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{{short description|Korean martial artist}}
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{{family name hatnote|Shin||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox martial artist
| name            = Jae-chul Shin
| image           = Grandmaster-shin.jpg
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| nationality     =  South Korean
| birth_date      = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|12|20}}
| birth_place     = [[Seoul]], Korea
| death_date      = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|7|9|1936|12|20}}
| death_place     = [[Burlington, North Carolina]]
| martial_art     = [[Tang Soo Do]]
| teacher         = [[Hwang Kee]], [[Oh Se Jun]]
| rank            = {{color box|black}} ''9th degree black belt''
| students        = [[Chuck Norris]], [[Robert Cheezic]], [[Mujahid Khan]] 
| years_active    = 1948-2012
| website         = [http://www.wtsda.com/ WTSDA Official Site]
| footnotes       = 
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{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul  = %신재철
| hanja   = 
}}

'''Jae-chul Shin''' ({{korean|신재철}}; 20 December 1936 – 9 July 2012) was a [[Korea]]n [[martial art]]ist and founder of the [[World Tang Soo Do Association]].<ref name=TSDA>[https://www.worldtangsoodo.com/ World Tang Soo Do Association]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/founder-57441-world-association.html|title=Martial arts association dedicates Burlington headquarters, remembers founder|last=D. Abernethy|first=Michael |date=23 July 2012|publisher=[[Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina)]]|accessdate=28 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726004656/http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/founder-57441-world-association.html |archive-date=2012-07-26 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Jae-chul Shin began his study of martial arts in 1948, joining the [[Seoul]] [[Moo Duk Kwan|Moo Duk Kwan Central Gym]] under Grandmaster [[Hwang Kee]],<ref name=TSDA/> the founder of the [[Moo Duk Kwan]] system.<ref name="Shin">Buttitta, Bob (March 1984). [https://books.google.com/books?id=HNsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 The World Tang Soo Do Association: The Last Bastion For Traditional Korean Martial Arts?]. Black Belt Magazine, Pages 28–32</ref> By the time he was a [[Dan (martial arts)|first dan]] black belt, he had started his teaching career as an assistant instructor at the central gym.<ref name=TSDA/>

Shin continued to study Tang Soo Do while attending [[Korea University]], where he would earn both his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science. While a student, Shin began teaching at the university, along at the Seoul Central [[YMCA]], other colleges, and many police and military institutions.<ref name="Shin"/>

In 1958, Shin was drafted into the [[South Korea]]n air force as a martial arts instructor. During this time he began teaching many American soldiers martial arts. He was stationed at [[Osan Air Base]].<ref name="Shin"/> One of those servicemen was [[Chuck Norris|Carlos Ray “Chuck” Norris]].<ref>[http://www.tangsoodoworld.com/whos_who_profiles/jae_chul_shin.htm Tang Soo Do World >> Who's Who in Tang Soo Do >> Jae-chul Shin]</ref>

By the time he completed his master's degree in 1968, Shin had been instructing students in Tang Soo Do throughout Korea for almost 20 years. That same year at the request and sponsorship of Norris, Shin came to the United States<ref name="Jae">Wasserman, Bill (December 1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=rc4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48 Jae-chul Shin: The Ambassador of Tang Soo Do Talks About Chuck Norris, Taekwondo and the State of the Arts in American]. Black Belt Magazine, Pages 48–53</ref> to continue graduate studies at [[Rutgers University]] and extend his instruction to foreign students as a representative for the Korean Soo Bahk Do Association.<ref name="Shin"/><ref name="Soo">Coleman, Jim (September 1984). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mtsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 Tang Soo! The Evolution of Tae Kwon Do‘s Bitter Rival]. Black Belt Magazine, Pages 20–24 & 120–121</ref>

Shin established the U.S. Tang Soo Do Federation in 1968 at his first school in Burlington, New Jersey.<ref>The World Tang Soo Do Association. Korean Martial Arts Tang Soo Do Black Belt Manual. Philadelphia, PA: World Tang Soo Do Association, Inc, 1990,2000. 19. Print.</ref> In 1982, dissatisfied with the direction that the federation was going, Shin resigned from the board of directors and along with Ki-yun Yi, Sang-kyu Shim and William D. Clingan founded the World Tang Soo Do Association.<ref name="Jae"/><ref name="Soo"/><ref name="Chul">Nagel, J. (February 1983). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ItIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46 Jae-chul Shin: Chuck Norris‘ Teacher]. Black Belt Magazine, Pages 46–49 & 104</ref><ref name="Tang">Vandehey, Tim (October 1989). [https://books.google.com/books?id=X9YDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 A House Divided: The Broken Family of Tang Soo Do]. Black Belt Magazine, Pages 24–28</ref> Grandmaster Shin's decision to leave Moo Duk Kwan coincided with Grandmaster Hwang Kee's release of the new Soo Bahk Do forms in 1982.<ref>"Brief History of the Moo Duk Kwan. ''World Moo Duk Kwan Official Web Site''". [https://web.archive.org/web/20080531082044/http://worldmoodukkwan.com/history.html Archived] from [https://worldmoodukkwan.com/history.html the original] on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-06-30.</ref>

Shin remained the leader of the World Tang Soo Do Association until his death on 9 July 2012. Before he died he was responsible for the training and certification of 20,000 black belts and 500 masters. Since then the body has over 200,000 members including more than 50,000 black belts and 300 master instructors in 38 countries. He was the author of several books on Tang Soo Do and featured in a chapter of the 1971 book, ''20th century Warriors: Prominent Men in the Oriental Fighting Arts"''.<ref>{{Cite book | author = Black Belt Magazine and Karate Illustrated | title = 20th century Warriors; Prominent Men in the Oriental Fighting Arts | chapter = Shin Jae-chul | year = 1971 | publisher= Ohara (Los Angeles), LCCN 73185168}}</ref>

In March 2010, the association's board of directors approved Shin's promotion to ninth-degree black belt. In July 2010, Shin was formally promoted to the rank at the association's annual world championships after 27 years as an eighth degree.<ref>{{Cite web | title = World Tang Soo Do Association Newsletter | date= Oct 2009 | url = http://www.worldtangsoodo.com/news/newsletter/WTSDANewsletter1009.pdf | accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref>

On 9 July 2012, Shin died in his sleep after having health issues in Burlington, NC.

== References ==
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•참고|우리의 무예당수도교본 / http://www.tangsoodo.co.kr

== External links ==
* [http://www.wtsda.com The World Tang Soo Do Association]
* [http://www.taekwondohalloffame.com Jae-chul Shin in the Taekwondo Hall of Fame]

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