Hanmookwan: The Korean Martial Art

Hanmookwan is another another of the many Kwan's or schools of taekwondo that are rooted in the teaching of Grandmaster Chun Sung-sup at the fabled Chosen Yunmookwan dojung. The school was founded by Grandmaster Lee Kyo-yoon in August of 1956 and he is still its leader as of this writing. In the mid-1950’s many new Kwan’s began to pop up as offshoots of the 5 original schools and Master Lee's was said to have been one of the first to start this trend. Hanmookwan is considered one of the 9 original kwan's that formed taekwondo.

Though some people consider Hanmookwan to be a branch of Jidokwan . But Grandmaster Lee claims that after the war, with Chun Sung-sup missing or dead, Lee Chong-woo one of the senior students opened the Jidokwan, and he himself opened the Hanmookwan. Grandmaster Lee says his root is not Jidokwan, but rather the Chosen Yunmookwan.

On the contrary many Jidokwan seniors claim that Master Lee did train at the Jidokwan, but due to a disagreement with Lee Chong-woo left to open the Hanmookwan. We will probably never know the real story.

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Yours in the Spirit of Wisdom

Childan Sam Naples
Grandmaster Chun Taekwondo Jidokwan
www.taekwondo-4self-mastery.com