Han Moo Kwan is one of the oldest, most established and highly respected Taekwondo organizations in the world. In addition to founding of Taekwondo Han Moo Kwan, Great Grandmaster Kyo Yoon Lee was also one of the founding fathers of the Korea Taekwondo Association, the Kukkiwon, and the World Taekwondo Federation.
Kyo Yoon Lee was a student at the Chosun Yun Moo Kwan Kwon Bop Bu, learning from its founder, Sang Sup Chun. Later, after the Korean War Armistice Agreement was signed in 1953, Lee started teaching the returning Yunmoo Kwan Kwon Bop Bu members at the Hankuk Chaeyuk Kwan Dojang. He later left to start his own school (Han Moo Kwan).
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1953 Founded the Taekwondo Division at Hankook Gymnasium
1953 First Instructor for Taekwondo Division of CIC the United States Army
1953 First Instructor for Taekwondo Division of Korea University
1954 Founded Central Gymnasium of Taekwondo Hanmookwan (Hanmoo School of Martial Art Taekwondo)
1955 First Instructor of Taekwondo Division of Yonsei University
1960 First Instructor for Taekwondo Division of Seoul Metropolitan Police
1961 Member of Board of Directors, Korea Taekwondo Association
1973 Chairman of Subcommittee for Reward and Discipline, Korea Taekwondo Association
1973 Head of Korean national team for First World Taekwondo Championship
1974 Chairman of Subcommittee for Overseas Dispatch of Instructors, Korea Taekwondo Association
1975 Chairman of Subcommittee for Referee, Korea Taekwondo Association
1976 Chairman of competition, Korea Taekwondo Association
1977 Vice-Chairman of Technical Council of Korea Taekwondo Association
1977 Head of Korean national team for Third World Taekwondo Championships
1977 Conferred “Korea Athletic Decoration”
1979 Vice-Chairman of Technical Council, KTA
1982 Seoul City Taekwondo Association
1983 Vice-President of KTA
1984 Head of Korean Players Delegation touring in Latin America for Goodwill Taekwondo Competitions
1987 Member of Advisory Council, Seoul City Taekwondo Association
2004 Member of Test Commission for High Dan Blackbelts, Kukkiwon
2005 Member of Kukkiwon Advisory Committee
2006 Advisor of Kukkiwon Highest Dan Association
WRITINGS
1965 Taesoodo Text Book for Million Taesoodo Members
1969 Taekwondo Text Book for Million Taekwondo Members
1971 Taekwondo Text Book-Easy to Understand
1993 Taekwondo Text Book in Korean and English
1994 Taekwondo Text Book
1996 Guideline of Taekwondo
1996 Standard Taekwondo Text Book
1996 A Guide to Taekwondo
2002 Global Taekwondo Text Book (Vol 1)
2008 Global Taekwondo Text Book (Vol 2)
2010 Global Taekwondo English Text Book