tang soo do

[rmclain]

Just as an FYI:

Though people think of Hwang Kee when they read the name, "Tang Soo Do," it was actually a common name used by most student for their art name following WWII in S. Korea. Two other common names were "Kongsoo-do" and "Kwon Bup." Seems Tangsoo-do became more of a name related to Hwang Kee beginning in the 1960's.

R. McLain

[YoungMan]

Because the founders of Tae Kwon Do decided that "Tang Soo Do" was foreign sounding, and they wanted a name that originated in Korea without implications of Chinese or Japanese influence (this was soon after WWII remember). Apparently, some Chung Do Kwan students had just done a demo for some high ranking government officials who wanted to know what the art was called. "Tae Kyon" was associated with street fighting and betting, and "Tang Soo Do" was associated with Japan and China. So the Chung Do Kwan students had to come up with a new, Korean-based name. Unfortunately, since many of them had been educated outside Korea, this was not as easy as it sounds.

[kwanjang21532]

Tang Soo Do is the vision of Grandmaster Hwang Kee as how to have a martial art with dignity. It is also about those who followed this vision.

V' Noble