Jae-chul Shin (; 20 December 1936 – 9 July 2012) was a
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martial art
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ist and founder of the
World Tang Soo Do Association.
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Biography
Jae-chul Shin began his study of martial arts in 1948, joining the Seoul
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Moo Duk Kwan Central Gym under Grandmaster Hwang Kee
Hwang Kee (; ''Hwang Gi''; November 9, 1914 – July 14, 2002) was one of the most important and influential figures in the Korean martial arts.U.S. Soo Bahk Do (Tang Soo Do) Moo Duk Kwan Federation > History. URL accessed on February 11, 2010 ...
,[ the founder of the ]Moo Duk Kwan
Moo Duk Kwan is the name of a martial art organization founded by Hwang Kee in South Korea in 1945. Licensed Moo Duk Kwan schools teach Soo Bahk Do, formerly Tang Soo Do (and earlier 'Hwa Soo Do'). 'Moo Duk Kwan' translates as "School of Martial ...
system.[Buttitta, Bob (March 1984)]
The World Tang Soo Do Association: The Last Bastion For Traditional Korean Martial Arts?
Black Belt Magazine, Pages 28–32 By the time he was a first dan black belt, he had started his teaching career as an assistant instructor at the central gym.[
Shin continued to study Tang Soo Do while attending ]Korea University
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, where he would earn both his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science. While a student, Shin began teaching at the university, along at the Seoul Central YMCA
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, other colleges, and many police and military institutions.South Korea
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n air force as a martial arts instructor. He was stationed at Osan Air Base
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, teaching Tang Soo Do to both American and Korean
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servicemen.[Wasserman, Bill (December 1999)]
Jae-chul Shin: The Ambassador of Tang Soo Do Talks About Chuck Norris, Taekwondo and the State of the Arts in American
Black Belt Magazine, Pages 48–53 to continue graduate studies at Rutgers University
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and extend his instruction to foreign students as a representative for the Korean Soo Bahk Do Association.[Coleman, Jim (September 1984)]
Tang Soo! The Evolution of Tae Kwon Do‘s Bitter Rival
Black Belt Magazine, Pages 20–24 & 120–121
Shin established the U.S. Tang Soo Do Federation in 1968 at his first school in Burlington, New Jersey. In 1982, dissatisfied with the direction that the federation was going, Shin resigned from the board of directors and along with Ki-yun Yi, Sang-kyu Shim and William D. Clingan founded the World Tang Soo Do Association.[Nagel, J. (February 1983)]
Jae-chul Shin: Chuck Norris‘ Teacher
Black Belt Magazine, Pages 46–49 & 104[Vandehey, Tim (October 1989)]
A House Divided: The Broken Family of Tang Soo Do
Black Belt Magazine, Pages 24–28 Grandmaster Shin's decision to leave Moo Duk Kwan coincided with Grandmaster Hwang Kee's release of the new Soo Bahk Do forms in 1982.
Shin remained the leader of the World Tang Soo Do Association until his death on 9 July 2012; the body has over 150,000 members including more than 40,000 black belts and 300 master instructors in 38 countries. He was the author of several books on Tang Soo Do and featured in a chapter of the 1971 book, ''20th century Warriors: Prominent Men in the Oriental Fighting Arts"''.
In March 2010, the association's board of directors approved Shin's promotion to ninth-degree black belt. In July 2010, Shin was formally promoted to the rank at the association's annual world championships after 27 years as an eighth degree.
References
•참고, 우리의 무예당수도교본 / http://www.tangsoodo.co.kr
External links
The World Tang Soo Do Association
Jae-chul Shin in the Taekwondo Hall of Fame
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1936 births
2012 deaths
Martial artists from Seoul
South Korean tang soo do practitioners