Kim Ki-whang | |
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Born | Kim Ki-whang 1920 Seoul, South Korea |
Died | September 16, 1993 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | (aged 73)
Other names | Ki-whang Kim |
Nationality | Korean |
Style | Taekwondo; Tang Soo Do; Shudokan Karate-do; Judo Aikido |
Trainer | Kanken Toyama |
Rank | 10th dan Taekwondo, 8th dan Tang Soo Do, 4th dan Shudokan Karate, black belt Kodokan Judo[1] |
Occupation | Master Martial Art Instructor |
University | Nihon University |
Children | Lina Kim |
Notable students | Mitchell Bobrow, Sang Kee Paik, Chuck Norris, George Thanos, Mike Warren, John Critzos II |
Kim Ki-whang | |
Hangul | 김기황 |
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Revised Romanization | Gim Gihwang |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Kihwang |
Kim Ki-whang (1920 – September 16, 1993), also known in the United States as Ki-whang Kim, was a Korean martial arts grandmaster. He was chairman in the US of the Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Association and chairman of the US Olympic Taekwondo team in 1988. He helped unify several Korean martial arts into the overall style of taekwondo.