Choi Jung Hwa

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.
Choi Jung Hwa
Born 22 May 1951
Cheju Island, Korea
Style Taekwondo
Teacher(s) Choi Hong Hi
Rank      9th dan, Grand Master, taekwondo (ITF)
Website Official site

Choi Jung Hwa (born 22 May 1951), Choi, is the only son of General Choi Hong Hi; founder of Taekwon-Do.[1]

In 1971 Choi Jung Hwa emigrated to Canada. In 1983 Hwa was convicted in Canada on charges that he conspired to assassinate the President of South Korea Chun Doo-Hwan. He was sentenced in Canada, and was barred from South Korea (this has since been recsinced). He was convicted in absentia, and travelled as a Taekwon-Do instructor in the then “Eastern Bloc” nations; mainly Yugoslavia and in the DPRK as well. It wasn’t until several years later that he returned to Canada to finish his prison term.[2][3][4]

After his father's death he formed his own International Taekwondo Federation. Prior to forming his own Taekwondo organistaion he was a Vice Secretary of his father's ITF organisation.


References

  1. ↑ "TORO Magazine June-July 2003 - 0100". Virtual Paper.
  2. ↑ "General Chun Doo-hwan took power in a coup". Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
  3. ↑ "N Korea 'hired taekwondo killers'". BBC. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
  4. ↑ Peter, Ward (February 28, 1982). "A KOREAN PLOT?". Boston Globe.