Choi Yong-sool

Choi Yong- sul (* 1904, † 1986, Choi Yong Sool also, Asao, Yoshida, Yoshida Tatsujutsu ) was a Korean martial artist and founder of the martial art Hapkido.

Choi was born in 1904 in a village named Yong Dong in the province of Chungcheongbuk -do in Korea. At that time, Korea came under the rule of Japan and was officially annexed in 1910. A Japanese shopkeeper in his village abducted him to Japan when he was eight years old. He had no son and wanted Choi make his heir. However, shortly after he arrived in the Japanese city of Moji, he had been disregarded, because he is said to have constantly cried out of homesickness. On the road, Choi was found by the police and taken to the Buddhist monk Kintaro Watanabe.

In the temple Choi Yong- sul showed great interest in the training of martial arts, which is why he was taken around the age of 11 years to Takeda Sokaku, who was a martial arts teacher and friend of Kintaro. According to information Choi was 30 years at Takeda.

Upon his return to Korea Choi founded the martial art Hapkido, which is based on techniques of Takeda Ryu Aiki - Jujutsu - Daitō.

  • Athletes (South Korea)
  • Martial artist or artist
  • Korean martial arts
  • South Koreans
  • Born in 1904
  • Died in 1986
  • Man
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