Also known as
Son Duk Sung · Duk Sung Son
Description
Korean taekwondo teacher, a student of Lee Won-kuk and his successor as head
of the Chung Do Kwan. He later claimed he crafted the name taekwondo at the 1955
naming session, a claim Choi Hong-hi also made. With Kang Won-shik he promoted
Choi to an honorary 4th dan in 1955. His style was Shotokan karate.
Teachers (1)
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person
Lee Won-kuk
swordsTang Soo Do
Probable
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“fails to mention that his instructor, Yi Wŏn’Guk, had learned karate directly
from Funakoshi.”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
info
Sources
“Son Duk Sung (the successor of Yi Wŏn’ Guk at Ch’ŏng-Do Kwan)”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
info
“also claimed later that he was in charge of crafting the term ‘taekwondo’ at
that meeting”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
info
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6P8QZSB7WQ06F6PBB
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Son Duk-sung. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6P8QZSB7WQ06F6PBB - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M6BQSYG6P8QZSB7WQ06F6PBB, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Son Duk-sung}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6P8QZSB7WQ06F6PBB}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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