Background
Chung was born in Seoul, of Korea on March 3, 1921.
Chung was born in Seoul, of Korea on March 3, 1921.
He was also the first Korean instructor in open a Chung Do Kwan school outside of Korea,in on 1952, and Vice president of the World Taekwondo Association. While his family had been highly respected and part of the educated class they lost everything during the ese occupation and, like most during that time, struggled for survival. Chung became interested in martial arts as a boy but it was illegal at that time to openly teach or learn martial art in of Korea.
Sometime later, after martial art training became legal, Chung circulated among the later Chung Do Kwan students and he was to become almost a mythic figure because of his exploits.
In 1955 the Chung Do Kwan (like all Korean martial arts schools) officially adopted the name "Tae Kwon Do" for their martial art curriculum and so Chung found himself as a major figure in the Tokyo martial arts community serving as president of the All Tae Kwon Do Association. In 1974 Chung decided to bring his expertise to Kansas City, Missouri in the United States and aligned with the World Tae Kwon Do Association under Duk Sung Son in which he served as a vice president
A 9th Degree Black Belt, Yong Taek Chung devoted his entire life to the mastery and teaching of Tae Kwon Do. He was known for his toughness and bravery.
Chung was to remain one of Lee"s top students and kept a close relationship with his instructor for the rest of his life.
In 1988 Chung retired from teaching, turning his schools over to his students, and moved to Garden Grove, California but remained active with his students and in retirement Yong Taek Chung spent the next 19 years helping students, instructors and Masters continue the Chung Do Kwan tradition. Master Chung died at his home in Fountain Valley, California on November 11, 2006.