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

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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

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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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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