WHAT IS BUM MOO HAPKIDO?

Kim Yun-Sik (김윤식) was born in Seoul, Korea in 1943. He is the founder of Bum Moo Kwan Hapkido. He began his martial arts training in 1954 under the direction of Choi Yong-Sool, and received the black belt from Choi in 1957. In the same year he received the black belt in Tang Soo Do from Grandmaster Hwang Kee.

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Kim is the founder of the Bum Moo Kwan style, in which the practitioner is instructed to finish the encounter quickly, using any available material as weapon or any part of his body, aiming the opponent's pressure or vital points.

 

Bum Moo is one of the three original and government regulated Hapkido Kwans.

Residing, teaching and training in Brazil since 1977, Kim was the master of several Hapkido World Champions, such as Leandro Heck Gemeo, Norberto Serrano Jr. and Rafael Tercarolli, head instructor of our school.