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  • Son Duk-sung

    손덕성
    South Korea
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    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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      Lee Won-kuk
      swordsTang Soo Do Probable
      Probable
      One academic history.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      One academic history.
      “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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    Cite and reuse

    CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
    Plain text
    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.
    BibTeX
    @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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