Explosive growth of Kangdukwon Moo Do
![World Master Kangdukwon Moo Do banner](https://kangdukwon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Kang-Duk-Won-Moo-D0-1024.jpg)
In the five decades since GGM Ahn Gun Soon introduced taekwondo Kangdukwon to Vietnam, his successors have built Kangdukwon Moo Do into a world powerhouse — with a decidedly Vietnamese flavor.
![Grand Master Ahn Gun Soon (seated at center) surrounded by his former students including GM Nguyen Kim Chau during the opening of the World Master Kangdukwon Moo Do Academy in HCM City, Vietnam in October 2010.](https://kangdukwon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2010-Ahn-Gun-Soon-TKDMD-Aca-1024x576.jpg)
![Left to right: GM Dinh Cong Tien 8th Dan | GM Nguyen Son 9th Dan | GM Nguyen Van Binh 7th Dan | GM Nguyen Kim Chau 9th Dan | GM Hoang Xuan Son 8th Dan | GM Nguyen Van Thanh 8th Dan | GM Chuong 8th Dan (Photos taken in 2017 HCM City, Vietnam](https://kangdukwon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2017-HCM-City-Nguyen-Kim-Ch-1024x550.jpg)
![Mid-Autumn Festival 2016 From left to right: Master Phan Anh Dung / 1st Dan Master Pham Huu Giai / 2nd Dan GM Hoang Xuan Son GM Nguyen Son GM Nguyen Kim Chau](https://kangdukwon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2016-GM-Nguyen-Son-Nguyen-1024x760.jpg)
![2022-08-14: Melbourne Australia students of GM Hong Sinh Vo](https://kangdukwon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-08-14-Melbourne-Aust-H.jpg)
![2016: GM Nguyen Kim Chau with GM Kim Young Jin in Oklahoma City, USA](https://kangdukwon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2016-OklahomaCity-KimYoungJ.jpg)
![Jan 18, 2022 VinhLinh Nguyen Kim Chau](https://kangdukwon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/271894101_1069151580311865_6059839220782605529_n.jpg)
![Kangdukwon will be taught in Russia.](https://kangdukwon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/271667776_1064386511018956_6020569906598489279_n-1.jpg)
In the five decades since GGM Ahn Gun Soon introduced taekwondo Kangdukwon to Vietnam, his successors have built Kangdukwon Moo Do into a world powerhouse — with a decidedly Vietnamese flavor.
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