Yun Dukan

Yun Duk An
Born (1942-10-17) 17 October 1942 (age 82)
Mokpo, Jeolla Province, Republic of Korea
ResidenceMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
StyleD.A.Yun's Tae Kwon Do
Rank9th dan Taekwon-Do,

1st dan Judo,

4th dan Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan
Notable club(s)D.A.Yun's Black Belt Academy United Tae Kwon Do Federation of Wisconsin Inc.
In this Korean name, the family name is Yun.
Yun Dukan
Hangul
윤덕안
Hanja
尹德安
Revised RomanizationYun Deokan
McCune–ReischauerYun Tŏgan

Yun Dukan known as "Grandmaster D.A.Yun" (Korean: 윤덕안; born 17 October 1942) is an early South Korean Taekwondo Pioneer and Grandmaster. Yun is one of the early Taekwondo instructors, a contemporary of martial art Grandmasters Nam Tae Hi, Sang Kyu Shim, Jung Won Sun, Chang Gedo and Kim Il Woong. Yun brought his style of Taekwon-Do to the United States of America in 1968[1] and has been featured within the Tae Kwon Do Times,[2][3][4] Black Belt[5][6] and Taekwondo & Korean Martial Arts Magazine.[1]

Biography

Yun was raised in what is now known as South Korea. He is a survivor of both the Japanese occupation of Korea and the Korean War.[4] His early education included training in Hwang Kee's martial art of Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan under the tutelage of Oh Sae Joon.[1] Subsequently, he twice won the Tang Soo National Championships of Korea thus gaining the attention of Sang Kyu Shim.[1] Shim asked Yun to assist with the teaching of the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Republic of Korea Marines; Yun would also teach the 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army in Munsan, Korea.[1] It was during this period that Shim introduced Yun to the South Korean General Choi Hong Hi. From Choi, Yun would learn Taekwon-Do along with Cha Soo Young, Moon Ku Baek, and Jung Joong Sun.[1]

Yun later joined the Oh Do Kwan in Seoul, where he trained with E Jhoon Chang.[1] There Yun began to learn and instruct in the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) style of taekwondo.[4] In 1968, Yun, with the encouragement of both Choi and Shim, came to Manitowoc, Wisconsin and began teaching taekwondo at the Manitowoc YMCA as part of the ITF's effort to bring the martial art to the Americas.[1] In 1970, Yun moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and established the very first Tae Kwon Do school in the city.[4] In 1971 Yun's school was visited by Choi Hong Hi and Nam Tae Hi, who taught at the first of many seminars that they were to host.[1]

Choi Hong Hi with Yun Dukan
Yun's Academy Dobok and Patch

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hawkins, Philip. (2004). Grandmaster Yun Dukan a Seoul Survivor. Taekwondo & Korean Martial Arts Magazine. (May 2004 issue) (9(4) ed.). pp.14-17.
  2. ^ Yun, Dukan (1981). Tae Kwon-Do for Women: New Path to Self-Discovery (Spring 1981) (1(1) ed.). Taekwondo Times Magazine. pp. 40–41.
  3. ^ Yun, Duk An (1981). Self-Defense Techniques Duk An Yun (Fall 1981) (1(3) ed.). Taekwondo Times Magazine. pp. 22–23.
  4. ^ a b c d Easley, Saul (May 2014). Being the Ground Floor Grandmaster Dukan Yun (May 2014) (Issue #199 ed.). Taekwondo Times Magazine. pp. 24–25.
  5. ^ Kitchen, Barbara Lynn (July 1993). Blind TKD Stylist Earns Black Belt. (31(7) ed.). Black Belt Magazine. pp. 88-89.
  6. ^ Renardo Barden and Evan Israel, (January 1979). TOP KARATEKA IN AMERICAN COMPETITION - JOHN CARINI. (January 1979) (17(1) ed.). Black Belt Magazine. p. 45.

Further reading

  • Corcoran, John; Farkas, Emil; Sobel, Stuart (1993). The original martial arts encyclopedia : tradition, history, pioneers. Pro-Action Pub. p. 374
  • Hawkins, Philip. (2024). The TaeKwon-Do Pioneers. p. 161


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