Our Style (kwan)
of
Taekwondo
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TaeKwonDo's origins go back thousands of years in the penninsula
of Korea.
Several separate Korean arts that emphasized different aspects
of the martial
art were brought together& named "TaeKwonDo"
in the1950's. In the 1970's the
art was named a national sport in Korea
as the emphasis started to shift to a
sport that would appeal to the International
Olympic Committee. TaeKwonDo is
now an Olympic sport and for many has
changed its emphasis from a self-defence
system to a sport.
Traditional TaeKwonDo retains the devastating arsenal
of kicks as well as the training
of weapons, throws, punching and joint
locks. Traditional TaeKwonDo is not a hard
contact sport for the young
but rather a life-long study for self-perfection as well as
self-protection.
see Wikpedia for a longer definition & history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwondo
General Information Barrel.net
A history of Taekwondo scottshaw.com
Resource page http://paperwindow.com/tkd/
Portal to Taekwondo sites http://www.martialhub.com/korean/taekwondo.html
Chang
Moo Kwan was founded at the YMCA in the Jong Ro section of Seoul
in 1946 by Yoon, Byung In. During Japanese occupation, Yoon is
said to have studied a Chinese system of self defense in Korea
known as, Joo An Pa -- more commonly known as, Chuan Fa. He then
relocated to Japan to attend Nihon University. While there, he
studied Karate under the direction of Kanken Toyama, founder of
Shudokan Karate. It is claimed that he eventually earned the rank
of 4th Dan Black Belt in this sytem of Karate. It is also stated,
in some documents, that he was the Captain of the Karate Team at
Nihon University -- though there is no substantiated data to prove
this claim.
Important
Dates in Chang Moo Kwan: