Person
Chun Sang-sup
Chun Sang-sup started a Kong Soo Do club at the Chosun Yun Moo Kwan in 1946, the origin of the Ji Do Kwan; he vanished during the Korean War.
Chun Sang-sup is listed as the founder of the club that became the Ji Do Kwan. The club was founded in 1946 as a Kong Soo Do club, on 3 March or 3 May depending on the source.[1][3]
Background #
Chun studied Shotokan karate under Gichin Funakoshi at Takushoku University and taught karate at the Kwon Bup section of the Chosun Yun Moo Kwan, which was a judo school that the occupying Japanese forces allowed to stay open.[2]
Fate #
He vanished during the Korean War and was never heard from again. After the war, the school was restarted under the name Ji Do Kwan, with Yun Kwae-byung voted as first headmaster by Chun's former students.[2] Yun Byung-in was a close associate of his.
Lineage links
- Founded
- Ji Do Kwan
- Students
- Lee Kyo-yoon
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Kwan (martial arts)" en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jidokwan" en.wikipedia.org
- Kang Won-sik and Lee Kyong-myong, A Modern History of Taekwondo (excerpt) kidokwan.org
Online sources last checked 31 October 2026.