Jung Do Kwan was founded in 1956 by Yong Woo Lee, and was the last of the original nine Kwans that went on to form the Kukkiwon-style of taekwondo. An original student of the Chung Do Kwan, Young Woo Lee was advised by the current Chung Do Kwan president to choose a similar name to Chung Do Kwan, so he chose Jung Do Kwan: Young Woo Lee died in August 2006 in Seoul, Korea. Until his death, he remained active in the World Taekwondo Federation, and served on the Dan/Poom black Belt promotion committee of the Kukkiwon.