Gungsul
Korean spelling | |
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Korean alphabet : | 궁술 |
Hanja : | 弓 術 |
Revised Romanization : | Gungsul |
McCune-Reischauer : | Kungsul |
Gungsul , sometimes also written Goongsul , literally means "craft of the bow" or "technique of the bow" and describes traditional Korean archery . Another name for this martial art is Guk-gung ( 각궁 ) and Gungdo , the latter means something like "way of the bow".
The Korean bow ('Gak Gung' or 'Hwal') is made from the horn of the water buffalo . It was standardized around 1900.
literature
- Korean Traditional Archery. Duvernay TA, Duvernay NY. Handong Global University, 2007.
- Hendrik Rubbeling: Taekkyon - Like water and wind. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2017, ISBN 978-3744896818 .