Kim Bok Man
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Bok Man-Kim | |
|---|---|
김복만 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1934 |
| Died | 14 August 2021 (aged 86) West Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김복만 |
| Hanja | 金福萬 [1] |
| RR | Gim Bokman |
| MR | Kim Pongman |
Kim Bok-man (Korean: 김복만; Hanja: 金福萬;[1] December 3, 1934 – August 14, 2021), 11th dan, was an early pioneer of taekwondo in the 1950s and 1960s in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. He started martial arts training in the Korean art of taekyun in 1941 at 7. While he was a Sergeant Major in the South Korean army, he was called to Malaysia by General Choi Hong-hi Korea's ambassador, to teach taekwondo to members of the government party in Malaysia[2] and subsequently to develop taekwondo, particularly some of the forms created by General Choi, and another martial art called Chun Kuhn taekwondo.[3][4]
Bok-Man Kim died on August 14, 2021, at 86.[5]
Kim Bok-man and Woo Jae-lim helped General Choi develop 15 tuls, or patterns, between 1962 and 1964 while Gen. Choi served as the Korean Ambassador to Malaysia. In no particular order, these tuls are:[6] Chon-Ji, Dan-Gun, Do-San, Won-Hyo, Yul-Gok, Joong-Gun, Toi-Gye, Kwang-Gae, Po-Eun, Choon-Jang, Ko-Dang, Yoo-Sin, Choi-Yong, Se-Jong, and Tong-Il. In addition, Kim Bok-man has said that he had some but considerably less input on five additional tuls – Hwa-Rang, Eui-Am, Se-Jong, Chung-Mu and Gye-Baek – bringing the total to 20.[7] The only Ch'ang Hon patterns that Kim did not have any input or influence on are Juche, Sam-Il, Yeon-Gae, Eul-Ji, Mun-Mu and Seo-San.[7]
