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Download or read book Kong Soo Do written by Len Losik and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kong Soo Do The Way of the Empty Hand explains the origin of the only true style of Korean Karate, as taught by Master Gichin Funakoshi. Kong Soo Do was one of the most influential post-WW II Korean martial arts styles that would eventually become inifieed with the many other styles to become Korean Taekwondo. The author includes the path from Chuan Fa to Karate to Taekowndo and the path from training on dirt floors to an an Olympic sport with chapters on dojang etiquette and the detailed written instructions and drawings to learn all the Kata for promotion from white belt to Black Belt. Included are the instructions for the five Heien Kata, Nai Hanji Kata and Bassai Kata, also proper the dojang behavior and the Kong Soo Do belt ranking system. Other topics include the theories of Budo and Bushido and the 13 concepts. The author provides his extensive bibliography used to with Kong Soo Do, a complete Glossary and an extensive Index for the readers convenience.
Download or read book Tang Soo Do written by Kang U. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference book is the result of eight years of research into the history and methods of Tang Soo Do. This is the only work to present all 19 Tang Soo Do forms from white belt to black belt (fourth dan master grade). Each move of every form is explained in detail.
Book Synopsis Tang Soo Do Chung Do Kwan Creation, History and Evolution by : Len Losik
Download or read book Tang Soo Do Chung Do Kwan Creation, History and Evolution written by Len Losik and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tang Soo Do Chung Do Kwan describes the creation, history and evolution of the first Korean Kwan to teach martial arts called Tang Soo Do in late 1944 by the Ching Do Kwan founder Grandmaster, Won Kuk Lee who was the first Korean martial arts Master to use the name Tang Soo Do to describe the Japanese style of Korean Karate he taught. It was also Korea's first Post World War II martial art that would get Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee arrested, imprisoned and put on trial as a Japanese sympathizer because he was allowed to teach Tang Soo Do with the Japanese still in control of Korea and later, his Tang Soo Do was so successful it became a threat to the new Korean independent government that his reputation was tarnished. The author describes Chung Do Kwan's travels through the new post World War II Korean government's work to close the Chung Do Kwan Tang Soo Do and the government forces that wanted Chung Do Kwan tang Soo Do to be changed to Chung Do Kwan Tae Kwon Do. The author includes Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee's relationship with the Japanese occupying forces in Korea that allowed him to teach Tang Soo Do just before the Japanese were forced to leave Korea by the U.S. Military and the U.S. military General that invited Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee to immigrate to the United States and avoid his enemies in the new, young independent Korean government that was destroying many Korean martial arts founders they could call a Japanese sympathizer from an earlier time. The author describes the entire evolution of the Chung Do Kwan Tang Soo Do as the first Kwan to teach Tang Soo Do and, as a political entity for the Korean government, Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee's many contribution to the development of Chung Do Kwan Tae Kwon Do and Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee's dedication to Taekwondo's journey to the 1988 Olympics. This book is for the experienced and serious Korean martial arts enthusiast.
Book Synopsis Tang Soo Do the Complete Story by : Len Losik, Ph.d.
Download or read book Tang Soo Do the Complete Story written by Len Losik, Ph.d. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tang Soo Do The Complete Story describes the creation, history and evolution of the 20th century Korean style of martial arts. It includes who the individuals were that opened the first Kwans teaching Tang Soo Do and Kong Soo Do and where each had earned their Black Belt while attending college in Japan that returned home to open the Kwans that taught Tang Soo Do as World War II was ending and the colonial occupational forces were being removed by the U.S. military planning to invade Japan. It also includes the creation and history of some of the other Kwans that taught their version of Tang Soo Do mixing Chuan Fa/Kwon Bup (Shaolin Fighting Art) and Tai Chi Chuan (Tae Kuek Kwan) such as the Moo Duk Kwan, Kang Duk Kwan, Kuk Moo Kwan, Jung Do Kwan, Yun Moo Kwan, O Do Kwan, Sang Moo Kwan, Chang Moo Kwan, Chung Do Kwan, Moo Duk Kwan. The author includes a list of the Hyungs of Tang Soo Do, a list of important events that led to the creation of Tang Soo Do, a Korean martial arts chronology covering many thousands of years, a comprehensive Hyung-to-Kata conversion table for Tang Soo Do Hyungs. The author also includes a substantial 80+ reference Bibliography, Glossary and Index for the serious reader's convenience.
