eanels68 Posted March 30, 2003 Posted March 30, 2003 Does anyone know about Soo Bahk Do? I am looking into a school in my area that does it, but I am having trouble finding information on the style. I would like to know something about it if I find it is the style I want. The other school I am looking at does the Okinawan Kempo, so I am doing research on both of them. Thanks Erik
tommarker Posted March 30, 2003 Posted March 30, 2003 I would highly suggest trying them out. Soo Bahk Do (and I am generalzing here... SBD people, give me a break) is the style of Tang Soo Do as it was modified by Hwang Kee in the early 1970s. Now keep in mind that the late Hwang Kee is largely thought of as the father of modern Tang Soo Do. Everyone who does Tang Soo Do should be able to tie their lineage back to Master Hwang at some point. Why the name change? Well, there was a great deal of organizational splitting within this organization throughout the 1970s and 1980s. (Again, I'm speaking in very general terms, and NOT trying to start a flame war.)I believe a large part of Master Hwang's art name change to Soo Bahk Do was an attempt to show his art as different and evolving. Soo Bahk Do schools will perform two sets of hyung: Chil Sung and Yuk Ro that are based in a large part on Tai Chi philosophy. You won't see many TSD schools perform these sets unless they left the SBD organization after they were developed. I've heard that these forms are also copyrighted, but I'll defer that to someone who knows more. So my personal opinion is that TSD and SBD are more or less the same right now, but will probably evolve in different ways such that they may be considerably different 20 years from now. For more info... search on google for: Hwang Kee Moo Duk Kwan Soo Bahk Do Tang Soo Do I'm no longer posting here. Adios.
SBN Doug Posted March 30, 2003 Posted March 30, 2003 You can give this a try. http://www.soobahkinternational.org/ Kuk Sool Won - 4th danEvil triumphs when good men do nothing.
tommarker Posted March 30, 2003 Posted March 30, 2003 i don't think that is Soo Bahk Do, although it may be vaguely related. I'm no longer posting here. Adios.
SBN Doug Posted March 31, 2003 Posted March 31, 2003 Who "really" knows any more? It lists some of the same lineage you were quoting, but this org could just as easily be a split off from the "true" art, due to student/master parting of ways. Kuk Sool Won - 4th danEvil triumphs when good men do nothing.
karatekid1975 Posted March 31, 2003 Posted March 31, 2003 Hey Tommaker. I do TKD MDK and I can trace my instructors lineage to Hwang Kee Well I also did TSD and the same goes there as well;) Anyways, here is a site about SBD. http://www.soobahkdo.com/ Here's what I found on Okinawan Kempo: http://members.cavtel.net/greatneck/History%20of%20Kempo.htm It has a little history on the art. I used to have a boat load of links from when I researched a lot of arts, but my computer crashed not too long ago and I lost them all. I did a google search for those. Laurie F
tommarker Posted March 31, 2003 Posted March 31, 2003 Who "really" knows any more? Good point I'm no longer posting here. Adios.
JaseP Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 For the definitaive Soo Bahk Do message board (Warrior-Scholar) click on the link below: http://pub5.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?usernum=355783643&cpv=1 The site is run by a US Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Fed. Master and always has lively discussions on Soo Bahk Do (a lot of art-related politics as well). I believe it is the "semi-official" Soo Bahk Do forum... Master Jason Powlette5th Dan, Tang Soo Do--Tang Soo!!!
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