HISTORY OF TAE-KWON-DO



HISTORY OF TAE-KWON-DO

Tae-Kwon-Do originated many years ago in ancient Korea, which was divided into three kingdoms, the smallest of which was Silla. Silla, which was established in 57 BC, was constantly being invaded by the larger more powerful neighbor to the North and the West over a period of 1,000 years.

Around 540 A.D. King Chin-Hung called together the youth and the patriots to form a military organization known as the Hawarang-Do. The Hawarang-Do was responsible for transforming and intensifying Silla’s common method of foot fighting and added hand techniques which included a blend of hard and soft as well as linear and circular techniques calling this fighting art Tae-Kyon. The Hawarang-Do was a very unusual organization for not only did they study the fighting art of Tae-Kyon but also the arts of music and poetry as well, seeking always to unify the body and spirit.

Around 580 A.D., under King Chin-Hung’s rule, a code of conduct was established by the Hawarang-Do that became the core of Sillas’ national morality and strength. This code is comprised of allegiance to the nation, respect for ones’ parents, loyalty to friends, courage in battle and wisdom in the use of the fighting art of Tae-Kyon.

Around 660 A.D., under the leadership of General Kim Yoo-Sin, the Hawarang-Do succeeded in its goal to unify Korea and the fighting art of Tae-Kyon flourished for over 700 years.

In 1392, the Yi dynasty was established and the art of valor fell into public disfavor and would not have survived had the knowledge not privately been passed from father to son and instructor to student.

In 1910, the Japanese began their occupation of Korea and the fighting art of Tae-Kyon was suppressed even further, with the knowledge being maintained by only the secret study and practice of dedicated instructors.

After the deliberation from the Japanese occupation of Korea in 1945, the art of Tae-Kyon was revived. In 1946, the Korean masters met to unify and discuss the foreign influences on the once purely Korean fighting art of Tae-Kyon. After years of debate Japanese and Chinese hand techniques were introduced to the art of Tae-Kyon when they were found to be practical and useful for self-defense.

During the Korean conflict in 1950 to 1953, the art of Tae-Kyon, both with its ancient and modern fighting techniques, was thoroughly tested under combat conditions.

In 1951 the Korean masters (of all martial arts understandings) met and decided to call their nations unified art Tang-So-Do, and in 1955, changing it to Kong-Soo-Do; both of these groups failing to maintain full support. In 1959 the Korean masters met again and decided to call their nations unified art Tae-Soo-Do, and in 1964 the Korean masters agreed upon the final name for their new form of Korean martial art: Tae-Kwon-Do, the fighting art of hand and foot.

2003

HISTORY OF MR. CAMPBELL

Mr. Terry L. Campbell is a 5th Degree Black Belt who has studied and practiced the Art and Self-Defense aspects of Tae-Kwon-Do since 1982. Mr. Campbell was taught by Black Belt Mr. Joe A. McCane and promoted through each belt rank / level of his training by Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi.

His seniors recognized Mr. Campbell’s dedication to the art of Tae-Kwon-Do and his desire to help others improve their lives through its many benefits and he was given the honor of being trained as an instructor under Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi. Mr. Campbell began teaching in Mansfield, Ohio as the “Assistant Instructor” (Cho-Kyo) of a Tae-Kwon-Do and self-defense school with Mr. Joe A. McCane in January of 1985.

With the permission and encouragement of his instructor Mr. Joe A. McCane and Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi, Mr. Campbell opened his own Tae-Kwon-Do and self-defense school in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania in January of 1987, where he moved to pursue his professional career. It was with this event that Mr. Campbell earned the title “Instructor” (Sa-Bum) reporting directly to Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi in all matters and receiving the honor of testing his own students for belt rank promotions.

On April 8, 1989 Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi and Master Wilson (the Senior Master under Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi) officiated a promotions test for Mr. Campbell’s students in Dillsburg, Pa. At the conclusion of this event Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi rated Campbell’s School of Tae-Kwon-Do and self-defense the number one school out of the 50 schools in his organization, the Moo-Do-Won. Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi also ranked Mr. Campbell as the number one Instructor within the Moo-Do-Won.

Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi passed away November 8th, 1989. Following Choi’s death Mr. Campbell met with the new leadership of the Moo-Do-Won and discussed the future direction of the Moo-Do-Won. After much thought and consideration Mr. Campbell decided to withdraw his school from the Moo-Do-Won for several reasons; 1) The new leadership decided on a new direction for the Moo-Do-Won which Mr. Campbell viewed as going against the beliefs and wishes of Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi. 2) The new leadership decided to dramatically raise the membership fees (the amount schools and individual students must pay on a yearly basis to the Moo-Do-Won). 3) The refusal of the new leadership to honor Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi’s recognition of Mr. Campbell and his school as number one in the Moo-Do-Won.

In 1997, after serving Dillsburg and surrounding communities for 10 years, Mr. Campbell closed his school in Dillsburg, primarily due to increasing demands placed on him by his occupation and declining student enrollment. After closing his school Mr. Campbell continued to teach a limited number of students privately in his home for a period of two years.

In 1999, Mr. Campbell stopped teaching Tae-Kwon-Do as a Martial Art while continually teaching its principles in everyday life.  Mr. Campbell now devotes his spare time to studying and teaching aspects of spirituality and human philosophy, writing poetry, playing music, and spending quality time with his family in their mountain home.

