Lineage and History of Oom Yung Doe
John C. Kim was born in South Korea and emigrated to the United States in the early 1970s. Kim opened his first school of martial arts in 1973 in Westmont, IL, teaching Kong Su (a hard form martial art similar to Tae Kwon Doe). In 1976, John C. Kim began operating a line of martial arts schools called "Chung Moo Quan" (충무권), teaching the same 8 martial arts styles that are taught in modern Oom Yung Doe schools. "Chung Moo Quan" was effectively renamed to "Chung Moo Doe" (충무도) in 1989, and again to "Oom Yung Doe" in 1999; the instructor corps and training techniques for the three schools have been substantially similar, and they have all been founded by John C. Kim.
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