Tangsoodo

Tang Soo Do

Tangsoodo or Tang Soo Do is an empty handed, Korean martial art of self defense. For other uses see Tang Soo Do (disambiguation). Grand Master Jae C. Shin is the Grand master of the world tang soo do association, headquartered in United States.

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1 Name
2 Founder
3 Early history
4 20th Century
5 Modern Tang Soo Do
6 Belt System
7 Kata, Forms, or Hyeong
7.1 Gicho/Kicho Hyung
7.2 Pyong Ahn Hyung
7.2.1 Pyung Ahn Cho Dan
7.2.2 Pyung Ahn Ee Dan
7.2.3 Pyung Ahn Sahm Dan
7.2.4 Pyung Ahn Sah Dan
7.2.5 Pyung Ahn Oh Dan
7.3 Naihanchi/Naebojin/Keema hyeong
7.4 Bassai/Passai/Palche/Bal Sak hyeong
7.5 Sip Soo/Ship Soo hyeong
7.6 Chinto/Jindo/Jinte hyeong
7.7 Chil Sung and Yuk Ro hyeong
8 Il Soo Sik
9 References
10 See also
11 External links

Name

Tang Soo Do (Hangul: 당수도) is the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese characters 唐手道. In Japanese, these characters mean "karate-do", but in contemporary Japanese karate-do is written with different characters (空手道). The Japanese pronunciation of both sets of characters is the same, but the newer version means "Way of the Empty Hand" rather than "Way of the T'ang (China) Hand", although it could also be interpreted as "Way of the China Hand".
Prior to the unification of the Kwans under the Korea Taekwondo Association, most of the major Kwans called their style Tang Soo Do, Kong Soo Do, or Kwon Bup. The first recorded use of the term "Tang Soo Do" in contemporary history was by Chung Do Kwan founder, Won Kuk Lee. The Chung Do Kwan, along with the rest of the Kwans, stopped using the name 'Tang Soo Do' and 'Kong Soo Do' when they unified under the name Taekwondo (and temporarily Tae Soo Do). The Moo Duk Kwan, being loyal to Hwang Kee, pulled out of the Kwan unification and remained independent of this unification movement, continuing to use the name 'Tang Soo Do'. Some Moo Duk Kwan members followed Hwang's senior student, Chong Soo Hong, to become members of a unified Taekwondo. Their group still exists today and is known as Taekwondo Moo Duk Kwan (Moo Duk Hae) with an office in Seoul, Korea.
The late Hwang Kee officially changed the name of the Moo Duk Kwan style to Soo Bahk Do as early as 1957, shortly after his discovery of Korea's indigenous open hand fighting style of Subak. This change was officially registered, and the Moo Duk Kwan refiled with the Korean Ministry of Education on June 30, 1960. The organization was officially reincorporated as the "Korean Soo Bahk Do Association, Moo Duk Kwan."
Most schools of Tang Soo Do use the transcription "Tang Soo Do". However, scientific texts apply the official transcription 'tangsudo', written as one word. Some authors write "Tang Soo Do" and give "tangsudo" or "dangsudo" in the parenthesis.