Son Duk-sung

손덕성
South Korea

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)

  • 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
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    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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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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