Download or read book A Killing Art written by Gillis, Alex and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eagerly anticipated updated return of a bestselling martial arts classic The leaders of Tae Kwon Do, an Olympic sport and one of the worldÍs most popular martial arts, are fond of saying that their art is ancient and filled with old dynasties and superhuman feats. In fact, Tae Kwon Do is as full of lies as it is powerful techniques. Since its rough beginnings in the Korean military 60 years ago, the art empowered individuals and nations, but its leaders too often hid the painful truths that led to that empowerment „ the gangsters, secret-service agents, and dictators who encouraged cheating, corruption, and murder. A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do takes you into the cults, geisha houses, and crime syndicates that made Tae Kwon Do. It shows how, in the end, a few key leaders kept the art clean and turned it into an empowering art for tens of millions of people in more than 150 countries. A Killing Art is part history and part biography „ and a wild ride to enlightenment. This new and revised edition of the bestselling book contains previously unnamed sources and updated chapters.
Book Synopsis Tang Soo Do Basics by : Chun Sik Kim
Download or read book Tang Soo Do Basics written by Chun Sik Kim and published by Black Belt Communications Incorporated. This book was released on 1994-09-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red belt to first-degree black belt. Features combinations, advanced one-step sparring, advanced self-defense techniques, and three-station breaking. Includes excerpts from three World Tang Soo Do Championships tournaments.
Book Synopsis The Lost Forms of Tang Soo Do by : Sy Cheatham
Download or read book The Lost Forms of Tang Soo Do written by Sy Cheatham and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning reference book is the culmination of thirteen years of study under Grandmaster Myung Seok Seo, my teacher. This book covers eleven forms from first dan to second dan midnight blue belt and includes photographs and detailed instructions of each movement. This book offers an easy to learn method which everyone can benefit from, while at the same time, increasing your knowledge of the more exotic forms of Tang Soo Do.
Book Synopsis Complete Tang Soo Do Manual by : Grandmaster Ho Sik Pak
Download or read book Complete Tang Soo Do Manual written by Grandmaster Ho Sik Pak and published by High Mountain Pub. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestseller Complete Tang Soo Do Manual series represent Grand Master Ho Sik Pak's 37 years of experience in the art of Tang Soo Do and other martial arts styles. Volume 1 contains over 1,500 photographs describing fundamentals needed to progress from 10th Gup White Belt to 1st Dan Black Belt. Volume 2 is a full colour 296 pages book with over 2,000 photographs covering techniques from 2nd Dan to 6th Dan Black Belt. The Complete Tang Soo Do Manual series includes for the first time a total of 5 Chil Sung Hyungs (forms). Volume 2 includes chapters on history, teaching, running a Dojang, the most complete Tang Soo Do lineage ever published and much more. Grand Master Ho Sik Pak travelled to Korea twice to meet with senior Moo Duk Kwan Masters, research Tang Soo Do history and lineage, and practice advanced Hyungs and techniques from other Grand Masters. The requirements chapters include step by step photos of the Forms (14 total), Self-Defense (Wooden Knife, Short Stick, Sword, Knife and Gun), Breaking, Sparring and Endurance for each Dan level. As a bonus chapter Grand Master Pak included the Healing Form. He created this form in 2000. Practice of this form increases the flow of oxygen to the body, develops your chi and promotes healing. Volume 2 is the 1st Full Color Tang Soo Do book. Pictures were shot against beautiful backgrounds in Korea, New Zealand, Hawaii, and across the USA to create a book that not only teaches but inspires. This is a book for every serious martial artist, regardless of style!
