Description

Karate school founded at the YMCA by Yoon Byung-in in 1946 as the YMCA Kwŏnbŏp Bu, later the Chang Moo Kwan; one of the five original kwan of taekwondo. After Yoon disappeared in the Korean War, Lee Nam-suk and Kim Soon-bae led it.

Also known as

YMCA Kwŏnbŏp Bu · YMCA Kwon Bop Bu · Ch’ang-Mu Kwan

Locations (1)

• Korea

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Founder

Instructors (1)

• person
  Yoon Byung-in

Trained here (1)

• person
  Park Chul-hee

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  Probable

  One academic source, stated twice

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  under Yoon Byung-in

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  One academic source, stated twice

  “Pak Chŏl Hŭi, who was a student of Yun Pyŏng In at the YMCA Kwŏnbŏp Bu, wrote P’asa Kwŏnbŏp – Kongsu-Do Kyobon (1958). He was the co-founder of Kang-Dŏk Wŏn in 1956.”

  — Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial Sport'link info

  “His book is interesting for the fact that his instructor, Yun Pyŏng In, left no publications.”

  — Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial Sport'link info

Tags

taekwondo · kwan

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