- Jung Do Kwan
Infobox Korean name
hangul=정도관
hanja=正道館 [ [http://kin.naver.com/knowhow/entry.php?d1id=5&dir_id=5&eid=dS5/RAsYC9C55wYtFYC43XCItj1es3o2 네이버 :: 지식iN ] ]
mr=Chŏng Do Kwan
rr=Jung Do GwanJung Do Kwan was founded in 1956 by
Young Woo Lee , and was the last of the original nineKwans that formed theKukkiwon . This is detailed in "A Modern History of Taekwondo" by Kyong Myong Lee and Kang Won Sik (1999).An original student of the
Chung Do Kwan , Young Woo Lee was advised by the currentChung Do Kwan president to choose a similar name to Chung Do Kwan, so he chose Jung Do Kwan.Young Woo Lee passed away in August 2006 in
Seoul ,Korea . Until his death, he remained active in theWorld Taekwondo Federation , and served on the Dan/Poom black Belt promotion committee of the Kukkiwon.Taekwondo Jung Do Kwan still exists today, but only as a fraternal social friendship club. The official training curriculum endorsed by Taekwondo Jung Do Kwan is the Kukkiwon curriculum. The new President of the Jung Do Kwan will be announced soon.
Meaning
The word "jung" can be translated as "righteous" while "do" means way. So Jung Do Kwan can be translated as school of the righteous way.
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