Ricardo A. Longinotti was thirteen
when he began his Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan training
in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His teachers were all
students of the late founder of Tang Soo Do,
Grandmaster Hwang Kee.
Master Longinotti (Dan # 22616) received his 1st Dan in 1982 from Master Gustavo Poletti, and his 2nd and 3rd Dan from
Master Francisco B. Blotta. His 4th and 5th Dans
were awarded by Grandmaster Hyun Chul Hwang, current
president of the U.S. Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan
Federation and son of the founder of Tang Soo Do Moo
Duk Kwan.
Since 1984 he has been teaching in
different dojangs in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In 2002 he resigned his position in the U.S. Soo
Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation and continued
training on his own, followed by his students.
In
2004 he joined the Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan
Association under Grandmaster Charles Ferraro's guidance and was designated National
Director of Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan for Argentina.
In 2006 he was awarded his 6th Dan (Ko Dan Ja # 65) by Grandmaster
Ferraro.
Together with Master Carlos Garcia-Huidobro, the
National Director of Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan for
Chile, he is also working on further developing Tang
Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan in South America.
Master Longinotti has also created
instructional guides for his Tang Soo Do
students and has contributed a number of them to
Tang Soo Do World. They can be found in the
reference section of this website. You can visit his
Spanish language Blog at:
http://tsdlonginotti.blogspot.com/
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