Chung Do Kwan
| Date founded | c.1944 |
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| Country of origin |
 Seoul, South Korea
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| Founder | Won Kuk Lee (April 13, 1907–February 2, 2003) |
| Arts taught | Tang Soo Do, Taekwondo |
| Practitioners | Won Kuk Lee, Jhoon Rhee, Woon Kyu Um, Yong Taek Chung |
| Chung Do Kwan | |
| Hangul | 청도관 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Cheong Do Gwan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ŏng Do Kwan |
Chung Do Kwan, created by Won Kuk Lee in 1944, is one of the first of nine schools or kwan teaching what came to be known as taekwondo. This style of Tae Kwon Do is known for its overall power and emphasis on kicks to the head.
The Chung Do Kwan (; "Blue Wave School") name was first used by Won Kuk Lee. Lee had studied Taekkyon in An Gup Dong (a neighborhood in Seoul), karate with Sensei Gichin Funakoshi in Okinawa, and kung fu at centers in Henan and Shanghai in China. Lee earned dan ranking in Shotokan karate. According to Yong Taek Chung (a student of Lee) "it is probable that he did practice in secret as a teenager because he told this author that when he first started training he and his first teachers would not exchange names due to possible consequences if someone got caught." Chung Do Kwan was the second oldest of the martial arts schools, or "kwans", that were established following the Japanese Occupation of Korea, being established shortly after the Song Moo Kwan.
Lee trained under Gichin Funakoshi Sensei at Chuo University in Japan. Lee also traveled to China and Okinawa, studying martial arts technique, history, and philosophy. According to Won Kuk Lee interview, the main differences among Korean style Tang Soo Do, Karate, and Kung Fu were in how pressure points were used and attacked.
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