Grandmaster Kim Myung Yong is the FOUNDER of Jin Joong Kwan Hapkido, worldwide. Established in 1967.
Martial Arts History:
• In 1958 at the age of 17 Kim Myung Yong started training Hapkido at the Seung Moo Kwan
led by Ji Han Jae.
• In 1964 he reached his 3rd Korea Hapkido Association Dan.
• From 1961 to 1965 he teaches at the Dong Sung dojang of the KHA.
• In 1967 he became the 5th Degree Black Belt Jin Joong Kwan in the KHA.
• In 1968 he is the Hapkido instructor in the military camp Wang Shim Ri.
• In the course of 1970, he became 6th Degree Black Belt in the KHA and opened his second dojang.
• On 26 December 1971 he became 7th Degree Black Belt in the KHA.
• In 1972 he officially opens the second Jin Joong Kwan dojang under the KHA.
• In 1973 the third Jung Jin Kwan dojang opened.
• In 1974 the fourth Jin Joong Kwan dojang opened.
• In 1975 GM Kim emigrated to the United States of America.
• In 1975 he opened a Hapkido dojang in Chicago Milwaukee.
• In 1975 GM Lee Chang Soo takes over Jin Joong Kwan in Korea from GM Kim Myung Yong.
• In 1976 he moved to Fullerton.
• In September 1977 he returned to Korea.
• In September 1977 he opened the headquarters of Jin Joong Kwan in Seoul in the district Mok Dong Myung.
• In May 1980 he returned to Chicago and opened another dojang.
• In November 1982 he moved to Houston, Texas.
• In March 1983 he opened Kim’s Hapkido dojang in Long Point Houston, Texas.
• In 1993 he was promoted by the Korea Hapkido Federation to 9th Degree Black Belt.
• Currently, GM Kim Myung Yong, founder of the Jin Joong Kwan Hapkido, resides in Houston, Texas.
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GM Kim Myung Yong (middle row, far right)
At the fourth from left Ji Han Jae, then right Hwang Deok Kyu and Kwang Myong Shik |