The Chung Do Kwan

The 5 Kwans were the founding Martial Arts schools in Korea that helped create the Kukkiwon in 1972. Many people prefer a Kwan Dan certificate compared to a Kukkiwon certificate as the Kwans predate the Kukkiwon and have a direct origin and lineage to the founding and creation of Taekwondo as we know it today. The Chung Do Kwan (Blue Wave School 靑濤館) name was first used by Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee, who studied Shotokan Karate under its founder O'Sensei Gichin Funakoshi in Japan, where he earned a 4th Dan. The Chung Do Kwan was the first Kwan to open in Korea.

The 5 original Kwans

Song Moo Kwan: 1944 by Ro Byung Jick

Chung Do Kwan:: 1944 by Lee Won Kuk

Moo Duk Kwan 1946 by Hwang Kee

Chang Moo Kwan: 1946 by Yoon Byung In

Yung Moo Kwan / Jidokwan: 1946 by Chun Sang Sup

The Annex Kwans

Han Moo Kwan: 1954 by Lee Kyo Yoon (off-shoot of Jidokwan)

Oh Do Kwan: 1955 by Gen Choi Hong Hi & Nam Tae Hi (off-shoot of Chung Do Kwan)

Kang Duk Won: 1956 by Park Chul Hee (off-shoot of Chang Moo Kwan)

Jung Do Kwan: 1956 by Lee Yong Woo (off-shoot of Chung Do Kwan)

Chung Do Kwan Presidents

Chung Do Kwan, also known as Chungdokwan means ‘Blue Wave School’ and is one of the oldest of the original 5 Taekwondo Kwans (Schools) and was founded in 1944 by Grandmaster Lee Won Kuk. 

Grandmaster Lee left Korea shortly before the Korean War, so a new president of Chung Do Kwan was named, he was Grandmaster Yoo Ung Jun. 

However, the Korean war drew sides and he was soon succeeded by Grandmaster Son Duk Sung. 

In 1959 the position of President changed again to Grandmaster Uhm Woon Kyu.

Grandmaster Uhm was succeeded by our current president Grandmaster Park Hae Man.