Download or read book Odo Kwan Tang Soo Do written by Len Losik and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes the creation, history and evolution of the Korean Kwan by the founder, Brigadier general, Grandmaster and genius, Choi, Hong Hi who created the Korean Fighting Tigers, Korean soldiers trained at the Odo Kwan and feared on the battle field by both American soldiers and the enemy who were the first special forces and the basis of the United States creation of its special forces and Seal Teams. Brigadier General Choi was ordered by the Korean President to unite the Korean Kwans after World War II so that Korea would have a National martial art and Olympic sport in competition with Japan who was working to get Judo accepted as an Olympic sport and the country with far more wealth and resources to use to reach their goal. The author describes the Japanese style of Karate Brigadier General Choi taught as a Korean martial art at the Chung Do Kwan under Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee and then at the Odo Kwan under Brigadier General Choi, Hong Hi and Colonel Nam tae Lee. The Odo Kwan, in collaboration with Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee, Founder of both Tang Soo Do and the Chung Do Kwan, one of Korea's first post World War II martial arts. Both Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee and Brigadier General Choi would have General Choi lose his Ambassadorship position to Malaysia in response to him creating the first international Taekwondo organization that was required so that Korea's Taekwondo could become an Olympic sport. The author describes how Brigadier General Choi and Grandmaster Won Kuk Lee would be perceived as a threat to the inexperienced Korean independent government that wanted to gain control of the international Taekwondo organization that would have allowed Taekwondo to become an Olympic sport. The author describes the Odo Kwan's journey from its start at the Chung Do Kwan, through the post World War II and Korean civil war and the Korean government's desire to convert Korea's version of Japanese Karate Do named Tang Soo Do to a uniquely Korean martial art named Taekwondo and receive the Korean governments support and funding with full resistance from many of the other kwans who wanted to be the leader of the effort to make Taekwondo an Olympic sport. The author includes Grandmaster Choi, Hong Hi's upbringing in Japan that would later be used by the Korean government officials to get Brigadier General Choi fired from his Ambassadorship to Malaysia and replace him with other government officials who would allow the Korean government to have full control of the international acceptance of Taekwondo that would allow Taekwondo to become an Olympic sport. Realizing he had enemies in the Korean government after several decades of working to unite the Korean martial arts community and create the first international Taekwondo organization to get Taekwondo into the Olympics and then forced to immigrate to Canada to avoid his enemies in the new, young and independent Korean government since 1870 that was searching to destroy anyone they would call a Japanese sympathizer. The author describes the evolution of the Odo Kwan Tang Soo Do to become the Odo Kwan Taekwondo as a political entity and its contribution to the development of Odo Kwan's Taekwondo and the creation of the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) and the creation of Korean government's World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) that replaced the ITF and WTF's Taekwondo's journey from the dirt floors of the first Korean martial arts Kwans after World War II to the beautiful Kukkiwon, Taekwondo's official training center as an Olympic sport.
Book Synopsis Odo Kwan Tang Soo Do Korea's Karate by : Len Losik, Ph.d.
Download or read book Odo Kwan Tang Soo Do Korea's Karate written by Len Losik, Ph.d. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odo Kwan Tang Soo Do Korea's Karate describes the creation, history and evolution of the Korean Kwan by the founder, Grandmaster, Choi, Hong Hi who was ordered by the Korean government to unite the many privately owned martial arts Kwans after world War II so that Korea would have an Olympic martial arts sport. The author describes the Japanese style of Korean Karate Major General Choi taught as a Korean martial art. The Odo Kwan one of Korea's post World War II martial art that would have Major General Choi lose his Ambassadorship position with the Korean government, who created the first international Taekwondo organization required so that Taekwondo could become an Olympic sport. the author described how Brigadier General Choi would and become a threat to the Korean independent government that wanted to gain control of his international organization that would allow Taekwondo to become an Olympic sport. The author describes Odo Kwan's travels through the post World War II Korean government's desire to convert Korea's version of japanese karate Do called Tang Soo Do to a uniquely Korean martial art called Taekwondo and receive the Korean governments support and funding to get Teakwondo into the Olympics. The author includes Grandmaster Choi, Hong Hi's raising in japan that would later be used by government officials to get him fired from his Ambassadorship to Malaysia and replace him with other government officials who would allow full control of the international acceptance of Taekwondo that would allow Taekwondo into the Olympics. Realizing he had enemies in the Korean government after decades of working to unite the Korean martial arts community and create the first international Taekwondo organization and then be forced to immigrate to Canada and avoid his enemies in the first independent Korean government since 1870 that was searching to destroy anyone they could call a Japanese sympathizer. The author describes the entire evolution of the Odo Kwan Tang Soo Do as a political entity and its contribution to the development of Odo Kwan's creation of Taekwon do from Tang Soo Do and the international telemetry federation (ITF) and creation of Korea's World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and WTF's Taekwondo's journey from the dirt floors of the first Korean martial arts Kwans after World war II to the beautiful Korean Kukkiwon and Taekwondo's acceptance into the 1988 Olympics. This book is for the more experienced martial arts reader and serious Korean martial arts enthusiast and not recommended for inexperienced martial art genre readers who may have inability to understand the importance of the successes a third world country that Korea was after world War II and the Korean war and its unification of the independent Korean martial arts community to overcome to get Taekwondo into the Olympics.
