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I was just reading the TSD book by GM Kang Uk Lee.

 

It looks very close to Shotokan, even more so than TKD. Does the simlarity stop there, or is there a link?

 

Cheers.

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I think the link comes into play because of the time Japan occupied Korea prior to WW2. I had a friend who was in TSD and we worked out together a few times. We were able to recognize many of each others forms.
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I agree, Sai. The forms are the same (except for a few minor differences). I did TSD, and I showed my friend Ann, who does Shotokan, how to do her first three forms (she only needs to know two).

Laurie F

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I did a style called Americna TAO in college that my Sensei made up because he held several differant black belts one of which being TSD. He said TSD was developed from Shotokan by the Koreans.

(General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."

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I was reading that Tang Soo Do IS korean Karate,

 

Tang Soo is the korean word for Chinese Hand, that same word that is in Japanese Karate, Now in Japanese the word Karate has two meanings, China hand and empty hand. Funakoshi started to use the word empty hand for his art.

 

I also read it that in Tang Soo Do you have korean versions of chinese Forms like Tai chi and Long Fist in the advanced Black Belt levels.

 

Even some School teachs Okinawan weapons like Bo, sai, Tonfa, etc..

 

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