This seems to be the problem with TMAs, especially TKD, as it appears to be the most popular MA. Since the money is with the kiddie's parents, TKD...
Just to throw something else into the mix: A Diagonal Stance is for the purpose transitioning into a proper Walking Stance
Early on Gen. Choi wore the south Korean Flag, which BTW is the established Korean Flag before the divide before the north came up with their...
The usual requirement is to have your own National Flag hang higher than others. I am not sure if you need a turtle shell flag, as you need the...
I think there is much truth to your statement above! However it is not some much the every day student, but the powers to be in SK TKD. Hopefully...
Agreed. There are many ways to look at what TKD is & what it isn't. Surely it is clear to me that the Independent TKD is the largest group,...
I have all his books, the 1959, 1965, the 1966 ROK Army Manual, all editions of the 1972 textbook which was commonly referred to as the bible of...
The way I look at it is there are 3 major branches of TKD: 1) The original TKD which started in the ROK Army. Some call it military TKD or SD...
Agreed!
Very nice way to look at it! ;)
One must understand the original Kwans, the early Kwans & their annex schools were not doing TKD. TKD started in the ROK Army & their gym was...
1st Aide, any Education Science classes on the methods of instruction & the learning styles was the greatest help for me. Also any sports science...
Correct, but the real history is making its way to the surface & it is only a matter of time before SK learns the truth, after all they have the...
Gen. Choi did indeed learn & teach karate in Japan. Back in Korea, 7 Koreans taught what was basically karate from Japanese sources with some...
No actually you are not correct. Gen. Choi started to create his Patterns in 1955 with the help of the soldiers under his command. The 1st 3...
Yes the 1st Edition is dated 1983, as that was when the writing was finished. However because of the pressure exerted by the SK dictatorships...
ITF TKD is the original TKD or the KMA that 1st applied the name TKD. They did so in the ROK Army in a South Korea starting in 1955. Before this...
Actually Master Weiss I bow to you. You are much more right than I was with respect to this aspect. I checked & on pages 14 & 22 he tries to tie...
There were 5 original Kwans defined as opening in Korea before the outbreak of the Korean Civil War in 1950. They opened from 1944 to 1946/7, with...
No the Rhee brothers were not part of the original Korean TKD 12 masters. That WiKi article is sooooo very wrong on many, many accounts. The...
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