Lim Il-Yong
Korean grandmaster listed as a co-founder of Teukgong Moosool, a system whose techniques were officially adopted by South Korean special forces by 1979.
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South Korea
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Lim Il-Yong is a Korean grandmaster whom we list among the co-founders of the martial system Teukgong Moosool (TGMS). The source we rely on mentions him only by the surname, as Grandmaster Lim. We have not been able to verify his date of birth or other biographical details.
According to this source, he co-founded the art together with grandmasters No Won Park and Chang So Ok. The founders combined elements of hapkido, taekwondo, Chinese martial arts, judo, and kyuk too ki. The techniques of Teukgong Moosool were officially adopted by South Korean special forces by 1979.