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OverviewPremium Edition signed by Grand Master Kim Bok Man and limited to 100 Copies Worldwide. Premium paper. TAEKWON-DO: Origins of the Art: Bok Man Kim's Historic Photospective (1955-2015) leads readers through the history of Taekwon-Do as seen through Grand Master Kim's photographs, a period spanning nearly 60 years. Grand Master Kim's training in the martial arts began in 1941. By 1950, he had joined the Korean Army and was transferred to General Choi Hong Hi's division in early 1955 before the new Korean art was named, and advised Gen. Choi on many things related to Taekwon-Do. He drove Gen. Choi to the Naming Committee meetings where members would agree in 1955 to name the art Tae Kwon Do and recommend the name to then-president Syngman Rhee. GM Kim was a member of the first Taekwon-Do demo team to perform outside of Korea in China and Vietnam in 1959. He helped Gen. Choi develop 15 of the Ch'ang Hon patterns and provided input on as many as four more. GM Kim helped Gen. Choi write the first English book about Taekwondo in 1963; Taekwon-Do: The Art of Self-Defence was published in 1965. He was a founding member of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), and every country where he demonstrated and organized Taekwondo became a founding member nation in March 1966. He also lead the first ITF demonstration team in 1967. In 1978, he sponsored the 3rd Asian Taekwon-Do Championships in Hong Kong, sanctioned and promoted by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). Ten years later, Taekwondo would be a demonstration sport in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. He has starred in two feature films in Hong Kong in 1973 and appeared in as many as three earlier films. He has published three previous books about martial arts: Practical Taekwon-Do: Defenses Against Weapons (1979); Chun Kuhn Do: The Complete Wellness Art (2002); and Taekwondo: Defense Against Weapons (2012), which was selected as a Best Books Award Finalist by U.S. Book News. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bok Man Kim , Mike E SwopePublisher: Moosul Publishing, LLC Imprint: Moosul Publishing, LLC Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 1.134kg ISBN: 9780996264020ISBN 10: 0996264027 Pages: 262 Publication Date: 05 June 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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