Editing Hapkido (section)

=== Lim Hyun-soo ===
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Lim Hyun-soo was born in Geochang County, South Gyeongsang Province, of Korea on Sept. 7, 1944.  In 1965 he visited hapkido founder Choi Yong-sool and experienced the martial art for the first time. In 1965, Lim began his training in hapkido under Kim Yeung-jae, the chief instructor at Choi's studio. From 1978, Lim attained all of his ranks and training directly from Choi. During his training, Lim endured strict and intense training. With Choi's blessing, he launched ''jungkigwan'' on October 24, 1974. In 1976, Choi retired and closed his studio and joined ''jungkigwan'', though he retired from public teaching. Choi privately taught Lim during his visits and also spent his days at the studio playing baduk (Go) with Lim.  During these times, Lim asked Choi about Hapkido techniques.  

Lim based ''jungkigwan'' in Daegu and was promoted to 9th dan by Choi. Lim is an accomplished swordsman and created Chung Suk Kuhapdo after studying sword styles in Japan and Korea. Choi told Lim that learning swordsmanship would be an essential component to his hapkido training. Lim attends his studio daily to teach students from home and abroad. Since 1996, he has visited the U.S. many times for seminars. In addition, he has hosted Hapkido and Chung Suk Kuhapdo seminars in European countries such as Sweden and the Netherlands.

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