Book Synopsis Song Moo Kwan Tang Soo Do by : Len Losik, Ph.d.
Download or read book Song Moo Kwan Tang Soo Do written by Len Losik, Ph.d. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Song Moo Kwan Tang Soo Do explains the creation, history and evolution of the first Korean martial arts Kwan opened just as World War II was ending and its founder, Byung Jik Ro and the first Kwan named after the pine trees that surround Mt. Songshan, home of the first Buddhist Shaolin Temple. The fighting art at the Shaolin temple is known in Korean as Kwon Bup and it was used as preventive medicine program by the Buddhist monks who brought to Buddhism China using the Silk Road and adopted or the Buddhist's emphasis on physical and mental health improvements, preventive medicine, medical surgeries and pharmaceutical treatments that were unknown in China at the time and so Buddhism and Kwon Bup (China: Chuan Fa) swept through the Asian countries providing relief to the old, weak, injured and ill. The author describes the relationship between Song Moo Kwan Kong Soo Do, Song Moo Kwan Tang Soo Do and Sang Moo Kwan Tae Kwon Do and the support the Song Moo Kwan provided to the Korean government in its desire to create a national martial art as an Olympic sport. The author also includes a discussion on Song Moo Kwan's influence on recent 21th century Korean martial arts styles of Tang Soo Do, Kong Soo Do and Tae Kwon Do and the many other Kwans and how they resisted and then was convinced by the Grandmaster of the Song Moo Kwan to willingly participate in the Korean governments desire to develop a Korean national style of empty hand self defense as an Olympic sport. The author Includes lists of all the Hyungs and Poomsae taught in Kong Soo Do, Tang Soo Do and Tae Kwon Do, three Hyung to Kata conversion tables, a definition and description for each Hyung, Kata and Poomsae the Song Moo Kwan used, the Song Moo Kwan-Korean to English terminology, dojang conduct, color belt promotional requirements, a substantial 80+ item bibliography, a full glossary and extensive index for the serious readers convenience.
Book Synopsis Tang Soo Do Book of Hyungs by : Len Losik, Ph.d.
Download or read book Tang Soo Do Book of Hyungs written by Len Losik, Ph.d. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tang Soo Do Book of Hyungs Volume III includes step-by-step written instructions and drawings for learning the advanced Hyungs; Ginto, Jitte, Wang Shu, Kang Sang Koon So, Kang Sang Koon Dai, Oh Sip Sa Bo, Tae Kweuk Kwan Dai and SoJin classical Hyungs and hard to find So Rim Jang Kwan Hyung that were integrated into Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do many decades ago from Grandmaster's Chuan Fa style. Also included is a history of Tang Soo Do, the relationship between the Korean Hyungs and it's anaimal symbol, the importance of the Hyungs to Tang Soo Do and the early Korean Kwans that taught Tang Soo Do and a discussion about the minor and major Korean Kwan leaders. A table of all the early Korean Kwans and unique details of the Kwans creator and styles taught bring readers a great insight into the Korean people and their love for Tang Soo Do. Volume III has almost 340 drawings for the reader to understand each step of each Hyung. Each new drawing is numbered and matches with a numbered written instruction provided. Line drawings are included matching Hyung's movements and directions of motion for each of step of the Hyung. Also included is a high level perspective drawing of the area a practitioner moves through and executes the Hyung. These diagrams allows the practitioner to see the Hyungs in several perspectives to better understand what the creator had intended. Volume III is to be used only as a learning aid to supplement the formal instructions from a Black Belt Tang Soo Do Instructor. These aids are not intended to allow these Hyungs to be learned by students before they are ready.
