History and Lineage
Great Grandmaster
Byung In Yoon
1920 - 1983 |
Great Grandmaster
Chul Hee Park
1933 -
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Great Grandmaster
Hwa Chong
1939 -
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Greatmaster
Carl W. Stolberg
1941 - 2007
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Great Grandmaster Byung In Yoon
as a youth was a student learning Chuan Fa in Manchuria, China in
the 1930's. In 1937 he went to Japan to be educated at
Nihon University. While at the University he participated in an
exchange with Toyama Kanken where Mr. Yoon received rank in
Shudokon. After World War II, Mr. Yoon taught Kwon Bup in Korea until the
Korean War. It was during the Korean war that Mr. Yoon became a POW. He was
unable to return to South Korea and remained in North Korea until his death
in 1983.
Great Grandmaster Chul Hee Park
as a youth became a student of Byung In Yoon in Korea in 1946. After Mr. Yoon
disappeared during the Korean War, Mr. Park continued to teach Kwon Bup
along with Jung Pyo Hong. About 1954, Mr. Park and Mr. Hong founded a
new Kwan, which Mr. Park named Kang Duk Won (School of Virtue). Mr. Park
continues to teach Kang Duk Won Kwon Bup to this day. During one of his visits to the
United States in November of 2001, Mr. Park was an honored visitor to
the Kang Duk Won dojang in Muskegon.
Great Grandmaster Hwa Chong became a student of Mr. Park in the mid 1950’s. Through
Mr. Park’s correspondence with Mr. Stolberg, Mr. Chong was able to get help from Mr. Stolberg
to come to the United States in 1967. Mr. Chong was educated at Michigan State University and
began teaching taekwondo at the University of Michigan and in the Detroit area. Mr. Chong is a
past president of the United States Taekwondo Union and is influential in taekwondo throughout
the world. He currently serves as a consultant to the World Taekwondo Federation.
Greatmaster Carl Stolberg became a student of Mr. Park soon after corresponding
with him in 1962. After Mr. Chong came to the United States Mr. Stolberg began training with
him. In the 1960’s Mr. Stolberg began teaching Kang Duk Won and taught continuously in Muskegon for more than 40 years. Over the
years Mr. Stolberg received national recognition for his contributions to taekwondo. He was an advisor to the Michigan
State Taekwondo Association and an advisory member of the Legislative Committee of the World Taekwondo Federation. He passed away
April 28, 2007.
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