Song Dok-ki

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 송덕기
Hanja 宋德基
Revised
Romanization 		Song Deok-gi
McCune-
Reischauer 		Song Dǒkki

Song Dok-ki (born January 19, 1893 , † July 23, 1987 ; often also written Song Duk-ki ) was born a Korean citizen and is known for his significant contribution to the tradition of the Korean martial art Taekgyeon (common spelling: Taekkyon ) become. He lived and trained in Sajik-dong , Jongno-gu , Seoul .

Song Dok-ki started taekkyon training around 1904. During the time when Korea was a colony of Japan (1910–1945), this martial art was suppressed, sometimes through the use of force. Taekkyon has been officially a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011 as the only martial art to date.

After the Second World War , there were few people who still ruled Taekgyeon. In the beginning, Song was not the only, but the most active Taekgyeon master after the war. Besides Song, Kim Seong-hwan and a few others also lived after 1945 . On March 26, 1958, Song Dok-ki and Kim Seong-hwan gave a Taekkyon demonstration as part of a nationwide police martial arts competition held on the occasion of the birthday of the then South Korean President Rhee Syng-man .

Song Deok-gi was because of his knowledge of a nearly extinct cultural heritage of the South Korean government the title of " living cultural asset awarded" (about "living heritage"). This designation was also given to his student Shin Han-seung .

At the age of 78, he was still very agile and could kick kicks at head height, as video recordings from 1971 show. He taught Taekgyeon all his life. Even after his 90th birthday, he was still amazingly fit and demonstrated techniques, even if he could not step as high during this time.

Song was a Hallyang (a kind of “life artist” from the Korean upper class) and as such had not learned a “down-to-earth” profession. In addition to Taekgyeon, he also practiced Guk Gung , Korean archery, which he began at around 13 years of age ( Korean age ). He practiced it regularly until his death. He stated that for him archery was the perfect complement to the more practical Taekgyeon. For many Hallyang, archery was the main occupation.

The name of Song Taekgyeon teacher was Im Ho , which means "forest tiger". Im Ho lived in the municipality of Pirun-dong , in the immediate vicinity of Sajik-dong.

swell

  • The History and Development of Tae Kyon, 1993, Robert W. Young in "Journal of Asian Martial Arts"

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Song Dokki (송덕기) and Bak Jong-gwan (박종관): “Taekkyon, a traditional martial art” (전통 무예 택견). Page 8. Seoul: Seorim Munhwasa Publishing 1983
  2. ↑ a b Lee Yong-bok: Taekkyon, a Korean Martial Art (한국 무예 택견). Hakminsa Publishing, Seoul 1990
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIIt4Fioqps
  4. ↑ Song, Interview 1984, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWCLMmEH_88 and http://taekkyon.de/download/song_interview_translation_EN_DE.pdf (English and German translation)
  5. ^ Stewart Culin: "Korean Games with notes on the corresponding games of China and Japan". Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania 1895. pp. 64 f

literature

  • Hendrik Rubbeling: Taekkyon - Like water and wind . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2017, ISBN 978-3744896818 .

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Song is the family name here, Dok-ki is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Song, Dok-ki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Song, duk-ki; Song, teok-ki; Song, deok-gi; 송덕기 (Hangeul); 宋德基 (Hanja)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Korean Taekgyeon Master
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1893
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1987