GENERAL CHOI HONG HI (1918 - 2002)

General Choi Hong Hi was born on November 9th, 1918 in the Hwa Dae Myong Chun District of Korea. He began study of the martial arts at an early age. He eventually earned a Black Belt in less than two years with the help of a Karate teacher he had met while continuing his studies in Japan.

At the end of World War II he became an officer in the new Korean Army. However during the war he served in the Japanese Army and was at that time posted in Pyongyang.

While there were various names for the martial arts styles in Korea which featured kicking techniques in the early years, Choi Hong-hi a politically powerful General in the Korean Army was responsible for
having the martial arts recognized under the name "Tae Kwon Do". The name Tae Kwon Do which generally translated means "the way of the feet and the hands" became officially adopted as the name
of the martial art on April 11th, 1955.

With the support of the Korean government, General Choi Hong Hi was responsible for spreading Tae Kwon Do to various parts of the world. He utilized teams of instructors comprised of persons
who were the most proficient in demonstrating the art.

In 1959, General Choi was named President of the Korean Taekwon-Do Association.

On March 22, 1966 he created the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) which was
based in Toronto, Canada.

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