Kyung Sun Shin
Korean master of judo
신경선
- Born
- 1933, Seoul
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Sport
- judo
- Occupation
- judoka, karateka, taekwondo athlete
Shin Kyung Sun (born 1933) is a Korean master of judo and a pioneer of that art in the United States of America. He is ranked 8th dan in judo, and also holds dan ranking in karate.
Shin was born in 1933 in Seoul, Korea. He began training in the martial arts in 1943, and was a long distance runner in high school. During the Korean War, he served in the Special Student Battalion of the Republic of Korea Army. He owned a pharmacy in South Korea, although he was not a pharmacist himself. He had studied English literature at Hongik University, but did not complete the course. He did, however, captain the institution's judo team to the National Collegiate Championship in 1958, his second year there.
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