It is quite amazing if you think about it. He must have known that his work will have an impact but probably could not have imagined how much! Good that he actually lived long enough to see how things worked out for Taekwon-do.

Awesome!

Oh Thank you Michael! I am glad you liked it😊

That is great, thank you for letting me know! Where are you featured exactly?

@@NoraTKD i’m performing the pattern with General Choi and Grandmaster Choi Jung Hwa ... and also leading the class in Korea

@@globalfitnessmartialartsin9187 that is awesome🎉

Thank you for watching! Taekwon!

Hello there😊keep up the good work and practice! It is great to hear that you are passionate!

That is interesting, thank you for letting us know!

Thank you for watching!

You are welcome😊keep up the Taekwon-do practice!

Must have been amazing to have General Choi's army style black belts come and teach your at you club!

Yes & the others were Tang Soo Do, Kong Su Do, Kwon Bup, Hapkido, Yudo, Su Bak Do, etc. Gen. Choi was Taekwon-Do. Please remember that the WTF began as Tae SOO Do, a new compromise name that they made up in 1961, so they weren't mistaken for Gen. Choi's TKD. They only reluctantly accepted his TKD name on August 5, 1965, by a single, 1-vote margin, at the General's insistence! NO Gen. CHOI = NO TKD!

@@georgeunk6762 I'm grateful you know the history as I do.... peace my brother

Thank you Kevin!

Thank you very much Reginaldo!

Really!❤

The original/traditional Taekwon-do is ITF. General Choi wanted to be an all-rounded martial arts for all kinds of people for all ages, not surprising that it is so popular! Balance is key. Anyone can practice it and find parts of it that makes them feel good and accomplished. The sine wave motion is a very ITF style indeed!

Well said. Problem with WTF, it is a system based on youthful flexibility. It does not allow for fast mobility beyond 30 years old, and it's very hard on the knees due to hyper extension impact

TaekwonDo is NOT Karate. It is a martial art that includes techniques from several martial arts. The fact that Choi learned Shotokan Karate, was merely a circumstancial fact because of the japanese occupation of Korea at the time (they didn't allow any korean martial art to be practiced). It surely had an impact in the final form of Taekwon-Do ITF, as well as other techniques that we train such as Aikido, Kendo, JiuJitsu ones, and so on that are included in the in-depth study. Martial arts are forms of defense that evolve and change, or interleave. It's defense and attack with hands and feet...there are combinations and postures common and/or similar to more than one combat style. One should not be fooled by the first impression, SPECIALLY if you don't know it or study it. That way we only spread ignorance.

​@@JuanMTossiI have studied both TKD (itf) and Tang soo Do, as well has Karate. They are all forms of the same thing. Unfortunately Korean Nationalism gets I the way of facts, TKD is simply a form of Korean Karate. The plain fact is if Karate had not been introduced to Korea TKD and Tang soo do would not exist.

@@seanhiatt6736 ​​⁠that can be said of every martial art, ever. Thing is: japanese occupied korean territory and supressed korean way of expression. Ppl formed in karate on those days were obviously permeated by it. That being said, if you trained both (assuming by competent masters), I fail to see how you can ignore the nuances and important distinctions between them. But hey, to each It’s own. Bests.

Thank you for watching! Taekwon!

That is fantastic! I am happy to hear that you like practicing ITF Taekwon-do. It is indeed like falling in love :) Keep up the good work!

Opposite of you. I started in TKD (and loved it) then studied many other martial arts eventually learning some WC. I love WC the best and feel it’s more practical and deadly also something you can practice and do into old age. Being older now, it’s perfect for me. But I also miss TKD, it was fun and flashy. it’s also great exercise and good for the body. I want to get back into it, but I worry about injuring myself and or not being able to practice it or use it when I’m older. I think WC is better suited for that and is also fun and addicting.

Although you hear a lot of negativity about Gen Choi (and maybe some for good reason) I still respect him and he is still a famous part in the history and development of TKD. I wish I could have met him among many other TKD giants.

​@@zealousidealthat's interesting as I struggle all the time between wanting to start WC training, but being a loyal member of our taekwondo club . Interesting also in the sense that it has become a thing to start taekwondo at old age and ppl speak of it as excellently suited for older ppl. I'm generally sceptical about this

The negativity is mostly the result of his detractors who looked to discredit him & the ITF in the race for TKD supremacy & the quest for the Olympics! The WTF, led by a brilliant & talented Dr. Kim Un-Yong was successful in co-opting a lot of the base that Gen. Choi set up through his personal efforts & that of the ITF. This resulted in TKD becoming an Olympic sport in record time. But this meant that the ITF lost this battle & was further marginalized by the WTF, backed by a rich, powerful dictatorship! The General was a highly visible & vocal opponent of the dictator. As a result he was forced to flee south Korea, seeking refuge as a political exile in Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada. The dictatorship, which pretty much ran everything in south Korea, blacklisted him & tried to write him out of history. However, thanks to the internet & the fact that south Korea 🇰🇷 is now a free, thriving democracy, the truth is coming out more & more. So please don't fall for scandalous lies fabricated by bad people to silence & destroy a true Korean Patriot, Gen. CHOI Hong-Hi. Without the General, there simply is no TKD!

Thank you! He had such an interesting life!

Good luck with your exam!

@@NoraTKD thank you 🙏

You are welcome😊I am glad that you liked the video! I hope that you will enjoy practicing Taekwon-do, even if it is WT style right now. Keep up the good work!

