Moo Duk Kwan is the name of a martial art organization founded by Hwang Kee in South Korea in 1945. Licensed Moo Duk Kwan schools teach Soo Bahk Do,formerly Tang Soo Do. 'Moo Duk Kwan' translates as "School of Martial Virtue". Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan translates to “the brotherhood and school of stopping inner and outer conflict and developing virtue according to the way of the worthy hand”
Tang Soo Do is a Korean martial art based on karate and may include fighting principles from taekkyeon,subak,as well as northern Chinese martial arts. From its beginnings in 1944 to today,Tang Soo Do is used by some Kwans to identify the traditional Korean fusion of martial arts styles. In the mid 1950s,Tang Soo Do became the basis for the martial art Taekwondo when the Korean Nine Kwans united.
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. Jidokwan supports and endorses the Kukkiwon method of Taekwondo,and supports World Taekwondo.
Korea Taekwondo Association,originally the Korea Tang Soo Do Association (1961),is the first taekwondo organisation. It was founded in 1959,although official South Korean sources give 1961 as its year of establishment. In 1966,some members of the KTA,led by H. H. Choi,broke off from the KTA and formed the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF). The Kukkiwon and the then-World Taekwondo Federation were created by the KTA in the early 1970s. The KTA sits under the Korea Sports Council,is aligned with Kukkiwon,and is a Member National Association (MNA) of the WT. Its goal is to promote the martial art taekwondo as a national sport within South Korea.
Chang Moo Kwan is a style of Korean martial arts that was founded by Yoon Byung-in and Lee Nam Suk.
Chung Do Kwan,created by Won Kuk Lee in 1944,is one of the first of nine schools or kwan teaching Tang Soo Do. Later,the school began to teach what came to be known as taekwondo. This style of Tang Soo Do is known for its overall power and emphasis on kicks to the head.
Song Moo Kwan,also named "Song Moo Kwan Kong Soo Do ",is one of the Five original kwans of taekwondo in Korea. Its founder,from 1944,Supreme Grandmaster Byung Jik Ro (1919–2015),was one of the highest ranking taekwondo practitioners in the world,and is considered the "Founder of Modern Taekwondo". As a Shotokan Black Belt under Gichin Funakoshi,Byung Jik Ro created what is commonly known as Song Moo Kwan. While staying largely true to the basic principles of Shotokan Karate Do,he placed more emphasis on kicking techniques within the newly created Taekwondo style. To this day both styles maintain a striking similarity.
Kong Soo Do (공수도) is a name used to refer to Korean martial arts derived from Karate,that was used by a couple of the original kwans before the unification and creation of Taekwondo as the universal striking art of Korea. As with Tang Soo Do,the name Kong Soo Do is composed of the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese characters for "karate-do",meaning "empty-hand way" in English.
Kwan in Korean literally means building or hall,but when used in martial arts it can also refer to a school or clan of martial artists who follow the same style and/or leader.
Han Moo Kwan,was founded in August 1954 by Kyo-yoon Lee and is one of the nine original Kwans that later formed Kukkiwon Taekwondo.
Moo Duk Kwan Taekwondo is a modern Korean martial art formed in April 1965 by Kim Young-taek,Hong Chong-soo,and Lee Kang-ik,after a significant group of former students of Hwang Kee chose to leave the original Moo Duk Kwan organization in order to join the Taekwondo unification movement.
The South Korea men's national volleyball team represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches,governed by Korea Volleyball Association. The Republic of Korea (ROK) has competed in the Olympic Games eight times,but has not featured since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney,Australia. The national team's best performance at the Olympic Games was 5th place at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles,California,United States. The national team at the FIVB World Championship competed nine times,with their best result at 4th place in 1978. On continental level,The national team won three gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978,2002 and 2006. And at the Asian Championship,the national team won four gold medals,two of these was at home in 1989 Seoul and 2001 Changwon and the other two are in 1993 and 2003. The national team now ranks 30th in the FIVB World Rankings and their current head coach is Im Do-heon.
Yoon Byung-in,also known in English reference as Byung-in Yoon,was a Korean Grandmaster of martial arts. He is believed to be the first Korean national to study Chuan Fa in China and to return to teach it in Korea. He was an influential instructor to many current and past Masters and Grandmasters,and himself a master of many styles and studies of Martial Arts.
South Korea participated in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha,Qatar on 1–15 December 2006. South Korea ranked 2nd with 58 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.
Kim Pyung-soo,also known as Kim Soo,is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
Son Duk-sung was a martial artist,Grand Master,9th degree black belt,co-founder of the Korean martial art of Tae Kwon Do,successor of Lee Won-kuk and leader of the Chung Do Kwan school (1950–1959). He was also the chief Instructor of the South Korean Army and the Eighth U.S. Army,founder and president of the World Tae Kwon Do Association and author of the books "Korean Karate,the Art of Tae Kwon Do”and “Black Belt Korean Karate ".
Lee Won-kuk was a South Korean martial artist,who founded Chung Do Kwan. He introduced karate to Korea in 1944,creating his own style known as Tang Soo Do Chung Do Kwan style,which became Taekwondo as of 1955;instilling a profound influence in this martial art through teaching future masters and authoring the book “Tae Kwon Do handbook“in 1968.
Chung Yong-taek was a martial artist,9th degree black belt in taekwondo,belonging to the first Chung Do Kwan school Black Belt promotion and pupil of Lee Won-kuk. He was also the first Korean instructor in open a Chung Do Kwan school outside Korea,in Japan on 1952,and vice president of the World Taekwondo Association.
Sun-hwan Chung,also known as James Sun-hwan Chung,is one of the highest-ranking Tang Soo Do,Hapkido,and taekwondo grandmasters in the world. He is founder of the Moo Sool Do form of martial arts and is president of the World Academy of Martial Arts,LLC.
