He-Young Kimm
Korean master born in 1940 who founded Han Mu Do in 1989 and leads the World Hanmudo Association, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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He-Young Kimm is a Korean martial arts master and founder of Han Mu Do. He was born on 17 January 1940; we have not been able to verify his place of birth.
He trained in martial arts from 1953 under several masters, including judo, bisool, hapkido, and taekwondo. We have not found the names of his teachers in the sources.
In 1989 he founded Han Mu Do, translated as "the Way of Korean Martial Arts." The system combines unarmed and armed techniques with the principles of ki. He leads the World Hanmudo Association, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. He is the author of books including Kuk Sool: Traditional Korean Martial Arts and Philosophy of Masters; we have not been able to verify their years of publication.