Other names Oh Se-Rim Notable relatives Kwon Tae-man Trainer Ji Han-Jae Trained by Ji Han-jae | Style Hapkido Nationality South Korea Name Oh Se-lim | |
Rank former president of KHF,Grandmaster | ||
Seminar Of Grandmaster Oh Se Lim 10/18/14
Oh Se-Lim (Hangul: 오세림) was an early Korean hapkido practitioner and a pioneer of the art. He had been the president of the Korea Hapkido Federation for 18 years.
Contents
- Seminar Of Grandmaster Oh Se Lim 101814
- KHF Master Course in Colombia 2017 with Oh Se Lim
- Life
- Accomplishments
- References
KHF Master Course in Colombia 2017 with Oh Se Lim
Life
Oh began his study of hapkido at Ji Han-Jae (Hangul: 지한재)'s first hapki yukwonsool school, the An Moo Kwan (Hangul: 안무관) in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Fellow students were Kwon Tae-Man (Hangul: 권태만), and Yoo Young-Woo (Hangul: 유영우).
He continued training at Majang, Seongdong, Seoul in 1957. Who were joining Oh at that time, were also early hapkido practitioners Hwang Deok-Kyoo (Hangul: 황덕규; latter day president of the Korea Hapkido Association), Kim Yong-Jin (Hangul: 김용진; founder of the Ulji Kwan), Kang Jong-Soo (Hangul: 강종수), Kim Yong-Whan and Lee Tae-Joon.
Accomplishments
Oh Se-Lim was elected the president of the Korea Hapkido Association in 1980. By 1983 Oh Se-Lim, with political problems and many of the original founding members of the Korea Hapkido Association departing (Ji Han-Jae, Myung Jae-Nam), renamed the association by the name first used by the organization he had first been a part of with Master Ji, the Dae Han Hapkido Hyub Hoe (Hangul: 대한 합기도 협회), with a new preferred English rendering; the Korea Hapkido Federation (KHF). Master Oh resigned the position of the president of the KHF, that was succeeded by Kim Jong-Yoon (Hangul: 김종윤) in 2008.