Born in 1904 at Choong Buk province, he lost both his parents at an early age.
As a young man, Choi traveled to Japan where he studied Da! Dong Ryu Yu Sool under the the instruction of Sokaku Takeda.
He returned to Korea in 1945 and took a train to the city of Tae Gu where one of his bags was lost.
Unfortunately for Choi, he had his money and his certificates for his martial arts training he had received in Japan in that bag.
