[1] Moon was born in the small village of Duk Hap, 200 km south of Seoul.
His father, Chang Wook Moon worked in the administration of President Syngman Rhee.
[2] Moon graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in architecture and originally had plans to settle in the United States.
According to Moon during his first visit, "I'd teach, it was very tough and [the Mexican students] endured, that I liked, a lot of spirit, courage, attitude and devotion.
[4] In Mexico he established Moo Duk Kwan, a school to "make Mexican taekwondo one of the strongest in the world".