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Chung was sent by Hwang Kee, in the second wave of ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Taekwon-do History|url=http://kompletemartialarts.com/history_tkd.htm|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> to the United States on June 18, 1970.<ref>{{cite web|title=Photo: Sun Hwan Chung departs for USA (Incorrect date on photo. Actually 1970).|url=http://moodukkwan.net/photo-albums/?wppa-album=48&wppa-occur=1&wppa-photo=514|publisher=Moo Duk Kwan.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Photo: Sun Hwan Chung, Chung Il Kim, and Bahk Song Man at Gimpo International Airport for their USA departure, accompanied by Hueng Iyol Yoon and H.C. Whang (1970). (Photo number 1)|url=http://www.classicmartialarts.com/Pictures.html}}</ref> His American sponsor was Dale Drouillard, the first American to be recognized as a Cho Dan by Hwang.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dale Drouillard - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do|url=http://www.tangsoodoworld.com/whos_who_profiles/dale_drouillard.htm|publisher=Tang Soo Do World|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> As a new arrival to the United States, Chung instructed at (Jae Joon) Kim’s Karate School in Grand River, Michigan. As representative of the dojang, he traveled the country and sparred with early legends Mariano Estioko (the second American to become a Cho Dan in the Moo Duk Kwan),<ref>{{cite web|title=Mariano Estioko - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do|url=http://www.tangsoodoworld.com/whos_who_profiles/mariano_estioko.htm|publisher=Tang Soo Do World|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> David Praim,<ref>{{cite web|title=David Praim - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do|url=http://www.tangsoodoworld.com/whos_who_profiles/david_praim.htm|publisher=Tang Soo Do World|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> Russell Hanke, ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Pat Johnson - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do|url=http://www.tangsoodoworld.com/whos_who_profiles/pat_johnson.htm|publisher=Tang Soo Do World|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> and hundreds of others, without losing a match.<ref>{{cite book|last=Olin|first=Tom|title=Indomitable Spirit (Online excerpts)|year=2002|publisher=Grand Rapids Press|pages=122|url=http://chungsindomitablespirit.blogspot.com}}</ref> In addition to building a tremendous reputation worldwide as a ruthless fighter, Chung gained renown for his mental toughness, often performing demonstrations such as lifting large buckets of water using needles pierced in his arms and neck - while standing on broken glass, or having a car drive onto his chest.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lewis|first=Forest|title=Sun Hwan Chung: Tang Soo Do's Man of Iron (Cover)|journal=Official Karate Magazine|date=June 1976|url=http://ma-mags.com/Mags/OK/OK%201976-06%20Cov.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Incredible Master Sun Hwan Chung Tells His Story (Cover Story)|journal=Traditional Taekwondo Magazine|date=Spring 1983|volume=5|issue=2|url=http://ma-mags.com/Mags/TTKD/TTKD%201983-13%20Cov.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Olin|first=Tom|title=Indomitable Spirit (Online excerpts)|year=2002|publisher=Grand Rapids Press|pages=122|url=http://chungsindomitablespirit.blogspot.com}}</ref> As his reputation grew, he gained many friendships with martial arts pioneers in the United States during the 1970s, including Sang Kyu Shim, Kang Uk Lee,<ref>{{cite web|title=Kang Uk Lee - Tang Soo Do (Soo Bahk Do Federation)|url=http://www.uktsdf.org.uk/About/Grand-Master-Kang-Uk-Lee|publisher=Soo Bahk Do Federation|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Photo: Sun Hwan Chung in Detroit with Hwang Kee and Chuck Norris - 46th Dan Shim Sa (Early black belt test-1970)|url=http://moodukkwan.net/photo-albums/?wppa-album=45&wppa-occur=1&wppa-photo=492|publisher=Moo Duk Kwan.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Photo: Early Tang Soo Do Alumni in the United States (1971).|url=http://moodukkwan.net/photo-albums/?wppa-album=48&wppa-occur=1&wppa-photo=516|publisher=Moo Duk Kwan.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Photo: Sun Hwan Chung with Dale Drouillard (2006)|url=http://www.worldclassinstituteofmartialarts.com/news/nl07.htm|publisher=World Class IMA}}</ref> Chung was sent by Hwang Kee, in the second wave of ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Taekwon-do History|url=http://kompletemartialarts.com/history_tkd.htm|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> to the United States on June 18, 1970.<ref>{{cite web|title=Photo: Sun Hwan Chung departs for USA (Incorrect date on photo. Actually 1970).|url=http://moodukkwan.net/photo-albums/?wppa-album=48&wppa-occur=1&wppa-photo=514|publisher=Moo Duk Kwan.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Photo: Sun Hwan Chung, Chung Il Kim, and Bahk Song Man at Gimpo International Airport for their USA departure, accompanied by Hueng Iyol Yoon and H.C. Whang (1970). (Photo number 1)|url=http://www.classicmartialarts.com/Pictures.html}}</ref> His American sponsor was Dale Drouillard, the first American to be recognized as a Cho Dan by Hwang.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dale Drouillard - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do|url=http://www.tangsoodoworld.com/whos_who_profiles/dale_drouillard.htm|publisher=Tang Soo Do World|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> As a new arrival to the United States, Chung instructed at (Jae Joon) Kim’s Karate School in Grand River, Michigan. As representative of the dojang, he traveled the country and sparred with early legends Mariano Estioko (the second American to become a Cho Dan in the Moo Duk Kwan),<ref>{{cite web|title=Mariano Estioko - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do|url=http://www.tangsoodoworld.com/whos_who_profiles/mariano_estioko.htm|publisher=Tang Soo Do World|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> David Praim,<ref>{{cite web|title=David Praim - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do|url=http://www.tangsoodoworld.com/whos_who_profiles/david_praim.htm|publisher=Tang Soo Do World|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> Russell Hanke, ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Pat Johnson - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do|url=http://www.tangsoodoworld.com/whos_who_profiles/pat_johnson.htm|publisher=Tang Soo Do World|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> and hundreds of others, without losing a match.<ref>{{cite book|last=Olin|first=Tom|title=Indomitable Spirit (Online excerpts)|year=2002|publisher=Grand Rapids Press|pages=122|url=http://chungsindomitablespirit.blogspot.com}}</ref> In addition to building a tremendous reputation worldwide as a ruthless fighter, Chung gained renown for his mental toughness, often performing demonstrations such as lifting large buckets of water using needles pierced in his arms and neck - while standing on broken glass, or having a car drive onto his chest.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lewis|first=Forest|title=Sun Hwan Chung: Tang Soo Do's Man of Iron (Cover)|journal=Official Karate Magazine|date=June 1976|url=http://ma-mags.com/Mags/OK/OK%201976-06%20Cov.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Incredible Master Sun Hwan Chung Tells His Story (Cover Story)|journal=Traditional Taekwondo Magazine|date=Spring 1983|volume=5|issue=2|url=http://ma-mags.com/Mags/TTKD/TTKD%201983-13%20Cov.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Olin|first=Tom|title=Indomitable Spirit (Online excerpts)|year=2002|publisher=Grand Rapids Press|pages=122|url=http://chungsindomitablespirit.blogspot.com}}</ref> As his reputation grew, he gained many friendships with martial arts pioneers in the United States during the 1970s, including Sang Kyu Shim, Kang Uk Lee,<ref>{{cite web|title=Kang Uk Lee - Tang Soo Do (Soo Bahk Do Federation)|url=http://www.uktsdf.org.uk/About/Grand-Master-Kang-Uk-Lee|publisher=Soo Bahk Do Federation|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Photo: Sun Hwan Chung in Detroit with Hwang Kee and Chuck Norris - 46th Dan Shim Sa (Early black belt test-1970)|url=http://moodukkwan.net/photo-albums/?wppa-album=45&wppa-occur=1&wppa-photo=492|publisher=Moo Duk Kwan.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Photo: Early Tang Soo Do Alumni in the United States (1971).|url=http://moodukkwan.net/photo-albums/?wppa-album=48&wppa-occur=1&wppa-photo=516|publisher=Moo Duk Kwan.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Photo: Sun Hwan Chung with Dale Drouillard (2006)|url=http://www.worldclassinstituteofmartialarts.com/news/nl07.htm|publisher=World Class IMA}}</ref>

