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In response to natasha's promotion of TSD, I would like to explain further. I had trained Hwa Rang Do directly from the eldest son of supreme grandmaster Dr. Joo Bang Lee, who was trained by the monks in the moutain since him and his brother were a little child. Needless to say, the training is very traditional and very intense. In fact, because of such harsh training, the turnover ratio is quite large, but the quality of students who have stuck around are quite high.
Tae Soo Do is a sports version of Hwa Rang Do and appeals more to students who wants to learn martial arts but don't want to train like boot camp everyday.
By doing this, HRD can remain in pure form without having to water it down to appeal more to the general public and gives people the choice of what they want from their training.
Interesting. Here is something equally interesting...
In the July issue of Black Belt, there is a reprint of an article from Sept. 1966 by Kim Pyung Soo called "Korean Karate: the Revival." In it, it states that in 1961, when the military governemnt of Korea took over, they banded all the KArate group into one (Government Decree #6). The organization created was called the "Tae Soo Do Association."
Do you think there are any relations or did the Hwa Rang Do group just happen to use the same name?
SunTsu,
That is pretty interesting. I'll have to read my blackbelt magazine this week.
I doubt it's same Tae Soo Do. One was an organization and the other is a brand new style.
Tae in Chinese character means Great. Soo means hand. (If you look at the emblem, it has a big hand in the middle. Tae is also the name that Grandmaster gave to his eldest son, Taejoon.
The world 'Tae' has been over used in Korean martial arts anyway - TAE Kwon do, TAE Soo Do, TAE Kuk Kwan, TAE Kyun, etc.
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" ... Those who win every battle are not really skillful - those who render others' helpless without fighting are the best of all." - Sun Tzu
Originally posted by SunTzu@Jul 8 2005, 01:15 AM Complete,
Interesting. Here is something equally interesting...
In the July issue of Black Belt, there is a reprint of an article from Sept. 1966 by Kim Pyung Soo called "Korean Karate: the Revival." In it, it states that in 1961, when the military governemnt of Korea took over, they banded all the KArate group into one (Government Decree #6). The organization created was called the "Tae Soo Do Association."
Do you think there are any relations or did the Hwa Rang Do group just happen to use the same name?
(as a side note: before Tae Kwon Do unified, KongSooDo and TangSooDo(SooBakDo) had an organization name for a short time called the Korean TaeSooDo Association. This name is no longer use by TaeKwonDo, and the meaning of this TaeSooDo is the "way of body and hands". However, the meaning of this Tae Soo DoŽ is a martial art name that means the "Way of the Great Hand" or the "Way of the Warrior Spirit," so please do not confuse these).
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