Description

The first tangsu-do (karate) school in Korea, founded by Lee Won-kuk in 1944; one of the five original kwan of taekwondo. Son Duk-sung succeeded Lee as its head. The Korean army's taekwondo of the late 1950s was based on it.

Also known as

Ch’ŏng-Do Kwan · Chungdohwe · Chungdokwan

Locations (1)

Korea
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Founder

Lee Won-kuk

Instructors (1)

Son Duk-sung
Head instructor
Confirmed

Confirmed

Two independent histories state it.

The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

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Frederico Muñoz

Researcher, Martialis
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Two independent histories state it.

“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

“turning over the kwan to his student Sohn Duk Son.”

— Segarra, Dan. (2018). Tang Soo Do HISTORY V 15b link info

Sources

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

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG61TZF4ZMP5QZ2GW08

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Plain text

Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Chung Do Kwan. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG61TZF4ZMP5QZ2GW08 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.

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@incollection{martialis_01M6BQSYG61TZF4ZMP5QZ2GW08, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Chung Do Kwan}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG61TZF4ZMP5QZ2GW08}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }

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