Song Moo Kwan

Song Moo Kwan, also named "Song Moo Kwan Kong Soo Do ", is one of the Five original kwans (martial art schools) of taekwondo in Korea.[3] Its founder, from 1944, Supreme Grandmaster Byung Jik Ro (1919-2015)[5], [6][3] was one of the highest ranking taekwondo practitioners in the world, and is considered the "Founder of Modern Taekwondo".[7] The techniques of what is commonly known as Song Moo Kwan combine elements of Shotokan Karate Do and Korean taekwondo kicking.[8]

Song Moo Kwan
Also known asSongmookwan
Date foundedMarch 20, 1944[1]
Country of originKaesŏng, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea[2]
FounderByung Jik Ro[3]
Arts taughtTaekwondo
Ancestor artsKong Soo Do, Shaolin Kung Fu, Hapkido
Ancestor schoolsKorean Kongsoodo Association
Official websitewww.songmookwan.com
Song Moo Kwan
Hangul
송무관
Hanja
松武館[4]
Revised RomanizationSong Mu Gwan
McCune–ReischauerSong Mu Kwan

See also

References
  1. Scott Shaw's History of Taekwondo Archived 2007-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. History of Tang Soo Do
  3. "Grand Master Byung Jick Ro and the Song Moo Kwan", www.songmookwanwa.com, 2010, web: SMK-hist.
  4. 네이버 :: 지식iN
  5. "RO – RBushman".
  6. "A Modern History of Taekwondo", tkd.stanford.edu, 2010, webpage: StanEdu-twd.
  7. "The Song Moo Kwan family tree". www.songmookwan.com.
  8. "RO – RBushman".

Sources

  • 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 89-85936-05-0.
  • Kukkiwon 25th Anniversary Text, 1997 (Korean), Un Yong Kim.
  • Kukkiwon Textbook 2006 (English/Korean), Um Woon Kyu.
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