==Development of the system==
In December 1970, Chung moved to ], Michigan where he opened a dojang, teaching his own form of mixed martial arts - combining Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, ], Moo Sool Gi, and Ki Gon - entitled Moo Sool Do (Martial Arts United).<ref>{{cite web|title=Definition of Moo Sool Do|url=http://www.chungsunhwan.com/default2.asp?active_page_id=260|publisher=Chung's Black Belt Taekwondo & Hapkido}}</ref> He has authored and published several training books in the Moo Sool Do system,<ref>{{cite book|last=Chung|first=Sun Hwan|title=Dong Yang Moo Sool Do Textbook|year=1972|publisher=Chung's Black Belt Academy|location=Kalamazoo, Michigan|pages=158|url=http://www.amazon.com/Dong-Yang-Moo-Sool-Textbook/dp/B00ESD4YHA/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389877549&sr=1-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Chung|first=Sun Hwan|title=Dong Yang Moo Sool Do Textbook: Oriental Martial Arts II|year=1985|publisher=Chung's Black Belt Academy|location=Kalamazoo, Michigan|url=http://www.amazon.com/Dong-Yang-Moo-Sool-Textbook/dp/B000QCJU3K}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Chung|first=Sun Hwan|title=Dong Yang Moo Sool Do Textbook: Oriental Martial Arts IV|year=2012|publisher=Chung's Black Belt Academy|location=Kalamazoo, Michigan}}</ref> and has continued to teach in Kalamazoo, as well as through other satellite dojangs, for more than forty years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hinkley|first=Justin|title=Gull Lake kids get a kick out of this class|url=http://www.lakenews.com/News.asp?ID=B99F6B35-0BDD-48B8-B960-387B9667E450&SiteID=|newspaper=Battle Creek Enquirer|date=July 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chung's Black Belt Taekwondo Locations|url=http://www.chungsunhwan.com/default2.asp?active_page_id=200}}</ref>

