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Kensai
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Location: Britain
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:09 pm Post subject: Tang Soo Do and Shotokan. |
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I was just reading the TSD book by GM Kang Uk Lee.
It looks very close to Shotokan, even more so than TKD. Does the simlarity stop there, or is there a link?
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SaiFightsMS
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Location: Ohio
Styles: Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Shi-to Ryu
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I think the link comes into play because of the time Japan occupied Korea prior to WW2. I had a friend who was in TSD and we worked out together a few times. We were able to recognize many of each others forms. |
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PunchPressQueen75
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Location: NY, USA
Styles: Tang Soo Do/TKD
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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I agree, Sai. The forms are the same (except for a few minor differences). I did TSD, and I showed my friend Ann, who does Shotokan, how to do her first three forms (she only needs to know two).
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G95champ
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Joined: 29 Mar 2002
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Location: Gilbert WV, USA
Styles: Shotokan Karate (FSKA)
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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I did a style called Americna TAO in college that my Sensei made up because he held several differant black belts one of which being TSD. He said TSD was developed from Shotokan by the Koreans.
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Karateka_latino
Black Belt
Joined: 21 Jun 2001
Posts: 1295
Location: Panama city, Panama
Styles: Goju-Ryu & Shotokan Karate do; Shaolin Kung Fu. Previous training in Muay Thai, J.K.D., Tai Chi & Taekwondo(wtf)
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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I was reading that Tang Soo Do IS korean Karate,
Tang Soo is the korean word for Chinese Hand, that same word that is in Japanese Karate, Now in Japanese the word Karate has two meanings, China hand and empty hand. Funakoshi started to use the word empty hand for his art.
I also read it that in Tang Soo Do you have korean versions of chinese Forms like Tai chi and Long Fist in the advanced Black Belt levels.
Even some School teachs Okinawan weapons like Bo, sai, Tonfa, etc..
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on the post.
