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promoted the health benefits of Taekwon-Do for all ages.
After interviews on 27 August, Supreme Grandmaster Kim,
Grandmaster Swope, Grandmaster Low and the seminar
organizing committee visited Everybody Martial Arts,
Malaysia’s first and oldest Martial Arts supply store. Later,
Supreme Grandmaster Kim and Grandmaster Swope visi-
ted Black Belt Taekwon-Do Dojang and taught all ages and
ranks for several classes until 10 PM.

The following evening, Supreme Grandmaster Kim and
Grandmaster Swope presided over a high-level black belt
testing at Black Belt Taekwon-Do Dojang. Tested for 6th
Dan were Prof. Lee Chew Ging of Kuala Lumpur and Liew
Pin Huat of Malacca; tested for 7th Dan were Don Looi
Mun Khuen, Dr. Steve Ng Hong Aik, Chief Instructor of
Penang Taekwondo Association, and Ow Wee Leong of
Malacca. Supreme Grandmaster Kim graded participants’
Ch’ang Hon tuls, basic and advanced self-defense against
single and multiple opponents, kicking techniques, hand
techniques, and breaking. “This high-dan testing was in-
deed historic,” said Master Don Looi Mun Khuen, MCTF
Vice President. “Those tested today were graded by the
legendary pioneer who helped develop many of the requi-
red Ch’ang Hon patterns on the very same soil where they
were developed more than fifty years ago. Few masters or
instructors can say the same.”

The historic 2-day seminar, held at the beautiful Thean Hou
Temple Grand Ballroom, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, began
on Saturday, 29 August 2015. Master Don Looi, Chairman
of the Organizing Committee and Vice President of the
Malaysia Chun Kuhn Taekwon-Do Federation, gave the
opening speech, followed by Supreme Grandmaster Kim
Bok-Man, President of the World Chun Kuhn Taekwondo
Federation; Grandmaster Low Koon Lin, Father of Malay-
sian Taekwon-Do; and Grandmaster Stan C. Swope, Vice
President of the World Chun Kuhn Taekwondo Federation.
They were joined on stage by officers of the Malaysia Chun
Kuhn Taekwondo Federation, President Grandmaster Dr
Sam Looi and Secretary General Senior Master Gary Tong,
and officers of the Singapore Chun Kuhn Taekwon-Do Fe-
deration, President Grandmaster Simon Lee Kim Hong and
Secretary General Senior Master Dr. William Choo Keang
Hai. All ranks, ages and martial arts were invited to attend
the seminar. More than 350 martial artists from several
dojangs and countries participated. Supreme Grandmaster
Kim rang a ceremonial gong to officially begin the seminar.