A few years back, there was a discussion that came up about a list of Choi Yong Sool Dojunim's early students and there was a Korean language list posted (either compiled or unearthed by a man named Kim Ree Soo). I thought it was quite an interesting list and, having just remembered it, thought it'd be fun to see if anyone had any thoughts/ideas on it. The link to the orginal Korean "choisheet" is dead - if anyone has the Korean page, please post it up. Column 1 (far left) l 1953 Kim Moo Hong (Shin Moo Kwan) l 1957 Kim Jeong Soo (Yeon Bee Kwan) Lee Min Yeong (Yoo Shim Gwan) Kim Moo Jeong Jeong Hwan Won Kwan Hwa (Won Moo Kwan) 1960 Na In Dong (In Moo Kwan) Kim Ooh Tak (Kook Sool Kwan) Heo Il Oong (Kook Sool Won) 1961 Kim Moo Jin (Ya Hwa La) Lee Cheong (Gye Seong Kwan) Lee Joo Bang (Hwa Rang Do) Shin Tong Gi (Mee Gook) American(?) Lee Dong Ooh (Yong Moo Kwan) Kim Yoo Column 2 (2nd from left) l 1953 Ji Han Jae (Seong Moo Kwan) l 1957 Yoo Yeong Ooh Oh Se Rim Song Joo Won (Song Moo Kwan) 1958 Hwang Dak Kyoo (Bee Lyong Kwan) Lee Tae Joon Myeong Kwang Sik (Mee Gook) American(?) Kang Jeong Soo Kim Yong Jin (Ul Ji Kwan) Kim Yong Hwan (Mee Gook) American(?) Han Bong Soo (Mee Gook) American(?) Choi Sey Ho (Mee Gook) American(?) Kim Jong Taek Jeong Won Seon (Mee Gook) American(?) Lee Dong Goo (Ho Shin Do) Myeong Jae Nam (Hap Ki Hoi) Kwon Tae Man (Mee Gook) American(?) Pak Sang Peom 3rd column (from left) l 1957 Suh In Hyuk l 1962 Seo In Seon Song Jeong Seon Kang Ik Jo 4th column (from left) l 1951 Seo Bok Seop (Ji Ap) 1952 Jang Sung Ho 1953 Moon Jong Won 1954 Song Joong Hoi (Song Moo Kwan) Kang Moon Jin (Pyeong Moo Kwan) Kim Kwang Ho Kang Jeong Pyo Sin Sang Hwal (Kwang Moo Kwan) 1955 Lee Jong Won Kim Jeong Yoon (Han Pool) 1956 Yeo Man Yeong Nam Yeong Ooh Kim Jong Yoon 1958 Hong Sung Kil (Soo Do Kwan) 1959 Han Hak Pong Heo Dal Joon 1974 Kim Yoon Sang (Hap Ki Yoo Sool) Lee Yeong Soo (Hap Ki Yoo Sool) Kim Hyeon Bae (Hap Ki Yoo Sool) Disclaimer: I "romanized" the names fairly quickly and based most closely on the current system of Romanziation in Korea except in cases where I knew the preferred spelling. If I made a mistake or if there is a beter spelling, please post it up.
Hello all, Now I need to pull out my original sheet I had examined in Korea by several high ranking students of Choi Dojunim, most of these names were never students of any standing, but attended seminars instead.
KIM Yun Sang is very proud to be keeping the records for the YONG SUL KWAN and was very kind to show them to me. I was very surprised at how limited attendence was for a number of names I recognized. KIM Dojonim made it very clear that quite a few more people represented themselves as students of CHOI Yong Sul than CHOI Dojunim actually considered his students. Even today it is common to have Korean teachers come to the dojang and train for a bit only to leave and merge the bit that they learned with whatever their regular curriculum included. They usually never neglect to mention that they trained with KIM Dojunim and make sure everyone is aware of it. FWIW. Best Wishes, Bruce
