' As you see from Archtka's post above, there are only 33 8th Dan TKD GM's in the world of KKW. What I meant above was that I would not have expected a native of Singapore to take up TKD, but rather a native MA or a Chinese MA. I find it interesting in a positive way which is why I said 'Good for him.' I am sorry if you find that offensive. It wasn't meant to be so.
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Sir: Those stats are for China only. Korea and the US have more 8th and 9th dans: Here are the U.S stats:
U.S POOM/DAN COUNT
1 POOM 136,656
2 POOM 20,846
3 POOM 2,711
4 POOM 318
1 DAN 83,554
2 DAN 26,581
3 DAN 11,590
4 DAN 4,567
5 DAN 1,792
6 DAN 670
7 DAN 387
8 DAN 70
9 DAN 71
10 DAN 1
TOTAL 289,814
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