INSTRUCTOR PROFILE: Senior Master Ri Myong Chol

Senior Master Ri Myong Chol

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE:

Name: Ri Myong Chol

Nationality: DPR Korea
Date of Birth: 1958.09.27
Education: DPR Korea Sports University
Dan degree: VIII Dan

Personal timeline:

• April 1975 - May 1978
  Graduated from DPR Korea University of Sport.
   
• June 1978-March 1985
  Teacher at DPR Korea University of Sport.
• 1981
  Became an International Taekwon-Do Instructor.
  
• 1983 Under the Founder of Taekwon-Do Gen. Choi Hong Hi's guidance and training, Ri co-edited the “Taekwon-Do Encyclopedia” and the  “Taekwon-Do Self-Defense” magazine, and was one of the demonstrators who appeared in the books and magazines.
  
• 1984 - 1985
  Travelled to South America, Austria, Hungary and other European countries; Libya, Tunisia and other African countries, teaching and demonstrating Taekwon-Do.
  
• April 1985 – October 1990
  Chief Instructor of the Mozambican State Administration of Sports Taekwon-Do Association.
  
• November 1990 – December 1991
  Korean Taekwon-Do Committee (KTC) Technical Department Instructor.
  
• January 1992 – December 1994
  Chief Instructor of Jilin Yanbian Taekwon-Do Association in China.
  
• January 1995 – November 1999
  Korean Taekwon-Do Committee (KTC) Technical Department General Instructor.
• December 1999 – August 2003
  Stationed at the Polish Ministry of Culture, Chief Master of the General Administration of Sport Taekwon-Do Association.
• September 2003 – February 2008
  Korean Taekwon-Do Committee (KTC) Technical Center and Department section manager.
• April 2010
  Elected as member of the Asian Taekwon-Do Federation Executive Committee and Chairman of the ITF Technical Committee.
• February 2008 - Present
  Chief Senior Master of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) mission in China, teaching at the Beijing Peking University Gymnasium.
  Translated by Sabumnim Yang Yu Bo, edited by Timothy Folkema.