Chung was the first grandmaster to introduce taekwondo to ] in the early 1980s, through one of his students, David Avery.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Edmond|first=Johnson|title=Bermuda Taekwondo History (Cover and story)|journal=Totally Taekwondo Magazine|date=August 2010|issue=18|pages=49–53|url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/48999725/TotallyTKD_Issue_18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Grandmaster Sun Hwan Chung|url=http://www.bermytkd.com/#!grandmaster-chung/c1n9y|publisher=Champion Taekwondo (Bermuda)|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref> In addition, Chung teaches Moo Sool Do martial arts physical education classes at both ] and ].<ref>{{cite news|last=LaDuke|first=Alyssa|title=A Martial Arts Grand Master In Kalamazoo|url=http://journalismatwmu.com/a-martial-arts-grand-master-in-kalamazoo/|newspaper=Western Michigan University Journal|date=April 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kalamazoo College|title=Physical Education Programs - PED 071|url=http://www.kzoo.edu/catalog/?id=939|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref>

He has served as president of the Michigan Tae Kwon Do Association, as a certified (Level 1) International Referee with both the World Taekwondo Federation and the ], and as a member of the U.S.A.T. (Olympic National Governing Body) Martial Arts Commission. He has also been named Master Instructor of the Year several times by the Pan American Moo Duk Kwan Society. As one of the highest-ranking black belts in the United States, Chung was selected to serve on the testing panel and present Chuck Norris with his 9th ''dan'' black belt.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thoughts On Taekwondo Training|url=http://jinjumartialphilosophictimes.blogspot.com/2010/09/tribute-to-grand-master-sun-hwan-chung.html|publisher=Jim Kruska}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Olin|first=Tom|title=Indomitable Spirit (Online excerpts)|year=2002|publisher=Grand Rapids Press|pages=122|url=http://chungsindomitablespirit.blogspot.com}}</ref>
He founded and has sponsored for 25 years, the Michigan Cup International Martial Arts Championships, a competitive forms and sparring tournament held annually in Kalamazoo, Michigan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chop, step, kick: 24th annual Michigan Cup International Martial Arts Championship come to Kalamazoo in September|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/09/michigan_cup_international_mar.html|publisher=Kalamazoo Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Michigan Cup International Martial Arts Open|url=http://micupchampionship.webs.com}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 19:08, 6 July 2017

Sun Hwan Chung
Sun Hwan Chung
10th Dan Taekwondo Grandmaster
Born(1940-05-06)May 6, 1940
Hiroshima, Japan
ResidenceUnited States
StyleMoo Sool Do:
Taekwondo, Hapkido, Tang Soo Do,
Moo Sool Gi, Ki Gon
Teacher(s)Hwang Kee, Founder of Moo Duk Kwan
Rank  10th dan (honorary)
Moo Sool Do (Martial Arts United)
  9th dan Taekwondo
(Kukkiwon)
  9th dan Tang Soo Do
(Moo Duk Kwan)
  9th dan Hapkido
(Korea Hapkido Association)
Other information
OccupationMartial artist
WebsiteOfficial website

Sun Hwan Chung (born May 6, 1940), also known as James Sun Hwan Chung, is one of the highest-ranking taekwondo grandmasters in the world. He is founder of the Moo Sool Do (Martial Arts United) form of martial arts and is president of the World Academy of Martial Arts, LLC.

