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    Kanbukan

    韓武館
    Dojo · 1940
    Tokyo Japan
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    Description

    Karate school in Tokyo, founded by Yoon Kwe-byung in 1940 as a sister school of Tōyama Kanken's Shūdōkan. It was known for full-contact sparring in modified kendo armour (bōgu). After Yoon returned to Korea it was renamed Renbukan in 1950.

    Also known as

    Renbukan · Renbukai

    Locations (1)

    • Tokyo Japan
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      “Yun K’wae Pyŏng founded, in Tokyo in 1940, the ‘Kanbukan’ (韓武館, ‘Korean martial arts institute’ or school), which was a sister school of Shūdōkan.”
      — Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial Sport'link info

    Founder

    Yoon Kwe-byung

    Tags

    karate · taekwondo

    Sources

    “After Yun’s return to Korea, the school was renamed in 1950 to Renbukan (練武館)”
    — Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial Sport'link info
    “Kanbukan (since renamed Renbukai)”
    — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation link info

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6RRV39RPQ333DV3TC
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    Cite and reuse

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    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Kanbukan. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6RRV39RPQ333DV3TC - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M6BQSYG6RRV39RPQ333DV3TC, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Kanbukan}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6RRV39RPQ333DV3TC}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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