YONGMUDO ASSOCIATION MUMBAI SUBURBAN 


History of Yongmudo


Yongin University formerly known as Korea judo college has been a mecca of martial arts and sports education for about 60 years since 1953 with the mission of "do eui sang ma yook ye we shin" to contribute to Society with training of justice, courage and obligation, and to build positive character and leadership training.


Yongin University became a world renowned global leader of martial arts and sports. Start from judo, Yongmudo is an integrated martial arts system taken from tge disciplines of taekwondo, Hapkido, Kendo, ssireum, Self-defense, arrest Techniques, wrestling, boxing and others. These are going side by side with Yongmudo since Foundation of Yong-in University. Great conception was in need for enhancing status of martial arts in upcoming millennium the 21st Century and with 50 years of experience localizing and globalizing martial arts and sports education of yongmudo. It was possible to satisfy and actualize on these conceptions, Yongmudo was developed by the current Yong-in University President, Dr. Kim Jung-Heang. It is noteworthy that creating yongmudo was directly and indirectly motivated the members of Yong-in alumi residing overseas. 

yongmudo was formally incorporated as a new martial arts discipline on October 15, 1998. A Yongmudo development committee was also created and subsequently sub-divided into academic & technical research sub-committees. The International Yongmudo Federation was founded on April 25, 2002.