Shin Kyung Sun (born 1933) is a Korean

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and a pioneer of that art in the United States of America. He is ranked 8th ''

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'' in judo,Piering, T. (''c.'' 2010)
Masters
Retrieved on January 7, 2011. and also holds ''dan'' ranking in

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

.Waite, D. V. (1971): "His own invisible weapons." ''Black Belt'', 9(12):36–39. Shin was born in 1933 in Seoul, Korea.Military Arts Institute: Martial Arts Faculty
(''c.'' 2010). Retrieved on January 4, 2011. He began training in the martial arts in 1943, and was a long distance runner in high school. During the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, he served in the Special Student Battalion of the

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. He owned a pharmacy in South Korea, although he was not a pharmacist himself. He had studied English literature at

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, but did not complete the course. He did, however, captain the institution's judo team to the National Collegiate Championship in 1958, his second year there. Around 1960, Shin emigrated to the US intending to seek a position in a pharmaceutical company. He went to Illinois at first, studied liberal arts in Georgia (where he met and befriended fellow Korean

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, founder of

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), and then returned to Illinois in 1963. He studied accounting part-time at the

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, and it was around this time that he met his future wife, Sandy Hamilton, a biochemistry student who is also a judo practitioner. She was ranked 1st ''dan'' at the time.Moshcovitz, P. B. (1973): "Martial arts media madness." ''Black Belt'', 11(9):47. Shin founded the Military Arts Institute in 1963,Martial artist shares passion with students
''WLS-TV'' (January 16, 2008). Retrieved on January 4, 2011.Martial Arts Institute
(''c.'' 2010). Retrieved on January 4, 2011. and also published a judo magazine. Apart from judo, Shin also teaches

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

and

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. Around 1967, he visited Seoul and discussed the possibility of a taekwondo tournament in Chicago with

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, founder of the

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.Anonymous (1967): "Black Belt Times." ''Black Belt'', 5(10):50. In 1977, he was a member of the organizing committee for the Third World Taekwondo Championships.Anonymous (1977): "Third World Taekwondo Championships scheduled for September." ''Black Belt'', 15(9):8. Shin co-authored the book ''Judo'' (1977) with Daeshik Kim.Kim, D., & Shin, K. S. (1977): ''Judo''. Dubuque, IA: W. C. Brown. () One of the Shins' sons, Gene Shin, holds the rank of 5th ''dan'' in judo and teaches the art in Virginia.Shin, G. T. (''c.'' 2010)
Sensei Shin's Judo bio
Retrieved on January 7, 2011.Shin, G. T. (''c.'' 2010)
Sensei Shin's Judo lineage
Retrieved on January 7, 2011.Darter, M. (2010)
Oklahoma City Defensive Tactics: Heartland & OKCDT featured in USA Judo News
(November 9, 2010). Retrieved on January 7, 2011.

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External links

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