Kuk Sool Won
Kuk Sool Won ( Hangeul : 국술원, Hanja : 國 術 院; also Kuk Sul Wǒn or Guk Sul Weon , meaning "Association of the National Martial Arts of Korea") is a modern Korean martial art ( Mudo ) that combines various traditional Korean martial arts.
The international association of this sport, the World Kuk Sool Association , founded in 1975, has more than 1 million students worldwide. Suh In-hyuk is the founder, grandmaster and president of the association. His official title or salutation is Kuk Sa Nim Suh In-hyuk .
In Germany there are several schools, including in the towns of Worms , Ramstein and Spangdahlem , where the US military is or was stationed, as well as various sports clubs with Kuk-Sool-Won departments.
history
There are two different versions of the founding of the Kuk Sool Won. According to one, Kuk Sool Won was founded in 1958 by Suh In-hyuk (also Seo In-hyeok). This version is represented by his organization (the World Kuk Sool Association ). Suh learned from Hapkido pioneer Choi Yong-sul from 1958 .
His brother Seo In-sun (also Suh In-sun) claims that he met Choi Yong-sul for the first time in 1957, received his first Dan in 1958 and opened the first Kuk-Sool-Won school in 1961. In 1961, Seo In-sun founded the Korea Kuk Sool Won Hapkido Association in Korea .
literature
- In Hyuk Suh: Kuk Sool Won Textbook. Kuk Sool Won Association, 1994. ISBN 978-99930-997-7-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Kuk Sa Nim In Hyuk Suh: Kuk Sool Won of Worms, Germany. Retrieved July 22, 2013 .
- ↑ Traditional Korean martial arts (Kuk Sool). Retrieved June 27, 2013 .
- ↑ Dakin Burdick: Hapkido and allied arts in Korea. 2001, accessed on June 24, 2013 (translated by Thomas Kuklinski-Rhee, Seoul, South Korea, 2005).
- ↑ Part 1: Unifying Hapkido will grow it to an International Martial Art. (No longer available online.) January 2006, archived from the original on March 10, 2007 ; Retrieved June 24, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
