Current president of the International Hoshin-Hapkido Association:

Salomoon Chung Park, a student of Grand Master Muyng Llae Nam and later of Grand Master Le Dong Koo, who after his death continued the path of the Hankimuye movement, with the permission of the IHF President, Grand Master Myung Sung Kwan.

El legado del Gran Maestro Le, Dong Koo

Master Le Dong Koo (a student of Hapkido founder Choi, Yong Sool) trained in the late 1970s alongside Grand Master Suh, Bok Seob (brother of Seo, Bok Seob) Suh, Bok Seob had trained at a young age in the dojang of Kim Sung Kiong's father, who was a Chinese Boxing master. Along with Kim, Sung Koong, they joined Le Dong Koo's dojang, where Kim, Soon El (Claudino Covela's teacher) and Bae Jeoung Young (my Hapkido teacher) were also students.

Years later, Le Dong Koo decided to go to Spain to spread Hapkido under the Korean Yuk Sool Woon Association, which was directed by his brother Seo Bok Seob. Suh Bok Seob and Kim Sung Kiong traveled with him via Japan.

A brief stay in Japan led to his meeting Myung-Deuk, Suh [(a student of Master Seo Weok Limg (Seo Weok Limg, Morihei Uesiba, and Choi Yong Sool were students of the Grandmaster Samurai Sogaku Takeda)]. Myung-Deuk, Suh, of Korean origin, befriended Suh, Bok Seob, Kim Sung, Kiong, and Le Dong Koo, and they traveled to Spain.

They settled in the Pontevedra town (Spain) of Villagarcía de Arosa, where they opened a dojang. Shortly after, they opened a dojang in the town of Cangas del Morrazo (opposite Vigo).

A little later (in 1981), one of their most advanced students, who was training with Ji Han Llae at the time (Grandmaster Kim, Soon el), joined them. Masters Kom Sung, Kiong, and Kim, Soon el began teaching Hapkido in a Taekwondo gym in Villagarcía [Pontevedra (Spain)].

At that time, Suh Bok Seob opened a gym in Cangas del Morrazo along with Myung-Deuk, Suh, and Le Dong Koo himself. Master Kim, Soon El opened a gym in the town of O Carballiño [Ourense (Spain)] in 1983.

It should be noted that in 1983, Grand Master Kim, Soon El began teaching Hapkido in O Carballiño (above-mentioned) under the International Hapkido Federation. At that time, several young men enrolled in his school, including Fidel Gómez, Claudino Covela, and Francisco Javier, among others.

Masters Kim Soong Kiong and Le Dong Koo traveled to Ontario, Canada, in early 1984. They settled in Ontario, and there Le Dong Koo developed the program for his school, which he named Yam Hu Kwan.

Myung-Deuk Suh remained teaching Hapkido and Kempo Key-do in the He taught at the dojang in Cangas del Morrazo until he decided to move to Buenos Aires, where he opened a dojang.

Master Suh, Bok Seob, began to gain considerable influence among the Spanish Taekwondo community, who enthusiastically requested that he conduct Hapkido seminars. Among those requesting seminars were well-known masters like Master So, who opened a Taekwondo gym in Pontevedra where some Hapkido classes were offered as a form of self-defense.

In 1987, Grandmaster Kim left the town of O Carballiño (above-mentioned) to start anew in Gijón (Asturias). At the request of his students in O Carballiño, Grandmaster Kim, Soong El, contacted Grandmaster Bae, Yeoung Joung, from Gijón. Bae came to O Carballiño and began teaching Hapkido in the summer of 1987. Grandmaster Bae taught Hapkido with the support of the International Hapkido Federation, just as Grandmaster Kim had done in O Carballiño before him.

Shortly after, Ji Han Llae laid the foundations of modern Hapkido by creating the International Sin Moo Hapkido Association, currently headquartered in Switzerland. At that time, the Korea Hapkido Federation was governed by students of Ji Han Lae (today it is presided over by Grand Master Oh Se-Lim), while the World Hapkido Federation was presided over by Ji Han Llae's student and friend, Myung Kwang-Sik.

With the death in 1988 of Suh Myunghng Duk (president of the International Yuk Sool Won Association), grandfather of Myung-Deuk, Suh, and Suh In-hyuk, Grand Master Suh In-hyuk traveled to Ontario with his brother, Kim Sung Kiong, who was in Galicia.

Grand Master Le Dong Koo, who was in Ontario at the time, contacted all his students, including Kim Soon El, who was in Gijón (Asturias). With the help of Kim Sung, Kiong, and Suh In-hyuk, they outlined the International HoShin Hapkido Association. The association established its headquarters in Toronto, Canada, under the auspices of the IHF (International Hapkido Federation).

In the mid-1980s, Dong Koo and many collaborators and former students decided to create the Spanish HoShin Hapkido Association. Masters Kim Soon El and Gran Master Claudino Covela joined the initiative and both held leadership positions within the association.

Following the death of Grandmaster Le Dong Koo in 1996, the Ho Shin Hapkido Federation International dissolved, and most of its masters joined the Korean Hapkido Federation and the IHF. For several years, until the early 2015s, the Jin Jung Kwan, Sin Moo Kwan, and Yan Hum Kwan schools grew in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the USA. In recent years, after the death of Myung Llae Nam, many Hapkido masters who had emigrated from Korea began discussions among themselves, taking advantage of the rise of the Yang Hum Kwan style and the Hankimuye movement, which is named after the school of Kuk Sam Nim of the Hankido style and Grandmaster Myung Llae Nam.

As a result of these relationships, many masters (Kim Soon El, Ko Sehwan Baek, Saloomon Chung Park, Bae Yeong Joung, among others) y Following the death of Grandmaster Le Dong Koo in 1996, the International Ho Shin Hapkido Federation dissolved, and most of its masters joined the Korean Hapkido Federation and the IHF.

For several years, until the early 2015s, the Jin Jung Kwan, Sin Moo Kwan, and Yan Hum Kwan schools grew in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the USA. In recent years, following the death of Myung Llae Nam, many Hapkido masters who had emigrated from Korea began discussions among themselves, taking advantage of the rise of the Yan Ho Kwan of Korea Kido Assocciation and The Hankimuye movement, which bears the name of the school of Kuk Sam Nim of the Hankido style and Grand Master Myung Llae Nam. Nowadays the Hankimuye Movement It has been formalized in the World Hankimuye Federation based in Seoul.

As a result of these relationships, many masters (Kim, Soon El; Ko Sehwan, Baek; Saloomon, Chung Park; Bae, Yeong Joung, among others) conceived the idea of ​​re-establishing the International Ho Shin Hapkido Federation, with Park as president, under the name International Ho Shin Hapkido Association, under the auspices of the IHF (International Hapkido Federation), adopting the program of the Hankimuye movement (mentioned above).

• HoShin Hapkido Style

• Modern style with a strong emphasis on weapons use.

• Specializations: defense against one and multiple attackers using unarmed techniques, half staff, katana, long staff, nunchucks, kattas, canes, and knives.

• Taught in civilian and military contexts, with rapid neutralization techniques, highly effective for street defense and subduing prior to police intervention, given its knowledge of strikes to acupuncture meridian points that cause disorientation and confusion.

• The styles of the schools of The Korea Kido Federation (Yan Ho Kwan nowadays from Shu, Seo Lim) and Yuk Woon Sool from Gran Master Seo Bok-seob have merged into the International HoShin Hapkido Association program of that teachers and students of Ji Han Llae, Le Dong Koo, and Myung Llae Nam agreed with Gran Master Saloomon, Chung Park student of Myung Lla Nam and also one of the participants in the creation of the school