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Grootmeester Kwang Sik Myung is een geboren Koreaan en houder van de 10e dan. Hij is de
President van de World Hapkido Federation.
Van jongs af aan was hij
dol op krijgskunsten. Hij begon op acht jarige leeftijd en kreeg zijn 1e dangraad op zijn 12e jaar.
Tijdens zijn middelbare school tijd bracht hij veel tijd door met het overbrengen van technieken aan medestudenten. Hij studeerde
af in handelswetenschappen op de Sung Kyung Kwan universiteit in Seoel, Korea.
In zijn jonge jaren bekwaamde
hij zich in verschillende krijgskunsten zoals Karate, Judo, Kumdo, Tangsoodo en Taekwondo. Hij leerde ook accupunctuur, oriëntaalse
kalligrafie en oriëntaalse, Indiase inkttekeningen schilderen.
Tijdens zijn universiteitsdagen
was hij instructeur van het algemene Koreaanse hoofdkwartier van Hapkido. Na zijn afstuderen werd hij benoemd tot directeur
van de noordelijke tak van de Korea Hapkido Associatie.
Op zoek naar perfectie, trok
hij zich terug op de berg Taebaik om er als monnik te leven en zijn kunst te beoefenen. Nadien trok hij naar zuidoost Azië
om de kennis van zijn geliefde kunst te verspreiden.
Bij zijn terugkomst stichtte
hij de Korea Hapkido Yon Moo Kwan Associatie.
Hij publiceerde het eerste
Hapkido boek in de geschiedenis “Textbook of Hapkido”(1967). Dit boek werd gezien als het keerpunt in de ontwikkeling
van het huidige Hapkido in Korea. Zijn aanzienlijke bijdrage werd zo zeer op prijs gesteld dat hij benoemd werd tot permanent
directeur van de Korea Hapkido Associatie. Hij stichtte een instituut ter bevordering van Hapkido als hoog gewaardeerde kunst.
Op 16 november 1985 werd
de World Hapkido Federation gesticht met als doel om alle organisaties te verenigen.
† 2009.
Sept. 2006 Tijuana – Mexico
Kwang Sik Myung- Doju
(10e dan)
Emilio Iglesias-Kwanjangnim
(5e dan)
Official representative:
World Hapkido Federation in the Netherlands
President :
Dutch H.K.D. Federation
Grandmaster Myung
Grandmaster Myung Grandmaster Kwang Sik Myung has
been very fond of martial arts ever since his childhood. He began studying martial arts at the age of eight and became a first
degree black belt in Hapkido at the age of twelve. As a high school student, he was a leader in organizing classes for his
fellow students. Throughout his youth, he studied many styles of martial arts, including Karate, Yudo, Kumdo, Charyuk, Tang
Soo Do and Tae Kwon Do. He learned accupunture, oriental calligraphy, and oriental Indian ink painting.
After graduating from high school, Grandmaster Myung majored
in commerce at Sung Kyun Kwan University in Seoul, Korea. While in college, he was also an active instructor at the Korea
general headquarters of the Korean Hapkido Association. Upon his graduation, he was appointed as the director of the Northern
Branch Dojang of the Korean Hapkido Assoication.
Endeavoring to attain the highest degree of perfection in his
art, Grandmaster Myung lived, for several years, a monastic experience at Mount Taebaik. He then traveled to Southeast Asia
to spread knowledge of his beloved art. Upon his return, he founded the Korean Yon Moo Kwan Hapkido Association.
In honor of his considerable contribuation, he was appointed
as a permanent director of the Korean Hapkido Association. Grandmaster Myung then founded an Institute for the furtherance
of Hapkido that provided specialize training to the directors, instructors, and advance degree black belt holders (masters)
of each dojang. In recognition of his achievement, he was promoted to senior instructor.
At the behest of the government of the United States of America,
Grandmaster Myung was extended an invitation to visit the states.
History of the World Hapkido Federation The advancements of
modern Hapkido in Korea can largely be attributed to the efforts of Grandmaster Yong Sool Choi. At the time of these advancements,
the Korean Yon Moo Kwan Hapkido Association, which had already been in existence for many decades, became a major organization
of Hapkido. this organization would eventually become the World Hapkido Federation.
High ranking Hapkido master from various countries established
the World Hapkido Association in Detroit, Michigan on December 20, 1973. When it was established, there was no organization
or specific person that unified the masters of the schools in the United States or other countries, there were only a limited
number of small associations with a few members.
The World Hapkido Association had the widespread support and
encouragement of the Hapkido community, holding its first general meeting in Detroit, Michigan on June 23, 1974. Grandmaster
Myung was elected president and Detroit would become the headquarter.
After the first meeting, many general assembly meetings have
been held. In 1976 and 1978, the second and third general meetings, respectively, closer ties were formed between the Hapkido
masters. The fourth meeting, held on June 29, 1981, was held in Chicago, Illinois. At the sixth meeting, held on September
29, 1985, the Association had firmly established itself as a representative of Hapkido.
On November 16, 1985, various members of the World Hapkido Association
rallied in San Diego, California, where they unanimously voted to change the Association's name to the World Hapkido Federation.
At present, the organization posses overseas chapeters in more
than thirty countries throughout the world.
Today, Grandmaster Myung continues his endless quest
to develop the World Hapkido Federation as the eminent martial arts organization in the world, and Hapkido as the foremost
martial arts.
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