Cha Yong-Kil
Cha Yong-Kil (born October 29, 1946 in Shinmono Il Gal, South Korea ) is a South Korean martial artist living in Germany . He is a 9th Dan in Taekwondo and 8th Dan in Hapkido .
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Life
Already at the age of 8 he devoted himself to the martial arts Dangsudo / Tang Soo Do (Taekwondo). His first teachers were Lee Byeong-Ryo and Lee Chong-Uh. Later, as a master student, he was able to train with his master for free.
At the age of 18, he was a multiple city and regional champion. In 1965, Cha taught taekwondo with the Korean police, before becoming a professional soldier in 1967 and serving as a paratrooper in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1970 . His achievements in Taekwondo brought him to the South Korean national team in 1973. During his time in the military, he was also world champion in Taekwondo.
Moved to Germany and spread Taekwondo
In 1976 he moved to Germany and was one of those Korean masters who spread Taekwondo in Germany. Cha first began to spread Korean martial arts in a Korean community in Oberhausen and Dortmund .
In these cities, since 1988 and 1994, he was also the owner of two sports studios, which ran under the name "German Sports Academy for Self-Defense Baek Ho ". Annually, Cha organized the "International German Tawkwondo Championship" in Oberhausen, to which not only German clubs, but also South Korean guest teams and other international clubs regularly travel. He is a regular patron of regional tournaments.
His son Hyon Cha has been running his studios since 2012. The organization and organization of the annual championships also passed into his responsibility.
Affiliation in Jidokwan
The Korean Taekwondo Masters are members of nine different mother schools or "clans" of Taekwondo. Cha is a member of Jidokwan and in July 2005 was commissioned by the President of Jidokwan headquarters in Seoul to represent Jidokwan in Germany and was officially appointed "Director of Branch".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hyon Cha, Dominik Marchewka: BAEKHO - Grand Master Cha. In: https://baekho.de . BAEKHO Body and Mind, accessed January 14, 2017 .
- ↑ First Broadcasting City Open. Retrieved December 17, 2012 .
- ↑ Event details - Turnverein 1877 eV Essen-Kupferdreh. (No longer available online.) In: www.tvk-essen.de. Archived from the original on January 14, 2017 ; accessed on January 14, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Hyon Cha, Dominik Marchewka: BAEKHO Body and Mind Dortmund. In: www.facebook.com. BAEKHO Body and Mind, accessed January 14, 2017 .
- ^ Hyon Cha, Dominik Marchewka: BAEKHO Body and Mind Oberhausen. In: www.facebook.com. BAEKHO Body and Mind, accessed January 14, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Yong-Kil Cha, Hyon Cha, Dominik Marchewka: Jidokwan. In: www.taekwondojidokwan.de. Jidokwan, accessed January 14, 2017 .
- ↑ 21st Jidokwan Masters in Oberhausen. Ruhr University Bochum, accessed on January 14, 2017 .
- ↑ DerWesten - derwesten.de: Successful at the Jidokwan Masters in Oberhausen . ( derwesten.de [accessed on January 14, 2017]).
- ↑ Ronja Lueb-Ostendorf: Tournament Jidokwan Masters 2016 in Oberhausen. (No longer available online.) In: www.taekwondo-bocholt.de. Archived from the original on January 14, 2017 ; accessed on January 14, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jidokwan on Facebook. In: www.facebook.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cha, Yong-Kil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cha, Yong-kil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean martial artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul |