崔泓熙
Choi Hong-hi
Reading: 최홍희
KoreanTaekwondo
Meaning
Korean general (1918-2002) regarded as a founder of taekwondo. In 1966 he founded the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) and created its pattern system.
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