

Served as Peaceful Unification Advisor for the South Korean Government to improve its relationship with North Korea (1999-2005) Korean Special Forces Takewondo champion (1975–1977) President of Sangrok World Taekwondo Academy, founder of Taekwondo in India President of the Jidokwan Europe Federation

Winner, first king of the world competition (YouTube) Secretary for 8/9 dan testing Co-Grandmaster of the year 1994.

Promoted to 10th Dan posthumously on 21 February 2017.įounded United Taekwondo Association former president of the United States Taekwondo Union Kukkiwon Technical Advisor.Ģ016 Lifetime Achievement Award from President Obama's Council on Physical Fitness. President of Kwanjangdo(KJD) in South Africa and the United Kingdom, Technical Director of the Mozambique Taekwondo Federation and Technical Advisor for Swaziland. Promoter of Taekwondo in Portuguese speaking countries like Angola, Mozambique, etc. National Team Coach for the Seoul Olympics which brought home 11 medals, US women's Team became 1st place in the world and the Men's Team became 2nd place in the world.įounded the Portuguese Taekwondo AssociationĪuthor of the first Taekwondo book ever published in the Portuguese language (1975) also distributed in Brazil CEO and Chief Instructor of the Philippine Taekwondo Association (1975–)Ĭreator of Battle of Columbus, Olympic Coach, Founding father of Oriental Martial Arts College, coached teams in the 3rd World Taekwondo Championship – 1977 in Chicago where the team became 3rd place in the world 1988 U. It is based in traditional Tae Kwon Do, incorporating elements of Hapkido, Karate, Kung Fu and Judo. Grandmaster Man Hee Han is the founder of the Youn Wha Ryu System of martial arts. He helped design the Palgue forms presently used by the World Tae Kwon Do Federation. Grandmaster Han was on the Board of Directors of the Korean Tae Kwon Do Federation in its early days.
