Kong Young-il

In this Korean name, the family name is Kong.
Kong Young-il
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Korea
ResidencePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
StyleTaekwondo
Teacher(s)Choi Hong-hi, Nam Tae-hi
Rank9th dan taekwondo (ITF)

Kong Young-il (born 1943) is a South Korean master of taekwondo and one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association.[1][2][3] He holds the rank of 9th dan.[4][5][6] Following a career in the South Korean military, he emigrated to the United States of America in the late 1960s.

  1. ^ Choi, H. H. (1972): Taekwon-Do: The Korean art of self-defence. Mississauga: International Taekwon-Do Federation.
  2. ^ Park, S. H. (1993): "About the author." In H. H. Choi: Taekwon-Do: The Korean art of self-defence, 3rd ed. (Vol. 1, pp. 241–274). Mississauga: International Taekwon-Do Federation.
  3. ^ A tribute to the original masters Archived 2010-05-25 at the Wayback Machine (c. 2007). Retrieved on 13 June 2007; link has expired, as at 1 July 2011.
  4. ^ Anslow, S. (2004): An interview with Grand Master Kong Young-il, IX degree Retrieved on 8 January 2010.
  5. ^ World Taekwon-Do Alliance: Grand Master Kong Retrieved on 22 February 2009.
  6. ^ Pioneers of Taekwon-Do: Grand Master Kong Young-il Archived 2010-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 13 January 2010.