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Master of Arts
A notable student of Kanken Toyama was
Byung In Yun (Yun or Yoon)
炳仁尹 who was one of the two Koreans listed in the 1959 Karate-Do Taihokan "Shu Do Kan" register.
It is well known among most KMA researchers looking in to the 5 Kwans that Byung In Yun disappeared during the Korean War in the early 1950′s.
Kim Soo a student of Cho Lee Park and the founder of Chayon Ryu 自然流 (The Natural Way Style) of Houston, Texas located relatives of Grand Master Yun on a visit to South Korea in 2005.
He was later contacted in 2006 from GM Yun’s son in North Korea, that Byung In Yun had died of lung cancer 3 April 1983.
Two of Yun’s students went on to found two of Korea’s notable Kwans.
Nam Suk Lee founded the Chung Mu Kwan 彰武館 Propagation of the Military Training Hall in 1946 and Cho Lee Park founded the Kang Duk Kwan 講徳院 Arena for the Teaching of Virtue Training Hall in 1956.
A third member of Yun’s many students, Jon Pyo Han, founded the Heung Mu Kwan 興武館 Prosperous Martial Hall in 1966.
...lung cancer...
Byung In Yun (Yun or Yoon)
炳仁尹 who was one of the two Koreans listed in the 1959 Karate-Do Taihokan "Shu Do Kan" register.
It is well known among most KMA researchers looking in to the 5 Kwans that Byung In Yun disappeared during the Korean War in the early 1950′s.
Kim Soo a student of Cho Lee Park and the founder of Chayon Ryu 自然流 (The Natural Way Style) of Houston, Texas located relatives of Grand Master Yun on a visit to South Korea in 2005.
He was later contacted in 2006 from GM Yun’s son in North Korea, that Byung In Yun had died of lung cancer 3 April 1983.
Two of Yun’s students went on to found two of Korea’s notable Kwans.
Nam Suk Lee founded the Chung Mu Kwan 彰武館 Propagation of the Military Training Hall in 1946 and Cho Lee Park founded the Kang Duk Kwan 講徳院 Arena for the Teaching of Virtue Training Hall in 1956.
A third member of Yun’s many students, Jon Pyo Han, founded the Heung Mu Kwan 興武館 Prosperous Martial Hall in 1966.
...lung cancer...