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Choi Hong-hi was a South Korean Army general, and martial artist who was an important figure in the history of the Korean martial art of Taekwondo, albeit controversial due to his introduction of Taekwon-Do to North Korea.

Choi is regarded by many as the Founder of Taekwon-Do—most often by organisations belonging to the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), the first international federation for Taekwondo, which he founded before the World Taekwondo Federation split off in 1973 for political reasons.

Others, such as the World Taekwondo Federation, now just World Taekwondo (WT), portray Choi as either an unimportant or a dishonorable figure in taekwondo history, whether by omitting him from their versions of taekwondo history or through explicit statements, due to the aforementioned controversy.