UM-TKD Club’s 60th Anniversary – World Kangdukwon Federation

Date announced for U-Michigan TKD Club’s 60th Anniversary Dinner

James 'Jim' Young, founder of the University of Michigan TaeKwonDo Club in 1964. Saleem Jehangir, Jim's colleague and first black belt in the subcontinent, in the background — Foreground: **James ‘Jim’ Young,** founder of the University of Michigan TaeKwonDo Club in 1964. **Saleem Jehangir,** Young’s colleague and first black belt in the subcontinent, in the background

Archive note: This 2024 announcement is retained as part of the historical record of the University of Michigan TaeKwonDo Club, one of the principal North American branches associated with Great Grand Master Hwa Chong. For broader context, see Kangdukwon in North America and Hwa Chong: Great Master of Taekwondo. University of Michigan TaeKwonDo Club spokesperson Master Steven Busch announced the date of the University of Michigan TaeKwonDo Club’s 60th Anniversary Reunion dinner.

50th anniversary banquet reunion of the University of Michigan Taekwondo Club in 2014

The event has been scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in the Michigan League, Michigan Room, starting at 6:00 pm. Related activities will take place in the course of the afternoon.

U-Michigan TaeKwonDo Club current members and alumni are encouraged to attend. This may be the last opportunity for some to rub shoulders with Club members who trained with Great Grand Master Hwa Chong in the 1960s and 1970s, including Club founder Jim Young. See you there!

Michigan Kangdukwon senior instructors gathered in May 1970 to honor visiting Kang Duk Won co-founder Park, Chul-hee (1932 - 4 April 2016), one of the original nine kwans of taekwondo. — Michigan Kangdukwon senior instructors gathered in May 1970 to honor visiting Kang Duk Won co-founder **Park, Chul-hee** (1932 – 4 April 2016), one of the original nine kwans of taekwondo.

In the early days of the U-Michigan Taekwondo Club in the 1960s. activities were centered at the cavernous Waterman Gymnasium in central campus.

In the early days of the U-Michigan Taekwondo Club in the 1960s, activities were centered at the cavernous Victorian-age Waterman Gymnasium in central campus.

Questions? Contact Master Steve Busch <slbusch@wowway.com>.