General Cui Hongxi, the founder of Taekwondo, is one of the founders of the Korean army, a contemporary calligrapher and a patriotic Democrat who opposes dictatorship. Although he is not tall, he has a tenacious will and lofty beliefs, and has contributed everything to popularizing Taekwondo. Now, General Cui Hongxi leads the International Taekwondo Federation, which has more than 120 member countries and regions all over the world.

The founder of the martial arts school must have its corresponding charm. After long-term unremitting efforts and firm belief, General Cui Hongxi has developed Taekwondo, which was originally unknown, into a fitness and self-defense martial art that meets the tastes of modern people. He studied Korean classical martial arts and karate, but created a completely different kind of martial arts. Taekwondo is a perfect combination of the original technical system and the crystallization of oriental thought. It is not only easy to learn and understand, but also surpasses North Korea and develops into a world martial arts. Its footwork is completely different from other fighting techniques. It's totally original Cui Hongxi was born in1918110.9, a remote place in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. Because he was weak since childhood, he often worried his parents about him. However, when he was young, he had an outstanding strong character and patriotism. When he 12 years old, the primary school he attended punished him for suspending from school for life on the grounds of resisting the Japanese government. This can also be said to be the aftermath of the famous Gwangju students in South Korea's resistance to Japanese rule.

Later, his father took him to Han Yidong, a famous Korean calligrapher, to study calligraphy. Mr. Han is not only a famous calligrapher, but also quite accomplished in Korean classical martial arts. Seeing that his new apprentice was weak, Mr. Han taught him ancient Korean martial arts and calligraphy. The purpose is to improve his health.

1937 In order to receive modern education, young Cui Hongxi went to Japan. While studying in Kyoto, Japan, he learned karate from his compatriot Kim. Less than two years later, he developed a stage, which fully showed his enthusiasm and fighting spirit. Later, I attended a preparatory school in Tokyo for one and a half years, and then entered the Central University of Japan. At the same time, he practiced karate more seriously, quickly won the second paragraph, and began to teach karate to many colleagues and classmates in universities and YMCA.

In World War II, Cui Hongxi was forcibly recruited into the Japanese army in his youth and assigned to the 42nd Army in Pyongyang. Full of blood, he struggled with two judo 4 and 5 in the barracks in order to launch a national struggle and strive to lead the uprising. As a result, he completely defeated two judo masters with only one punch. This gained the initiative to launch the famous student soldier uprising in Pyongyang, and got the response of many student soldiers, who secretly prepared the uprising and riot.

Unexpectedly, just a few days before the uprising, their activities were discovered, and the uprising of student soldiers to change Japanese rule died unfortunately. Cui Hongxi, a young man, was detained in the Criminal Department of the Army and spent eight months as a prisoner awaiting trial. During this period, as the mastermind of the incident and a karate master, he was held in solitary confinement for nearly a month and suffered physical and mental torture. Although a felon, he not only secretly demonstrated karate in front of prison guards and colleagues, but also often instructed prison guards who sneaked into the cell, almost turning the whole punishment room into a Dojo. After Japan's defeat in World War II, Cui Hongxi, who was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and suffered from prison, was released on1August, 945 16. Later, he went to Seoul to organize a student corps.

1946 65438+1October 15 As one of the founders of the Korean army, he was appointed as a second lieutenant. This is the real beginning of his military life, and the army has become the base for the development of Taekwondo all over the world. From then on, he took Korean classical martial arts and karate as a reference, and after repeated research and practice, he laid the foundation of Taekwondo today.

1promoted to lieutenant in April, 946. During this period, he not only taught North Korean soldiers, but also American troops living nearby began to learn his new martial arts.

1947 promoted to captain and major, and concurrently served as intelligence staff and military staff in the army headquarters. At the same time, he introduced his new martial arts to the American Gendarmerie School in Seoul.

1949 after being promoted to senior colonel, he went to the senior military class of the United States Army Comprehensive School. There, he also introduced his new martial arts to his colleagues.

1950 After returning to China, he was responsible for the intelligence work in the front area and formulated the initial intelligence standard system of the Korean army.

195 1 established an army comprehensive school in Busan, serving as vice president and professor minister. In the same year, he was promoted to Major General and General of the Army.

1953 is the most unforgettable year in the military career of General Cui Hongxi. Because he founded 29 divisions, and with the help of Mr. Nan Taixi, he trained key personnel to popularize Taekwondo in the whole army.

1954, General Cui founded the budokan to teach Taekwondo. In the same year, he was elected as the honorary curator of the largest and most traditional tomb-sweeping museum in Korea at that time, and directly directed the tomb-sweeping museum.

At the beginning of 1955, General Cui founded the Third Army Corps, which created a good environment for the popularization of Taekwondo.

On April 1955, 1 1, the naming committee composed of celebrities from all walks of life unanimously adopted the word "Taekwondo" proposed by General Cui. Thus, Taekwondo came into being. Tang hand, empty hand, boxing, Korean classical martial arts and other martial arts with different names are unified into Taekwondo. From then on, he really started the cause of popularizing Taekwondo. Through his unremitting efforts, Taekwondo is not only popularized in the whole army, but also established Taekwondo organizations in colleges and universities.

1959 On September 3rd, General Cui's long-awaited Korean Taekwondo Association was established, and he became the president. Since then, he really started the cause of popularizing Taekwondo in Korean society. Although various sects kept boycotting Taekwondo before the unified name, it did not shake General Cui's enthusiasm for popularizing Taekwondo. At that time, he once again realized that he wanted to leave the excellent skills and lofty spirit of Taekwondo to future generations. From then on, further research and improvement in the fields of basic technology and spiritual cultivation began.

196 1 year, general park chung-hee and other young people staged a military coup. Although General Cui Hongxi supported and helped his successor, General park chung-hee, there were differences in the concept of governing the country. With the continuous consolidation of General park chung-hee's military regime, this difference gradually evolved into a confrontation between the two men. The upright General Cui maintained the independence of soldiers and the purity and justice of Taekwondo under pressure.

1962 General Cui was sent to Malaysia as the first generation South Korean ambassador.

After General Cui returned to China at the end of 1964, he fought resolutely against various resistance forces to save Taekwondo in name only.

1965 General Cui became the president of Korean Taekwondo Association. Later, Cui Hongxi, who was promoted to a two-star general, led a Taekwondo delegation of the Korean government and visited Germany, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Malaysia and Singapore. Their wonderful martial arts laid the foundation for the establishment of taekwondo associations in various countries.

1On March 22nd, 966, the International Taekwondo Federation was formally established in Seoul by nine associations including Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, the United States, Turkey, Italy and Egypt. General Cui was elected president. For the popularization of Taekwondo, General Cui cherished every minute, traveled all over the world, and devoted all his energy and painstaking efforts to the popularization of Taekwondo.

1972 Due to the persecution of President park chung-hee, General Cui Hongxi had to leave North Korea and go into exile in Canada. In order to resist the development of the International Taekwondo Federation, President park chung-hee established the World Taekwondo Federation on 1973 and appointed Un-yong Kim as its chairman. On the one hand, President park chung-hee ordered the Intelligence Department to do everything possible to crack down on and persecute General Cui, on the other hand, he lured General Cui with various positions and wealth. However, their attacks and temptations did not have the will to conquer General Cui. Now, General Cui, who is over 80 years old, lives in Toronto, Canada. He still pays attention to the development of Taekwondo all the time, and still teaches Taekwondo personally in countries all over the world.