Aren't you relieved that you don't have to do that weird breathing technique and sine wave anymore? At least WT taekwondo is based on solid scientific principles instead of some make belief stuff invented by Choi.

You are welcome!

Thank you for watching! Taekwon!

Great Job!

That is awesome!

Grandmaster Lee Suk-Hi was a beloved student of Gen. Choi. He was very, very senior. In the 1980s he was the Vice President of the ITF & President of the North American Taekwon-Do Federation, under the General & the ITF. He left Taekwon-Do when he became a CHRISTian ✝️ Minister & eventually moved to California in the 🇺🇸 USA.

Very interesting! They might know of each other but I am not sure if they are associated in any official way.

Yes, they were friends & colleagues in the 1950s. GM Son Duk-Sung was the chief instructor of the Chung Do Kwan & Gen. Choi was their honorary Director. In 1957, they formed an ill-fated Taekwon-Do Association of Korea. A politician friend of GM Son served as the president figure head, with the General serving as the VP. They departed ways in 1959, when Gen. Choi was instrumental in having him replaced by GM Lee Won-Kuk, the founder of the Chung Do Kwan, who was now living in exile in Japan. This led to very bad blood between them, as GM Son was marginalized & then moved to NYC in the USA. 🇺🇸 GM Son was said to have hated the General and they never reconciled. The falling out was over the General not allowing GM Son to be on the historic, first ever Taikwon Do Demonstration Team to perform outside of Korea, (1959 to S. Vietnam & Taiwan). The General said this was not possible, as it was a Military Team, sponsored by the ROK Army & government. And also apparently the General was forcing more of his influence in the Chung Do Kwan & using their instructors to spread his Taekwon-Do. But make no doubt about it, Gen. Choi is the principle/principal founder of the original TKD. He conceived the name well before GM Son ever heard it. Plus, it takes a deep understanding of the Chinese classics, which Gen. Choi had, to come up with the vary rare, Chinese HanJa character TAE. GM Son simply was not an educated man. Sadly he was the product of a brutally occupied country, where access to education was limited, at best, for Koreans.

Thank you! I don't know much about the UTI so I only mentioned things that I know for sure.

Because the UTI has virtually nothing to do with the General & is not really a major player in the world of TKD.

United Taekwondo International is indeed a tiny organisation compared to the far bigger itf and wtf. However the first Dan-bong tul we learn is a tribute to general Choi Hong Hi of our grandmaster so I can't imagine UTI doesn't have anything to do with general Choi.

I wouldn't look at it that way. Rather the way I see it, is the UTI honored the General. While that is a really wonderful thing, it doesn't really make a difference in the history of the man, what he did, when he did it & who helped him. But I find it really kool that the UTI has bestowed that honor on him.

WTF is kind of an offspring of ITF, although many things are the same or similar, they have different patterns (they call them poomsae) and some other differences but their PR is somehow more about TKD being a sport rather than a traditional martial art (they are part of the Olympics). According to their Wikipedia: "World Taekwondo was established on May 28, 1973 at the inaugural meeting held at the Kukkiwon with participation of 35 representatives from the world after it separated from the International Taekwon-Do Federation because of political reasons." So I think I need to learn more about this.

@@NoraTKD the WTF style, in mechanical/technical terms, appears quite different to ITF. WTF chambering is very shallow for example. But yeah, i just don't like it. The people are probably lovely, but WTF as a martial art is not like ITF.

Well, here on my channel you will learn all about ITF :)

@@TenThousandMethod after my time in Korea and training with WTF Taekwondoin I realized that in fact the two styles are very very different. the technical base is extremely different, but it's not so evident at plain sight. the execution and application of all the strikes (kicks, punches, knees, etc.) is actually very different. they are in short, two different styles.

​@@Liquidcadmus yup i agree. i would say that I'm more impressed with ITF. It seems much more comprehensive than WTF.

I don't know much about that so I have to look into it first, thank you for the suggestion!

I wanted to tell you are beautiful ❤️❤️ looking woman I made you should try modeling for martial arts clothes oh and question do you study other Korean arts ? I study taekwondo only white belt I put the white belt moves in a Hollywood TV shows and movies

I want to see more of your self defense 🤩😉

@@ivanfreire3468I would like to make some TKD self defense videos and some more realistic scenarios but I need a partner who would be okay to be feature in my video.

I did not know that but he could have done it I am sure!

Oh really, I did not know that, I have always heard Choy! Thank you for the correction!

@@NoraTKD it is kind of closer to ch-way but the w-sound is lost a lot of the time in fast speech but enunciated in per syllable speech. I could make a whole bunch of corrections, such as tay kwone do (not tie kwawn do) ;-) ), on pronunciation but I will refrain. Pretty good video overall.

Correct! Koreans, when they read the Korean HanGul characters of the Korean alphabet, they will phonetically pronounce it as ChAY. However, I met Gen. Choi in 1986 & traveled the world with him, attending ITF events. I also visited his home in Canada. He always pronounced it as ChOY. So did my Korean Grandmaster, who turned me onto the General in 1974!

You are welcome! I am glad you liked the video and that you are learning Taekwon-do😊

@@NoraTKD loved the video! and love Taekwondo! just wish I had started it 20 years ago. We have started training as a family about 3 months ago, which has been really good for us all. please keep making your videos, we very much appreciate them. Kind regards 🙂

@@daveydarko5026 that is wonderful! Keep up the training! 😊👊🏻🥋