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General Choi Hong Hi - known as the Father of ITF Taekwon-Do, was born on November 9th, 1918 in the rugged and harsh area of Hwa Dae, Myong Chun District in what is now D.P.R of Korea. In his youth, he was frail and quite sickly, a constant source of worry for his parents.
Even at an early age, however, the future general showed a strong and independent spirit. At the age of twelve he was expelled from school for agitating against the Japanese authorities that were in control of Korea. This was the beginning of what would be a long association with the Kwang Ju Students' Independence Movement.
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