Oh Se-lim
Oh Se-Lim | |
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Born | 오세림 Kwon Tae-Man (fellow) |
Notable club(s) | Korea Hapkido Federation (KHF) |
Notable school(s) | Sung Moo Kwan, An Moo Kwan |
Last updated on: 2010-02-24 |
Oh Se-lim | |
Hangul | 오세림 |
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Revised Romanization | O Se-Rim |
McCune–Reischauer | O Se-Rim |
Oh Se-Lim (Korean: 오세림) was an early Korean hapkido practitioner and a pioneer of the art. He had been the president of the Korea Hapkido Federation for 18 years.
Life
Oh began his study of
Kwon Tae-Man
(권태만), and Yoo Young-Woo (유영우).
He continued training at
Majang, Seongdong, Seoul in 1957. Oh joined other senior practitioners already training in Seoul at that time, early hapkido practitioners Hwang Deok-Kyoo (황덕규; latter day president of the Korea Hapkido Association), Myung Kwang Sik (명광식; latter day founder of the World Hapkido Federation), Lee Tae Jun (이태준), Kim Yong-Jin (김용진; founder of the Ulji Kwan), Kang Jong-Soo (강종수), and Kim Yong-Whan.[1]
Accomplishments
Oh Se-Lim was elected the president of the
Myung Jae-Nam), renamed the association by the name first used by the organization he had first been a part of with Master Ji, the Dae Han Hapkido Hyub Hoe (대한 합기도 협회), with a new preferred English rendering; the Korea Hapkido Federation (KHF). Master Oh resigned the position of the president of the KHF, that was succeeded by Kim Jong-Yoon (김종윤) in 2008.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Hapkido (alternately The Hapkido Bible). Andrew Jackson Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1991.
- ^ http://www.mookas.com/media_view.asp?news_no=8181 (in Korean)
- ^ http://www.mookas.com/media_view.asp?news_no=8299 (in Korean)
- Kim, He-Young. Hapkido II. Andrew Jackson Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1994.