Han Moo Kwan

The Han Moo Kwan was founded in Seoul by Lee Kyo-yoon. Wikipedia and the kwan itself date it to August 1954, and Kang Won-sik and Lee Kyong-myong give August 1956.^[1][2][4] Kang and Lee place it in the Changsin-dong area of Jongno District, behind Kang Moon High School, with a central training hall opened in 1969.^[3] A 2008 Korean conference paper lists the 한무관 (Han Moo Kwan) under Lee Kyo-yoon in Seoul in 1956.^[5]

Lineage #

Lee trained at the Chosun Yun Moo Kwan under Chun Sang-sup, and after the 1953 armistice he taught returning members at the Hankuk Chaeyuk Kwan training hall.^[4] Kang and Lee and Wikipedia list the Han Moo Kwan as an annex of the Ji Do Kwan, the kwan that grew from the same Chosun Yun Moo Kwan club. The Han Moo Kwan says its root is the Chosun Yun Moo Kwan itself.^[3][4]

Unification and today #

Kang and Lee's list of the six kwans at the 1959 founding of the Korea Taekwondo Association does not include the Han Moo Kwan, which counts among the nine kwans of the 1970s.^[3] Lee served on the Korea Taekwondo Association board from 1961 and as vice president in 1983. Today the kwan operates as a social club in Korea and follows the Kukkiwon curriculum.^[4]