Soon Ho Lee is the Grand Master Emeritus of Songahm Taekwondo, the American Taekwondo Association. He was given the title at ATA's World Championships in June 2002, succeeding his brother

Haeng Ung Lee Haeng Ung ("H.U.") Lee (July 20, 1936 – October 5, 2000) was the co-founder and first Grand Master of the American Taekwondo Association. Career H.U. Lee was born in Manchuria, China in 1936. After World War II, his family relocated to Sout ...

. In 1969, Soon Ho Lee joined his elder brother in the United States. His goal was to expand his academic opportunities, at the time he did not intend to become a Taekwondo instructor. In June 2011, at the world championships in Little Rock, Arkansas, he gave up his title of grand master, and

In Ho Lee In Ho Lee (born 1955) is the third and previous Presiding Grand Master of Songahm Taekwondo, the American Taekwondo Association. In Ho Lee was born in Seoul City, Korea, two years after the end of the Korean War. He began to study and practice ...

became the new grand master.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American male taekwondo practitioners South Korean emigrants to the United States {{US-taekwondo-bio-stub