World Taekwondo Jidokwan Federation

WELCOME TO OFFICIAL HOME OF

JIDOKWAN INTERNATIONAL
...From Choson Yun Moon Kwan
the Cradle of Jidokwan in 1946 to
Contemporary Taekwondo Dojangs Worldwide

Left: Supreme Grandmaster Sang Sup Chun, Pioneer Father of Jidokwan

Centre: Choson Yun Moo Kwan, fountainhead of Jidokwan in South Korea

Right: Supreme Grandmaster Chong Woo Lee (1929-2015), created the name Jidokwan

JIDOKWAN PRESIDENCY SUCCESSION

PRESIDENTS SINCE 1946 - ON

1st SGM Sang Sup Chun

2nd SGM Kwe Byung Yoon

3rd SGM Chong Woo Lee

4th SGM Yoon KI Bae

5th Chong Woo Lee

6th Sung Wan Lee

Historical Background

On March 3, 1946, the Jidokwan was founded in Seoul, Korea, first known as Chosun Yun Moo Kwan, by Grandmaster Sang Sup CHUN, with Japanese Judo and Karate influence. The judo and shotokan influence on the Jidokwan can be seen in the Jidokwan patch, which is the familiar red snowman figure encased in a circle. If you take away the "head" of the snowman, then what is left is the present day Shotokan symbol, minus the tiger in the middle. The Judo Yun Moo Kwan roots are shown in the outer ring of the emblem, which is the same pattern that is on the Kodokan Judo emblem

Jidoja 지도자

Leadership in Jidokwan
1. A leadership imbued with wisdom and refinement.
2. A courageous activist who thinks before his action.
3. A patriot who is devoted to the welfare of his/her nation.

The objectives of Instructor Education
1. To help maintain self-perfection which is respected by the public.
2. To help form an avant-garde in organizing national force to stop the aggressors.
3. To help achieve ideological innovation in taekwondo spirit.
4. To help actively participate in the service to the public for the community development.
5. To help foster high hopes and great ambition by encouraging savings.

The Spirit of the Eight Manners of Solemnity
1. View Rightly
2. Feel Rightly
3. Think Rightly
4. Speak Rightly
5. Order Rightly
6. Contribute Rightly
7. Use Abilities
8. Conduct Rightly

Credo of Taekwondo Jidokwan
1. Taekwondo for myself.
2. Taekwondo for the Jidokwan.
3. Taekwondo for our country.

Jidokwan Pledge
1. I will observe the rules and absolutely obey the order of Jidokwan.
2. I will attain physical and mental discipline in the spirit of Jidokwan.
3. I will devote myself to the creation of new tradition and achievement of Jidokwan.

Internationalization of Jidokwan

In 1990 began the process to internationalize Jidokwan, culminating in the birth of a flagship independent body known as Jidokwan International in North America, with representatives worldwide including Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali, Togo, Tunisia and Morocco, others) to continue the fraternal Jidokwan Korean tradition internationally.

Breaking Global News Bulletin

10th October, 2015
  World Jidokwan is Launched
  in
PAN AMERICA
Grandmaster Dr. Carlos Alvarez Burgos
FOUNDER PRESIDENT WFKMAAF