Sihak henry cho biography definition

Blackbelt Magazine's Man of the Year

Master Cho has been personally teaching Tae Kwon Do in New York City since 1961.

• 9th Dan Black Belt, One of the first few originators of American Martial Arts.
• President of World Council of Martial Arts, Inc.
• Karate Coach of St.

  John's University in Jamaica New York.

• Executive Director of Nation-wide Karate/Tae Kwon Do/Karate Tournament at Madison Square Garden (for 23 years) All American Open Championship Tournament.
• Former Captain of Korea University Tae Kwon Do team.
• Author of Three text books on Tae Kwon Do techniques and their applications.
• The definition of "Karate" was written for The World Book Encyclopedia by S.

  Henry Cho and he has been on the article contributor's list since 1976.

Teaching Experience

Coach: St. John's University, Jamaica, NY, 1968-present. Presented by the Venezuela All Martial Arts Organization, May, 1998.

Hall of Fame (American Golden Eagle Award): A Martial Arts Pioneer Award in the U.S.A.

It has become the longest-running national martial arts tournament in the United States and twenty three of the tournaments (from 1967 to 1989) were held in the world-famous Madison Square Garden Center. Grandmaster Cho has taught tens of thousands of students at his marital arts schools, and satellite schools throughout the world, where thousands of students have achieved Black Belt ranks.
In 1964, Grandmaster Cho took a break from his daily teaching responsibilities and toured ten major cities in the United States and Canada in ten weeks with the Wonderful World of Sports to demonstrate Tae Kwon Do.

He was nicknamed the “Super Imp” by the late Quentin Reynolds, the narrator of the Sports’ show. Great Grandmaster Cho has taught tens of thousands of students at his schools, and satellite schools throughout the world, where thousands of students have been promoted to the Black Belt ranks.

In 1964, Grandmaster Cho took a break from his daily teaching responsibilities and toured ten major cities in the United States and Canada in ten weeks with the Wonderful World of Sports to demonstrate Tae Kwon Do techniques.

An organization formed to foster cooperation and comradery among the different Martial Arts of Korea, China, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and other Asian nations.
President, U.S. Ji Do Kwan Association, 1967-1986.
Chairman, Tournament Committee, United States AAU Tae Kwon Do, 1974-1977.
Member, Technical Committee, World Taekwondo Federation, 1974-1982.
President, the Korean Association of Greater New York, Inc., 1972-74.

An alliance of different martial arts organizations throughout the world designed to help promote sportsmanship, cooperation, and understanding amongst all styles. For these accomplishments, Grandmaster Cho was awarded the 2011 Lifetime Achievement award by the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition in recognition for his contribution to the advancement and promotion of physical activity, fitness, sports and nutrition-related programs nationwide through Tae Kwon Do.
Grandmaster Cho began his martial arts training in 1949 in South Korea.

The parade takes place on Broadway between 41st and 26th Streets in Manhattan, New York.
AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS2011 Lifetime Achievement award by the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition.Honoree by the Centennial Committee of Korean Immigration to the United States. University Martial Arts Club, Physical Education Department.

Assistant Professor: Queensborough Community College, 1974-1977.

Named one of “The 102 Most Distinguished Koreans” residing and/or having resided in the United States during the last 100 years, July, 2003.Honoree by the City of San Francisco . After coming to the United States and completing his graduate studies at the University of Illinois in 1961, he moved to New York City and decided to run his own martial arts school in Manhattan, which he ran for forty years.

In 1989, he received the GOLD TICKET AWARD from Madison Square Garden to commemorate twenty-three consecutive years of promoting the tournament. It has become one of the longest-running national martial arts tournament in the United States and twenty three of the tournaments (from 1967 to 1989) were held in the world-famous Madison Square Garden Center.

A full-time member, Physical Education Department.

Instructor: Baruch College, The City University of New York, New York, NY, 1968-1974. An umbrella civic organization representing the entire Korean community in the metropolitan New York area.
Chairman, Organizing Committee of the 1994 and 1995 Korean Day Parade, held on October 1, 1994 and September 30, 1995.

The definition of "karate" was written for World Book Encyclopedia by S. Henry Cho and he has been on the article contributors' list since 1976.