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There are currently 9 Dan (Black Belt Degrees) in the active ranks of Taekwondo. The 10th Degree is very rare, and typically awarded as an Honorary rank for life-long contributions to Taekwondo, occasionally as a position for retired Grandmasters, or most commonly awarded posthumously upon the death of a 9th Degree Grandmaster. Sometimes, individual Kwans (associations) will award an association's 10th Dan, but it is not recorded at the Kukkiwon, World Taekwondo Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.
The first 10th Dan to a living Grandmaster in Taekwondo was awarded by the founder of the original Chung Do Kwan, Great-Grandmaster Won-Kuk Lee, which he presented to Great-Grandmaster Suh Chong Kang, 1st class graduate of the Chung Do Kwan, founder of Kang Taekwondo in New York, USA. Grandmaster Kang was also the co-founder & first president of the ATA (American Taekwondo Association). The other ATA co-founder, and 2nd President, "Eternal Grandmaster" Haeng Ung Lee, was awarded the 10th Dan Posthumously.
The highest ranked non-Asian Taekwondo Sr. Grandmaster, Edward B. Sell, Founder of the USCDKA (United States Chung Do Kwan Association) was the first person of non-Korean birth to attain the 9th Dan awarded by the World Chung Do Kwan, and later received the Kukkiwon 9th Dan. Sr. Grandmaster Sell was awarded the Kukkiwon 10th Dan posthumously upon his death on Februrary 5, 2014.
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