1974

[sensei8]

The year is 1974. TKD is the style. Young Ik Suh is the Grand Master.

What would the most likely TKD organization(s) be during the aforementioned circa that he'd be a member of??

I know very little about him, and I want to know so much more.

Thanks in advance to all!!

[DWx]

Well this was quite a bit before my time so other's might be better equipped to answer. Here's my guess though:

Well for starters, Jhoon Rhee is considered the father of US TKD and he was teaching it over there long before either the ITF (1966) or the WTF (1971) formed, he took it there in the 1950s; I only say this because as far as I know, at that time he wasn't part of org either. So if GM Young was one of the 1st guys over, he might not have been part of an org.

But having said that, the ATA was founded in 1969 so that's a possibility. GM Charle's Sereff founded the US Taekwondo Association (ITF) in 1974 so it is a possibility for GM Young, but probably not likely. I don't really know of the WTF history side so maybe someone else could answer that. Not really sure of what orgs were around then tbh.

If you want TKD history, I highly recommend "A Killing art" by Alex Gillis. But TKD-tutor has a nice summary to get started with: http://tkdtutor.com/TOPICS/Taekwondo/TKD-History/ChapterList01.htm

[sensei8]

Thanks for your help Danielle. Here's what I've been able to find out thus far....

http://www.akfcolorado.com/about_ms.html

OR

kungfukarate.com

(Click on Grandmaster Baird)

I'm still unsure if GM Suh was unaffiliated or not!!

It's not important, except I'm quite curious...that's all.

[sensei8]

Whatever GM Baird is teaching now, it's not what I was learning from GM Suh. Looks like GM Baird is teaching his own style of kung-fu. What did GM Baird do with what GM Suh gave him?

:::wondering out loud::::

[DWx]

Wow, well it looks like you have a good starting point there. GM Yoon Byung -In is featured a fair bit in that book I mentioned as he had more of a Chinese influence on his TKD compared to the other early practitioners. His style, led to the Chang Moo Kwan, which was kukki- TKD and if GM Suh was from his school/style, most likely he was WTF then.

[sensei8]

Wow, well it looks like you have a good starting point there. GM Yoon Byung -In is featured a fair bit in that book I mentioned as he had more of a Chinese influence on his TKD compared to the other early practitioners. His style, led to the Chang Moo Kwan, which was kukki- TKD and if GM Suh was from his school/style, most likely he was WTF then.

Hey...a AHA moment for me. Thanks Danielle, I didn't even conclude the WTF possibility, it went right over my head....THANK YOU!!

What saddens me is that GM Suh, according to one of the links I provided to you, walked away from TKD in 1976...he doesn't even talk about the martial arts and/or TKD anymore. I was his student in 1974, just two years before he "walked away" from TKD. He's 72 years old now.