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Taekwondo is a Korean martial art which emerged in the mid-twentieth century, and has subsequently become one of the most widely practiced martial arts in the world. The art is characterized by powerful hand strikes and kicks, which are used for unarmed self-defense or combat, or in organized sport competitions such as the Olympic Games.
Jidokwan is one of the original nine schools of the modern Korean martial arts that became Taekwondo and was founded in what is now South Korea at the end of World War II. Its name translates as "School of Wisdom". The Jidokwan in Korea still exists today. It functions as a social fraternal order.
These schools were established by Korean martial artists with backgrounds in Japanese [12] and Chinese martial arts. Early progenitors of taekwondo—the founders of the nine original kwans —who were able to study in Japan were exposed to Japanese martial arts , including karate, judo , and kendo , [ 4 ] while others were exposed to the ...
Kuk Sool Won (Korean: 국술원; Hanja: 國術院) means Korean martial arts place or association. In Korean, “kuk” means national, “sool” means martial arts, and “won” means place or association. It was founded in 1958 by Suh In-Hyuk (서인혁), who also requires others to call him by the formal titles of Kuk Sa Nim (i.e ...
Hwang Kee further expanded his Moo Duk Kwan school of martial arts after in 1957 he was introduced to the Muye Dobo Tongji by a librarian at the Korean National University in Seoul. It referenced the martial arts system of Subak, a bare hands and feet technique. [3] Hwang Kee changed the name of his martial art system to "Soo Bahk Do" on June ...
Chung Do Kwan was the second oldest of the martial arts schools, or "kwans", that were established following the Japanese Occupation of Korea, being established shortly after the Song Moo Kwan. Lee trained under Gichin Funakoshi Sensei at Chuo University in Japan.
However, for the origin of the Taekwondo branch of Moo Duk Kwan, one has to look to Korea. In 1961 the Korean government initiated a movement to unify all of its country's martial arts schools under one governing body. This body would originally be called the Korean Tae Soo Do Association and later renamed the Korean Tae Kwon Do Association.
Oom Yung Doe (Korean: 음양도; Hanja: 陰陽道) is a line of Korean martial arts schools founded by John C. Kim (Grandmaster "Iron" Kim). In addition to teaching a broad range of physical movements and self-defense, the training also incorporates meditation, philosophy, and the use of herbal formulas and equipment.