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List of Grand Masters of Taekwondo
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The following is a list of Taekwondo practitioners who have achieved the highest rank: ninth degree black belt. Ranks 6th through 9th Dan are accompanied by the title Grand Master. The tenth-degree black belt is a posthumous award. He began studying taekwondo at the age of 28, and he earned his first black belt in two years. He teaches in Torrence, California.
# Soon Ho Lee was inaugurated as the ninth-degree black belt, Grand Master, and leader of Songahm Taekwondo in 2000, succeeding his brother, Haeng Ung Lee.
# Tim Tieyah earned his ninth-degree black belt in November 2007 at the age of 71. He is a Native American from the Comanche tribe. He began studying Taekwondo at the age of 23 and earned his first black belt in 5 years. photo
# Tae Hong Choi earned his ninth-degree black belt. He earned his first black belt in two years. His Taekwondo Academy was the first taekwondo school in Oregon. Choi founded the Oregon State Taekwondo Association and the Northwest Black Belt Association and was its president for 30 years. In 2007, Choi received the lifetime achievement award from the United States Taekwondo Grandmasters Society.
#Dong Keun Park was a Korean National Champion in the 1960s. He pioneered taekwondo in Thailand, and established his own school in New Jersey in 1971. He coached the U.S. Olympic team in 1988 and 1992. In 2005, he published a book. He was inducted into the Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame
# Shin-Chul kang
# Koang Woong Kim
# Sung Chon Hong is a 9th dan blackbelt. Undefeatable champion of Korea. Vice-president of PTA.
# Sam Soo Han, founder of LTI (Life Tae Kwon-Do International), pioneer of Tae Kwon-Do, founded by General Choi Hong Hi.
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