Choe Yong-Sul 최 영술 (Choi Yong Sul) is the founder of Hapkido.
The latter was born in 1904 in Yeongdong in South Korea today, where he died in 1986.
At the age of 8 years he migrated to Japan, where he spent 30 years working for Master Sokaku Takeda, then head of Daito-ryu Aiki Jujitsu, a famous school of Samurai.
In 1946, Master Choe is back in Korea. He began to teach his art to as Yawara (Yusul in Korean).
This will turn the names
- Yusul,
- Yugweonsul (Kwon Yu Sul),
- Hapki-Yugweonsul - 합기 유권술 (Hapki Kwon Yu Sul)
- before taking its final name in 1958: Hapgido - 합기도 (HAPKIDO), which can be translated as "Way (C - 도) energy - (Ki - 기) UC (Hap - 합).
These contributions are made by direct disciples of Mr. Choe Yong-Sul.
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