About Daeho Lee · 이대호 교관
From Special Forces to blue sky
Born in Busan. Ten years an officer in the South Korean Special Forces. His first jump was in the army, in 2004. Today he is Korea's No.1 skydiver and one of the top instructors in Asia.
내가 의미 없이 보낸 오늘은 어제 죽은 이가 그토록 바라던 내일이다.The today I waste is the tomorrow someone who died yesterday longed for. Daeho's motto.
Jump count
8,000 jumps and zero cutaways
His path · 걸어온 길
Timeline
- 18 Oct 2004
First jump
His first jump, as a Special Forces officer.
- 26 Jul 2012
1,000th jump
- September 2013
Dokdo jump
He jumped with a Dokdo flag over California, USA.
- 24 Jul 2016
2,000th jump
- 10 Oct 2017
3,000th jump
- 13 Dec 2018
4,000th jump
- 15 Nov 2020
5,000th jump
- 11 Feb 2023
6,000th jump
- 12 Feb 2024
7,000th jump
- 27 Dec 2025
8,000th jump, Pokhara
In Pokhara, Nepal. Zero cutaways.
독도는 우리땅
"Korea's morning starts at Dokdo"
That was one of the banners he carried in freefall over California in September 2013. He paid about 5 million won himself. Then he raised funds to jump over Dokdo and promised any extra money to Dokdo groups.
Sources: Etoday, Oct 2013. Hankook Ilbo, Nov 2013. Seoul Shinmun, Feb 2014.
Ratings and roles · 자격
Qualified to teach you
AFF Instructor
United States Parachute Association
Tandem Instructor
United States Parachute Association
Former AFF and Tandem Instructor
Korea Parachute Association
Former HALO team leader
Black Berets, Korean Special Forces
Former professor
Hanseo University
Special adviser
Seoul Icarus Drone International Festival
Graduate School of Business
Konkuk University
Principal
LUEKY Skydiving School
How he teaches
Calm, exact, safe
Daeho says most injuries happen on landing, after a safe descent. So every course trains the landing as hard as the freefall. Small groups, every jump on video, a clear debrief after each one.
In the media
- The Korea Herald"Touching the sky" · 2013
- 이투데이Dokdo jump over California · 2013
- 한국일보Next: a jump over Dokdo · 2013
- 서울신문Dokdo jump on 3·1절 · 2014