Book Synopsis The Original Five Kwans of Korean Martial Arts by : Len Losik Ph. D.
Download or read book The Original Five Kwans of Korean Martial Arts written by Len Losik Ph. D. and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Original Five Kwans of Korean Martial Arts provides a history of the 5, out of the many, major and minor - 1945 era Korean martial art Kwans that taught Tang Soo Do, Kong Soo Do and Kwon Bup and Chuan Fa styles and the internal conflicts between the Korean martial arts community and the new, independent, post Japanese occupation, Korean government that was secretly working against the martial arts community to bring a government created national style of martial arts called Taekwondo to the Olympics as the Japanese government was doing with Judo. Other chapters include each Korean Kwan's creation, history and evolution and an original set of Hyungs for each of the many Kwans. The author describes in detail the two versions of each of five Korean Kwans as they are converted from independent, self-managed Kwans to a national government controlled, centralized Taekwondo sports program for Chung Do Kwan, Song Moo Kwan, Yun Moo Kwan, Chang Moo Kwan and the Han Moo Kwan and many others. There are two tables for correlating traditional Tang Soo Do Hyungs (the predecessor to Taekwondo) to their Okinawa and Japanese Kata versions and the traditional Korean symbols used to identify the attributes the practitioner is supposed to obtain from executing each Tang Soo Do Hyung. There are also three more tables for correlating all Korean martial arts Hyungs to some Chinese and all Okinawa and Japanese Kata that existed and evolved during the 19th and 20th centuries. This book is for the serious, experienced and knowledgeable reader of Korean martial arts information or a reader that wants to become one.to grasp the importance and relevance of the information to the transformation of Tang Soo Do traditional style to Korean government's Taekwondo sports program. Includes a substantial Bibliography, Glossary and Index for the readers convenience.
Book Synopsis Muye Dobo Tongji by : Chŏngjo ((Roi de Corée ;)
Download or read book Muye Dobo Tongji written by Chŏngjo ((Roi de Corée ;) and published by Turtle Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1789, King Chongjo, ruler of the Yi dynasty, ordered General Yi Duk-moo to compile an official textbook on all martial art forms then present in Korea to preserve them for future generations. The result, the Muye Dobo Tongji, is the only surviving classical text on the Korean arts of war. Based on the earliest known Korean martial arts treatise, the Muye Chebo written in 1599, the Muye Dobo Tongji clearly shows the influence of the neighbouring Japanese and Chinese armies. Through hundreds of wars and invasions, Korean soldiers adapted battlefield skills and tactics from their enemies, creating a unique system of their own. Organised into 24 distinct disciplines comprised of empty hand fighting, weaponry and horsemanship, this book is an accurate historical snapshot of the warrior arts of the hermit kingdom in the late 18th century. The release of 'The Comprehensive Illustrated Manual of Martial Arts of Ancient Korea' marks the first time this volume is available in English. Carefully translated from the original text and illustrated with reproductions of ancient woodblock carvings, this book provides fascinating insights into Korea's martial arts legacy.
Download or read book Black Belt written by and published by . This book was released on 1967-09 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest and most respected martial arts title in the industry, this popular monthly magazine addresses the needs of martial artists of all levels by providing them with information about every style of self-defense in the world - including techniques and strategies. In addition, Black Belt produces and markets over 75 martial arts-oriented books and videos including many about the works of Bruce Lee, the best-known marital arts figure in the world.
Book Synopsis Living the Martial Way by : Forrest E. Morgan
Download or read book Living the Martial Way written by Forrest E. Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step aooroiach to applying the Japanese warriors mind set to martial training and daily life.
Book Synopsis Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do by : Richard Chun
Download or read book Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do written by Richard Chun and published by Black Belt Communications. This book was released on 1983 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Richard Chun covers the intermediate forms and techniques of moo duk kwan taekwondo: palgwe sa chang; palgwe o chang; palgwe yook chang; kibons 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; chulki cho dan; and bal-sek.
