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YoungMan
Blue Belt
Joined: 14 May 2007
Posts: 258
Location: Somewhere in Michigan
Styles: Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan, some Aikido
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Duk Ki Sung is one of the few Tae Kyon masters to preserve the art to modern times. But he is deceased. He was named a Korean national treasure in 1986 I believe. Few people in Korea practice the art now, as it has been overshadowed by Tae Kwon Do.
Incidentally, I have video footage of two guys practicing Tae Kyon sparring. Except for the sweeps (which we did not do in class because of the risk of accidents), it was quite similar to the way we free sparred. Sliding technique, circular kicking, jumping back roundhouse etc.
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wingedMonkey
Orange Belt
Joined: 12 May 2007
Posts: 131
Location: Arizona
Styles: Taekwondo, Mauy Thai, Kickboxing, Wing Chun, and some Kung Fu
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 13960
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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The videos show Tae Kyon, but I don't see much info on the fact that it is the thousand years old Traditional Korean art. They state that one master carried it down, but from what lineage? The first video just stated one name, but not one from previous.
The only reason that I question it is because of the fact that the Koreans have a history of propogating a history of these in reality newly founded arts, in order to attempt to segregate themselves from any connection with the Japanese.
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on the post.
