.
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Choi Kwang Do International: Our Founder, Grandmaster Kwang-jo Choi
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Rhee Tae Kwon Do: Perth Region – Father of Australian Tae Kwon Do
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NP Tae Kwon Do Academy: History of Global Tae Kwon Do Federation
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Universal Taekwon-Do Federation Madison: Grandmaster Han Cha-kyo
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Retrieved on 13 January 2010; link updated on 25 January 2012.
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Federazione Italiana Taekwondo (Italian Taekwondo Federation)
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International Taekwon-Do Federation Deutschland: Rolf Becking
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K. I. Kim contributed to the introduction of taekwondo into
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Rhee Taekwondo: South Australia – History of Rhee Taekwondo
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in 1997 by H. H. Choi in Poland. He is based in Las Vegas.
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C. K. Choi, Y. I. Kong, J. S. Park, S. J. Park, K. H. Rhee
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Malaysian Global Taekwondo Federation: GTF Founder/History
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Choi Kwang Do Brown's Bay: About Grandmaster Kwang-jo Choi
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International Taekwon-Do Association Slovenia: ITF history
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The Korean martial art of Tae Kwon Do & early history
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The persons and events that shaped Taekwondo in Argentina
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An interview with Grand Master Kong Young-il, IX degree
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Park, S. H. (1993): "About the author." In H. H. Choi:
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Rhee Taekwon-Do (Victoria): Training centres and times
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ITF Phoenix Group: Biography of Master John Tompkins
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in 1981 by H. H. Choi, and attained the rank of 9th
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Tae Kwon Do Times: Anto Nobilo – A mover and shaker
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United Confederation of Taekwon-Do: ITF and history
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Choi was promoted to 8th 171:Far East: Taiwan · Vietnam 53:Korea Taekwondo Association 10: 3178: 2369:retrieved on 24 July 2009. 2026:Australasian Fighting Arts 1979:Retrieved on 13 June 2007. 1473: 1426: 1417:World Taekwondo Federation 1374: 1353: 1330: 1266: 1232: 1202: 1165: 1135: 1105: 1074: 1044: 1014: 984: 954: 922: 892: 862: 832: 812: 759: 746: 733: 720: 706: 701: 688: 675: 662: 649: 636: 623: 610: 596: 591: 578: 565: 552: 539: 526: 513: 500: 487: 474: 461: 448: 435: 422: 409: 396: 383: 370: 357: 344: 331: 318: 305: 291: 286: 273: 257: 244: 231: 218: 205: 192: 179: 166: 152: 147: 129: 3021:Retrieved on 17 May 2010. 2526:12 September 2009 at the 2269:15 September 2008 at the 1975:14 September 2009 at the 1399:until his death in 2002. 792:(1981), Y. I Kong to 9th 713: 710: 702: 603: 600: 592: 466:United States of America 440:United States of America 298: 295: 287: 159: 156: 148: 3109:Crunch time for students 2995:Fumarola, M. (c. 1998): 2864:13 February 2010 at the 2717:14 February 2010 at the 2654:16 February 2010 at the 2280:20 February 2010 at the 2247:20 February 2010 at the 2222:20 February 2010 at the 1255:in his own martial art, 978:Kwang Mu Sul Taekwon-Do 680:Buenos Aires, Argentina 135:Demonstrations and tours 2899:9 February 2009 at the 2730:Spiegel, A. B. (1995): 2469:23 October 2004 at the 2450:Adrogué, M. E. (2008): 2175:Retrieved on 5 May 2021 2105:17 January 2011 at the 1683:17 January 2010 at the 1664:19 January 2010 at the 703:Post-H. H. Choi: 2003– 489:November–December 1973 482:C. C. Rhee, C. H. Rhee 265:C. K. Han, J. S. Park, 3119:Latrobe Valley Express 2361:Fricke, H. J. (2004): 2046:9 October 2007 at the 1993:Australasian Taekwondo 1779:31 August 2011 at the 1698:A history of Taekwondo 1291:. In 1979, ranked 7th 1137:Rhee Chong-hyup (리종협) 1107:Rhee Chong-chul (리종철) 834:Choi Chang-keun (최창근) 741:J. C. Kim, J. S. Park 638:October–November 1982 615:Queensland, Australia 37: 2880:Younglai, R. (2002): 2820:12 March 2010 at the 2193:16 April 2009 at the 2141:11 April 2009 at the 1938:11 March 2009 at the 1156:Melbourne, Australia 856:Tae Kwon Do Pioneers 748:27–28 September 2008 288:Early ITF: 1966–1980 236:Malaysia · Singapore 35: 3147:Tae Kwon Do Pioneers 3091:Kang, S.-W. (2009): 3002:22 July 2011 at the 2976:22 July 2011 at the 2956:14 July 2011 at the 2937:2 April 2009 at the 2918:24 July 2008 at the 2842:19 July 2011 at the 2771:Grandmaster Jong Kim 2583:Choi, C. K. (2010): 2562:16 July 2011 at the 2539:Choi, H. H. (1993): 2507:16 July 2011 at the 2488:13 July 2011 at the 2432:25 July 2011 at the 2325:15 July 2011 at the 2318:Hawkins, P. (2004): 2300:4 April 2009 at the 2215:Clifton, P. (1991): 1905:15 July 2011 at the 1898:Hawkins, P. (2005): 1876:9 March 2010 at the 1846:3 March 2012 at the 1752:15 July 2011 at the 1715:8 March 2010 at the 1696:Burdick, D. (1990): 1534:Choi, H. H. 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Index

Original Masters of Taekwondo

martial art
masters
Korea Taekwondo Association
taekwondo
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
Rhee Ki-Ha
Choi Hong-hi
International Taekwon-Do Federation
Nam Tae-hi
Korean martial art
Jae-Hwa Kwon
Canada
United States
United States
Canada
Jong Kim Martial Arts Surrey (Taekwondo)
Germany
United States

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