Kong Soo Do

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name = Kong Soo Do
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dates = 1940s to 1965
style = Primarily striking
area = flagicon|Korea Korea
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ancestor_arts = Shotokan
descendant_arts = Jidokwan, Song Moo Kwan
ancestor_groups = Chosun Yun Moo Kwan
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notable_pract = Chun Sang Sup
website =Infobox Korean name
hangul=공수도
hanja=空手道
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Kong Soo Do (공수도) is a Korean martial art. Its name is composed of the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese characters for "karate-do". In English it means "empty-hand way". it influenced by individual backgrounds of instructors. it is something different from original karate.

"Chosun Yun Moo Kwan Kong Soo Do Bu" and "YMCA Kwon Bop Bu", Two of the original five Kwans used the Kong So Do name in its youth. They were "Chosun Yun Moo Kwan Kong Soo Do Bu" which later changed its name to "Jidokwan", and the YMCA Kwon Bop Bu, which later changed its name to Chang Moo Kwan. Yun Moo Kwan's founder Chun Sang Sup learned Okinawan Karate from Gichin Funakoshi. Chun had a very close relationship with Yoon, Byung-In who founder of YMCA Kwon Bop Bu. Chun and Yoon would travel to train with other martial artists, sometimes traveling to Manchuria. They trained with each other so much that they became known as brothers. [ [http://www.taekwondojidokwan.com/page6.html Jidokwan history] ] Chun went missing during the Korean War; subsequently, this kwan voted to change its name to Jidokwan. After Chun disapeared in Korean War, the original students of Chun voted Master Yon who Trained in Chuan Fa in Manchuria as Jidokwan 1st President.

Kwon Bop Bu/Chang Moo Kwan - founded in 1947 by Byung In Yoon who had studied Chinese kung fu (chu'an-fa, or 'fist law') in Manchuria and okinawan versions of Chinese martial arts karate with Kanken Tōyama in Japan. When Yoon trained karate at university karate club in Japan with Kanken Tōyama, Japanese karate students pursued the Korean student and beat them up. Yoon Byung-in angered from the Japanese karate students, Yoon Byung-in sprung into action using Chuan-fa. He skillfully deflected and evaded the karate students’ strikes and kicks to the point that they gave up and ran back to tell their teacher about what happened. Teacher Kanken Tōyama invited Yoon Byung-in to tell him about the skillful non-karate martial art he used against his students. Yoon Byung-in explained to Toyama about his Chuan-fa education in Manchuria. Toyama appreciated the Chuan-fa background since he (Toyama) had studied Chuan-fa in Taiwan for 7 years, previously. They decided to exchange knowledge; Yoon Byung-in would teach Toyama Kanken Chuan-fa and Toyama Kanken would teach Yoon Byung-in his Shudo-Ryu karate. [ [http://www.google.co.kr/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kimsookarate.com%2Fintro%2Fyoon%2FByung_In_YoonrevMay3.pdf&ei=AaNwSK2mBZHw7API-sz6AQ&usg=AFQjCNHPzKpTk-6CyKvsQYazNqkwYToXKg&sig2=3Lq4OyMhuys716R68OwKrQ "Grandmaster Yoon Byung-In Story"] ] Yoon later created his art and called as Kwon Bop Kong Soo Do. Yoon went missing during the Korean War. His teachings were carried on by his top student Lee Nam Suk, who changed the name of the school to Chang Moo Kwan. even though Yoon disappeared during the Korean War, but information about him was later recovered by original Chang Moo Kwan student, Kim Pyung-soo in 2005, when he found Yoon Byun-in's family. Yoon's teachings were carried on by his top students Nam Suk Lee (Chang Moo Kwan),Park Chul-hee and Hong Jong-Pyo (both Kang Duk Won).

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* Korean martial arts
* [http://www.taekwondohalloffame.com/ Taekwondo Hall of Fame ]
* [http://www.kimsookarate.com/intro/yoon/Byung_In_YoonrevMay3.pdf www.kimsookarate.com Intro]