Chang Moo Kwan
Chang Moo Kwan | |
Hangul | 창무관 |
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Hanja | 彰武館 |
Revised Romanization | Chang Mu Gwan |
McCune–Reischauer | Chang Mu Kwan |
Chang Moo Kwan is a style of Korean martial arts that was founded by Yoon Byung-in and Lee Nam Suk.
History
At the end of World War II, several
Formation (1948-c.1950)
.Yoon trained
Kanken Tōyama invited Yoon Byung-in to tell him about the non-karate martial art he used against his students. Yoon Byung-in explained to Toyama about his Chuan-fa education in Manchuria. Toyama appreciated the Chuan-fa background since he (Toyama) had studied Chuan-fa in Taiwan for 7 years, previously. They decided to exchange knowledge; Yoon Byung-in would teach Toyama Kanken Chuan-fa and Toyama Kanken would teach Yoon Byung-in his Shudo-Ryu karate. Yoon later created his art and called as Kwon Bop Kong Soo Do.
Unlike other future taekwondo kwans, early Chang Moo Kwan was mainly based on
On the outset of the Korean War, Yoon Byung-in had travelled to North Korea's side in August 1950 accompanying his older brother, Yoon Byung-du, a Captain in the North Korean Army. Yoon would remain to live in North Korea to his death in 1983.[3]
Chang Moo Kwan and unification (c.1950-1961)
Following
In 1955, the various martial arts kwans bonded to find a common name for the martial art they were promoting. Eventually, the united kwans under leadership of
In September 1961 the
Organization
Before KTA
In the early YMCA Kwon Bup Bu and Chang Moo Kwan, the curriculum mainly consisted of karate and chuan-fa (McLain, 2009). This was unlike other taekwondo
This was one of two Kwans to have been influenced by Chuan-fa(
Chuan-fa forms from the Chang Moo Kwan included
Early students practiced a bong hyung (staff form) created by Yoon Byung-In himself and another created by
Present
Today, the official Taekwondo Chang Moo Kwan still exists in Korea as a fraternal friendship club with its office in a youth athletic club in Seoul. The current president of Chang Moo Kwan is Grandmaster Kim Joong Young. Grandmaster Kim is also on the Kukkiwon High Dan Promotion Committee. The official martial arts curriculum of Chang Moo Kwan is the Kukkiwon system. Chang Moo Kwan, like all of the main Kwans, supports the Kukkiwon and the
Aside from the official Chang Moo Kwan, Traditional taekwondo Yonmujae Association (태권도연무재) preserves the old style taekwondo practice of Chang Moo Kwan through the founding masters who learned of taekwondo and obtained blackbelts from Chang Moo Kwan in 1960's. TYA, nevertheless, is an independent taekwondo school from the official Chang Moo Kwan, Kukkiwon or World Taekwondo.[6]
Name
When translating into English, Chang Moo Kwan can have different meanings. A literal translation is as follows: Chang means to create or develop, Moo translates to martial arts, and Kwan to house.
See also
References
- ^ History of Jidokwan Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ history view of taekwondo Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine(in Korean) (Translated)
- ^ Kim, Soo; McLain, Robert (3 May 2006). "Grandmaster Yoon Byung-In" (PDF). Kim Soo Karate. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Dussault, James; Sandra Dussault (October 1993). "Grandmaster Nam Suk Lee Patriarch of Chang Moo Kwan Part I". Inside Tae Kwan Do: 49.
- ^ Dussault, James; Sandra Dussault (December 1993). "Grandmaster Nam Suk Lee: Patriarch of the Chang Moo Kwan (Part II)". Inside Tae Kwon Do: 20.
- ^ "태권도연무재 | Traditional taekwondo Yonmujae Association" (in Korean and English). Archived from the original on 2001-02-20. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- A Modern History of Taekwondo 1999 (Korean) Kyong Myung Lee and Kang Won Sik ISBN 89-358-0124-0
- Global Taekwondo 2003 (English) Kyo Yoon Lee ISBN 89-952721-4-7
- A Guide to Taekwondo 1996 (English) Kyo Yoon Lee ISBN 89-7500-064-8
- Kukkiwon 25th Anniversary Text 1997 (Korean) Un Yong Kim
- Kim, Soo and Robert McLain. “Yoon Byung-in Story.” 2006. Kim Soo Karate, Inc. May 3, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20120206042920/http://www.kimsookarate.com/intro/yoon/Byung_In_YoonrevMay3.pdf
- McLain, R..(2009, July 1). Master Yoon Byung-in's Legacy: The Changmoo-Kwan And Kangduk-Won. Totally Tae Kwon Do, 5, 32–40. Retrieved July 1, 2009, from https://web.archive.org/web/20110715155339/http://www.raynerslanetkd.com/TTKD/TotallyTKD_Issue_5.pdf
External links
- Yoon Byung-In
- World Taekwondo Changmookwan Federation Archived 2017-05-31 at the Wayback Machine