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===Chang Chin-il=== {{Gallery |title=Chang Chinil Hapkido 2nd Doju Ceremony |width=250 |height=320 |align=center |File:Hapkido 2nd Doju Chang, Chin Il and JUNGKIKWAN GM Lim, Hyun Soo.jpg|Photos courtesy of cchapkido.com |File:Hapkido 2nd Doju Chang, Chin Il and JUNGKIKWAN GM Lim, Hyun Soo 2.jpg| |File:Hapkido 2nd Doju Chang, Chin Il and JUNGKIKWAN GM Lim, Hyun Soo 3.jpg| }} A direct student of Choi, '''Chin-il Chang''' (μ₯μ§μΌ) inherited the title of Doju in Choi's personal and complete system of hapkido on January 15, 1985, becoming the second direct lineage Grandmaster.<ref name="Hidden Masters of the Martial Arts">{{cite book|last1=Giordano|first1=Vincent|title=Hidden Masters of the Martial Arts|date=2003|publisher=Unpublished manuscript|location=New York City}}</ref> On April 5, 1985, Choi personally awarded Chang with the title of Doju (Keeper of the way).<ref name="Hidden Masters of the Martial Arts" /><ref name="Interview with Doju Chin-il Chang" /> Chang also had the privilege and honor of being the first hapkido master awarded the 9th Dan certificate by Choi in 1980.<ref name="Hidden Masters of the Martial Arts" /> A large inauguration ceremony followed on April 11, 1985. The historic event was covered and documented by Korea Sports News and MBC Korean Television. Choi Young-sool, Chang, and Choi's son, the late Choi Bok-yeol, were in attendance.<ref name="Interview with Doju Chin-il Chang">{{cite book|last1=Giordano|first1=Vincent|title=Interview with Doju Chin-il Chang|date=May 12, 2006|publisher=Personal interview|location=New York City}}</ref><ref name="Chang Interview 02/02/13">{{cite book|last1=Giordano|first1=Vincent|title=Interview with Doju Chin-il Chang|date=February 1, 2013|publisher=Personal interview|location=New York City}}</ref> Choi left the full documentation and recordings of the system to Chang, who continued to research and document the full history and development of hapkido.<ref name="Interview with Doju Chinil Chang">{{cite book|last1=Giordano|first1=Vincent|title=Interview with Doju Chinil Chang|date=May 12, 2006|publisher=Personal interview|location=New York City}}</ref> Furthermore, the future Grandmaster, who was a personally trained, closed-door disciple of Choi, was given Letter of Appointment certificates, the second dated December 1, 1977, and the third dated March 5, 1980. This gave Chang more progressive power and authority in Choi's Hapkido Association.<ref name="Chang Interview 02/02/13" /> These specific certificates, along with his 9th Dan ranking in 1980, and Doju title in 1985, amply demonstrate that Choi was grooming Chang to be the future Grandmaster of Hapkido.<ref name="Hidden Masters of the Martial Arts" /> Chang's intimate video interview(one of several over decades) with his teacher Doju Choi during his visit to New York City has been abused through numerous interpretations and translations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Posthumously Released Interview with Choi Yong-sool |url=http://www.mynextbelt.com/historical-interview-with-choi-yong-sul/ |publisher=Mynextbelt.com |access-date=2015-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218005211/http://www.mynextbelt.com/historical-interview-with-choi-yong-sul/ |archive-date=2015-02-18 }}</ref> Some have even claimed erroneously to have conducted the interview themselves, further clouding and distorting the truth and gravity inherent in the interview.<ref name="Birth of Hapkido">{{cite journal|last1=Jong bae|first1=Rim|last2=Sheya|first2=Joe|last3=Burke|first3=Mike|date=June 1999|title=Birth of Hapkido: Founder Choi Yong-sul Reveals the Truth About the Art's Origin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rs8DAAAAMBAJ|journal=[[Black Belt Magazine]]|publisher=[[Active Interest Media]]|pages=130β139}}</ref> These endless distortions were generally rebutted in various media each time they appeared.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Giordano|first1=Vincent|date=August 1999|title=Hapkido History Heresy?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t84DAAAAMBAJ|journal=[[Black Belt Magazine]]|publisher=Active Interest Media|page=43}}</ref> Doju Chang continues to teach in New York City after decades of maintaining a commercial school, as well as a stint teaching hapkido at the United Nations. He currently teaches a small group in NYC dedicated to the preservation of hapkido.<ref name="Chang Interview 02/02/13" /> Many detractors have spread endless conjecture about him. One lineage created further controversy by stating Choi passed the system to his only son, Choi Bok-yeol, which is incorrect, misleading, and insulting to the legacy and wishes of Choi.<ref name="The late Choi Bok-yoel as second successor of Hapkido">{{cite web|title=The late Choi Bok-yoel as second successor of Hapkido|url=http://www.hapkiyusul.com/eng/m2.htm|publisher=Hapkiyusul.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628154815/http://www.hapkiyusul.com/eng/m2.htm|archive-date=June 28, 2017|access-date=2015-10-28}}</ref><ref name="Kim Yung-sang as third successor of Hapkido">{{cite web|title=Kim Yung-sang as third successor of Hapkido|url=http://www.hapkiyusul.com/eng/m3.htm|publisher=Hapkiyusul.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628153903/http://www.hapkiyusul.com/eng/m3.htm|archive-date=June 28, 2017|access-date=2015-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Restall|first1=Barry|title=Young Sul Kwan: History of the Korean Hapkido Hapkiyusul Headquarters|journal=Tae Kwon Do Times|date=November 2006|pages=24β28}}</ref> [[Black Belt Magazine]], respecting Chin-il Chang as the second lineage successor, asked him to write a brief obituary on Choi that appeared in the April 1987 issue.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Chang|first1=Chinil|date=April 1987|title=Hapkido Founder Choi Passes On|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5NoDAAAAMBAJ|journal=Black Belt Magazine|page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Young|first1=Robert|date=January 1994|title=Jujutsu vs. Hapkido|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdIDAAAAMBAJ|journal=Black Belt Magazine|publisher=Active Interest Media|pages=26β31}}</ref> Doju Chang died peacefully in his sleep on February 23, 2018, at the age of 77 as a result of hypertensive cardiovascular disease.
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