skippy the bush kangaroo: a great man passes

Thursday, March 31, 2011

a great man passes

a part of my life passed away on tuesday. i just received an email that grandmaster duk sung son, leader of chung do kwan in korea following grandmaster won kuk lee, passed away from pneumonia. the grandmaster was 88 years old.

for a six year period, beginning my sophomore year in college and for several years after i graduated, i practiced grandmaster sun's style of tae kwon do at least six days a week. i had the honor of meeting grandmaster sun on many occasions and have always been proud of the association. i met him when he would come to my school to administer testing for advancement and also on three or four times when i was able to take a class at his school in new york city. i can remember every story i ever heard him tell. that period of my life, the people i knew in tae kwon do, remain among my happiest memories.

a good biography and characterization of grandmaster son can be found here. there is a photo of him here. he was an exceptionally fine human being.

posted by DBK at 8:08 AM |

3 Comments:

sorry for your loss. M.

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Anonymous, 11:52 AM PDT

We needs more anonymous commenters!

And thanks.

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DBK, 1:23 PM PDT

My Sensei died seven years ago. We had a memorial seminar for him at one dojo and a memorial service for him at another. A good martial arts teacher can be a very powerful influence. The best of them are remarkable people who should be remembered and will always be missed by those they touched.

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gmoke, 8:47 PM PDT

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