Early life and the Moo Duk Kwan

Sun Hwan Chung was born in Hiroshima, Japan and emigrated as a child to Korea. He began training in the martial arts when he was eight years old under Moo Duk Kwan founder Hwang Kee, and instructors Chang Young Chong (dan #15), Jong Soo Hong (dan #16), and Jae Joon Kim (dan #38). <3

He earned his first "black" belt (actually midnight blue) from Hwang Kee at age eleven. For three years (1963-1965) Chung won the Korean Tae Kwon Do National Championships. In 1966, he won the Asian Championship. From 1965 to 1968, Chung managed Hwang Kee’s main training dojang, located near Seoul Station (Jong Gu section of Dongja-dong) in downtown Seoul, Korea. Chung became proficient in several martial arts, studying Tang Soo Do, Hapkido, and Taekwondo. He created one of the essential poomse training forms for Tang Soo Do; Kicho Hyeong Sa Bu (Basic Form 4) as well as several others specific to Moo Sool Do.

During the 1960s, he was a martial arts combat instructor for the Korean military and active duty United States soldiers in Vietnam. In addition, he was a self-defense instructor to the Korean civilian police force and provided security services for the Korean national railroad system.

Among the earliest U.S. masters

Chung was sent by Hwang Kee, in the second wave of Korean martial arts masters, to the United States on June 18, 1970. His American sponsor was Dale Drouillard, the first American to be recognized as a Cho Dan by Hwang. As a new arrival to the United States, Chung instructed at (Jae Joon) Kim’s Karate School in Grand River, Michigan. As representative of the dojang, he traveled the country and sparred with early legends Mariano Estioko (the second American to become a Cho Dan in the Moo Duk Kwan), David Praim, Russell Hanke, Pat E. Johnson, and hundreds of others, without losing a match. In addition to building a tremendous reputation worldwide as a ruthless fighter, Chung gained renown for his mental toughness, often performing demonstrations such as lifting large buckets of water using needles pierced in his arms and neck - while standing on broken glass, or having a car drive onto his chest. As his reputation grew, he gained many friendships with martial arts pioneers in the United States during the 1970s, including Sang Kyu Shim, Kang Uk Lee, Bong Soo Han, Jhoon Rhee, Mike Stone, and Chuck Norris.

References

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  2. "The Greats of Taekwondo - Grandmaster Sun Hwan Chung". Taekwondo Hall of Fame.
  3. "Sun Hwan Chung Biography - Chung's Black Belt Taekwondo & Hapkido".
  4. Lee, Kang Uk (1999). Tang Soo Do: The Ultimate Guide to the Korean Martial Art. London, England: A & C Black Publishers, Ltd. p. 255. ISBN 0-86568-170-8.
  5. "2010 U.S. Taekwondo Grandmasters Hall of Fame Induction". U.S. Taekwondo Grandmasters Society.
  6. "Incredible Master Sun Hwan Chung Tells His Story (Cover Story)". Traditional Taekwondo Magazine. 5 (2). Spring 1983.
  7. "Tang Soo Do Guide To Forms, New Edge Martial Arts (DVD)".
  8. "Moo Sool Do - Advanced Black Belt Form - Shim Sin 5, New Edge Martial Arts (Video)".
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  10. "Taekwon-do History". Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  11. "Photo: Sun Hwan Chung departs for USA (Incorrect date on photo. Actually 1970)". Moo Duk Kwan.net.
  12. "Photo: Sun Hwan Chung, Chung Il Kim, and Bahk Song Man at Gimpo International Airport for their USA departure, accompanied by Hueng Iyol Yoon and H.C. Whang (1970). (Photo number 1)".
  13. "Dale Drouillard - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do". Tang Soo Do World. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  14. "Mariano Estioko - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do". Tang Soo Do World. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  15. "David Praim - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do". Tang Soo Do World. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  16. "Pat Johnson - Who's Who In Tang Soo Do". Tang Soo Do World. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  17. Olin, Tom (2002). Indomitable Spirit (Online excerpts). Grand Rapids Press. p. 122.
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  19. "Incredible Master Sun Hwan Chung Tells His Story (Cover Story)". Traditional Taekwondo Magazine. 5 (2). Spring 1983.
  20. Olin, Tom (2002). Indomitable Spirit (Online excerpts). Grand Rapids Press. p. 122.
  21. "Kang Uk Lee - Tang Soo Do (Soo Bahk Do Federation)". Soo Bahk Do Federation. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  22. "Photo: Sun Hwan Chung in Detroit with Hwang Kee and Chuck Norris - 46th Dan Shim Sa (Early black belt test-1970)". Moo Duk Kwan.net.
  23. "Photo: Early Tang Soo Do Alumni in the United States (1971)". Moo Duk Kwan.net.
  24. "Photo: Sun Hwan Chung with Dale Drouillard (2006)". World Class IMA.

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