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"Chun Kuhn Taekwondo, also called Chun Kuhn Do, is interpreted as ""The Universal Art of Complete Wellness."" It is a conglomeration of traditional martial arts and health arts. Chun Kuhn Taekwondo is an exciting approach to enhance the mind, body and spirit, and addresses the need for an efficient and practical means of self-defense and physical fitness. Supreme Master Kim, has devoted his entire life to the development and promotion of martial arts, traveling throughout the world educating and perfecting his skills as an artist and instructor. Chun Kuhn Taekwondo was developed with the modern martial artist in mind. Unlike other martial arts, Chun Kuhn Taekwondo has evolved with the needs of each successive generation. Practitioners incorporate the use of the body and traditional weapons. Weapons are used as tools to develop strength and control in the upper body, and as aids for physical therapy. Chun Kuhn Taekwondo is an art for those interested in extending and increasing the quality of their lives. Chun Kuhn Taekwondo training is intended as, and can be, a lifelong endeavor, regardless of age, to benefit morally from the cultivation of a healthy mind, body and spirit. The Chun Kuhn Taekwondo book series embodies the lifelong development of the martial art by Supreme Master Bok Man Kim."

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Kim Bok-Man (born December 3, 1934 in Korea) is an early pioneer of Taekwondo in the 1950s and 1960s in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. He started martial arts training with a Buddhist monk in 1941 at the age of 7. After his discharge from the Korean army, where he was a Master Sargeant, he was called to Malaysia by General Choi Hong-Hi, Korea's ambassador, to teach Taekwondo to members of the government party in Malaysia and subsequently to develop the first English textbook about Taekwondo. In Malaysia, Bok Man Kim helped create some of the forms for Ch'ang Hon Taekwon-do, as well as other content for the book. He continued developing Taekwondo and called these later developments Chun Kuhn Taekwondo.

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