History
Below are external links to Tae Kwon Do history. These links are included here for people interested in learning about Tae Kwon Do history. On these pages you can search for Won Kuk Lee (also Yee or Yi), Duk Sung Son, and Chung Do Kwan.
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With great sadness, we report that Grandmaster Son passed away on March 29th, 2011. The memory of a great man and the way he touched tens of thousands of lives continues to inspire us.
Links with more news:
http://www.tributes.com/show/Duk-Son-91139465
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2247484704
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=duk-son&pid=149847117
Tae Kwon Do Times, September 2011
http://fivepointskarate.com/images/2011/TKD%20Times%20Sept%201.jpg (1st Half)
http://fivepointskarate.com/images/2011/TKD%20Times%20Sept%202.jpg (2nd Half)
Tae Kwon Do Historian on Facebook (account required)
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100002871473459
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100002871473459&sk=photos
Seoul Shinmoon (a Seoul newspaper) statement by Duk Sung Son, 16 June 1959
Steve Heller's Tae Kwon Do Page
http://www.hellers.ws/ma/steves-story.shtml
Dave Schwartz on Grandmaster Son
http://www.themmazone.net/Martial-Arts-WP/2012/03/30/grandmaster-duk-sung-son
Chung Do Kwan on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Do_Kwan
Won Kuk Lee on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Kuk_Lee
Duk Sung Son on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duk_Sung_Son
Scott Shaw's History of Korean Martial Arts
http://www.scottshaw.com/history.html
Earl Weiss' Chung Do Kwan History
http://www.utfmadison.com/chung_do_kwan_history.php
Beck's Controversial Tae Kwon Do FAQ
http://www.beckmartialarts.com/ctkdfaq.html
Husky TKD History of Chung Do Kwan Tae Kwon Do
http://husky.students.mtu.edu/Ver2_0/tkdhist.html
Kwanzaa Martial Arts Academy History
http://www.kwanzaama.com/index_files/Roots.html
Duncan's Karate School Brief History of Chung Do Kwan
http://duncanskarate.net/style
Thomas Hudacko's Short History of Tae Kwon Do
http://www.baytkd.bayonne.net/background_history.html
Martial Arts Resource on the Modern History of Tae Kwon Do
http://martialartsresource.com/anonftp/pub/the_dojang/digests/history.html
Stanford Tae Kwon Do History
http://tkd.stanford.edu/documents/tkd_history.pdf
One World Tae Kwon Do History
http://www.oneworldtaekwondo.com/html/history.html
Ridge Tae Kwon Do on Grandmaster Duk Sung Son
http://www.ridgetaekwondo.com/historyoftaekwondo/grandmasterduksungson.html
Interview with Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee
http://sites.google.com/site/cdktkd/won-kuk-lee-interview
Otterbein Tae Kwon Do on Origins of Korean Tae Kwon Do
http://www.sctkdmartinsburg.org/page2.html
Radiant Press on Chung Do Kwan Tae Kwon Do and Grandmaster Son
http://taechundo.radiantdolphinpress.com/ChungdokwanTaeKwonDo.pg.html
Fighting Arts on early Tae Kwon Do Instructors
http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=661
Short Article on Grandmaster Son in Omni Magazine March 1990
http://www.drexeltaekwondo.com/Omni.pdf
Jeremy Talbot on Won Kuk Lee
http://www.practical-martial-arts.co.uk/practical_tkd/jmt_won_kuk_lee.html
Tom Herles' Camp 2012 video presentation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4peOaIEvrww
Tae Kwon Do demonstration in Korea in 1956 with Duk Sung Son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAx466yXTD0