| Tae Soo Do is the "light" and "sport" version of Hwa Rang Do. It was only created like 10 years ago to attract more students to the art who are scared off by the vigorous training of Hwa Rang Do. "Tae" means great in Chinese character, and is also the first name of Chief Master Taejoon Lee.
You can start at Hwa Rang Do right away, if you want. Or some people prefer to start easy by starting in TSD and once you get a blackbelt in TSD, you are automatically a certain belt in Hwa Rang Do. (I forgot if it was orange or yellow)
As it was explained to me by Master Taejoon Lee, Hwa Rang Do is very intense almost like military training with lot of yelling and screaming, whereas Tae Soo Do is like making people feel good for small accomplishments and encouragements. Not sure if I explained it exactly but you get the point.
Last edited by complete; 10-05-2007 at 02:09 PM.
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