2007

GRANDMASTER DONG-HI CHOI

Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi was the first (senior) 8th degree Black Belt (1968) with the World Tae-Kwon-Do Federation (Kuk-Ki-Won), an organization of more than 100 member countries representing millions of Black Belts. Grand Master Choi also was an original director (1959) and architect of the Korean Tae-Kwon-Do Association where he served three terms. This organization later became the Kuk-Ki-Won due in part to the expert leadership and organizational abilities of Grand Master Choi. Grand Master Choi was one of the 13 highest ranking Black Belts in the world who originally founded the Kuk-Ki-Won.

Grand Master Choi began his training in 1945 at the age of 14 in Seoul, Korea.

In July 1973, Grand Master Choi was responsible for coordinating, establishing, and organizing the first World Tae-Kwon-Do games with 33 countries in attendance.

Grand Master Choi was the founder and Grand Master of the United States Martial Arts Center (Moo-Do-Won), which was located in Canton Ohio, where he lived with his family since 1974. The Moo-Do-Won was the headquarters for many branch schools nationwide representing thousands of students and hundreds of Black Belts.

Grand Master Choi was responsible for the re-establishment and founding of the AAU Tae-Kwon-Do Association.

Grand Master Choi served as a Deputy in the Stark county Sheriff’s Office and was the chief instructor and designer of several national police and sheriff self-defense programs.

Grand Master Choi was a retired Major (21 years) in the South Korean Army, spending four years as a front line infantry officer during the Korean Conflict, receiving many decorations for his bravery.

During the Vietnam War, the United States and South Vietnam governments made this request to the South Korean government: Send us your highest skilled Black Belt in hand-to-hand combat so we can train our combat troops, police officers, United Nations (U.N.) soldiers and other military personnel. From over one million Black Belts to choose from, Grand Master Choi was chosen as the most highly skilled and capable Black Belt to successfully complete this awesome responsibility of undertaking such a task. Grand Master Choi was the commanding officer of the Allied Tae-Kwon-Do instructors group in 1965, 1966, 1967; Grand Master Choi taught the instructors who in turn went out and taught the many hundreds of thousands of personnel involved in the Vietnam War. After the war, Grand Master Choi continued to oversee the hand-to-hand combat training of the United States Marine Corps for a number of years.

On November 8, 1989 Grand Master Dong-Hi Choi lost a battle with cancer and passed away at the age of 59. His memory lives on through the lives of those who were fortunate enough to have known him, met him, or trained under him.

2003

HISTORY OF MR. SCHWARTZ

Glenn A. Schwartz is a 5th Degree Black Belt who has studied the Martial Arts since 1983 and has been teaching Tae-Kwon-Do since 1989. Mr. Schwartz began his martial arts training in 1983 at the Scottdale YMCA where he studied Chinese Kempo under the instruction of Mr. John Wingert. In October 1985 Mr. Schwartz accepted a position as a Correctional Officer at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill and relocated in the Harrisburg area where he sought to continue his martial arts training. During the next two years Mr. Schwartz studied several different styles of martial arts including Kung-Fu.

In February 1988 Mr. Schwartz met Mr. Terry L. Campbell and began training at Campbell's School of Tae-Kwon-Do and Self Defense in Dillsburg, Pa. With over 4 years of previous training in the martial arts combined with a routine of daily training and practice, Mr. Schwartz quickly advanced up through the belt ranks. On April 8, 1989, during a belt rank promotions test conducted in Dillsburg, Pa. Grandmaster Dong Hi Choi personally promoted Mr. Schwartz to the rank of 1st Degree Black Belt.

For the next 18 months Mr. Campbell trained Mr. Schwartz in all aspects regarding operating a martial arts school and in January 1991 Mr. Campbell promoted Mr. Schwartz to the position of Head Instructor at Campbell's School of Tae-Kwon-Do and Self-Defense in Dillsburg, Pa. Under Mr. Schwartz's leadership the school continued to grow and became recognized as one of the best martial arts schools in the Harrisburg area.

In September 1991, following the death of his father earlier that year, Mr. Schwartz returned to the Scottdale area moving back into the farmhouse he grew up in. After extensive renovations to the building that his father operated a meat cutting business out of, Mr. Schwartz opened his own school "Schwartz's School of Tae-Kwon-Do" on April 26, 1993.  Mr. Schwartz believes in working with each student to help him/her realize their maximum potential and earn their Black Belt regardless of their age, gender, race, religion, or natural ability.

Mr. Schwartz retired from the PA Department of Corrections (DOC) in 2004 after 19 years of service to the commonwealth. During his career he served as an Instructor for the department and taught fellow officers Basic & Advanced Self-Defense, Baton, First Aid, CPR, Pepper Spray, Stun Gun, and Riot Control. Additionally, Mr. Schwartz was certified by the DOC and the NRA as a Handgun & Shotgun Instructor. He also served 7 years as a member of the Departments elite statewide Hostage Rescue Team. In 2001 Mr. Schwartz received the Department of Corrections distinguished Medal of Valor Award for his actions which resulted in saving the lives of (3) fellow Corrections Officers.

Since retiring from the Dept. of Corrections, Mr. Schwartz is a full-time martial arts, fitness, and self-defense instructor and has been involved in the training of several local police S.W.A.T. teams.

Mr. Schwartz has considerable experience judging and competing in Martial Arts tournaments. He has also competed in a number of full-contact boxing, kickboxing, grappling, and toughman events. In his spare time Mr. Schwartz enjoys distance running and competes in many local running events. He has completed numerous marathons, ultra marathons, and adventure races. Mr. Schwartz has 2 children that have earned their Black Belts, Joshua (2nd Degree Black Belt) and Malia (1st Degree Black Belt).

2010

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