SooBahkdo - Grand Master Lee
Tim Browning
practiced it since I was 16(just a hint to my age). But I'm looking to
get back into the martial arts. I have visited most all of the schools
in Huntsville, Alabama and believe that I have found one that I like. It
is Grand Master Lee's Martial Arts College. Grand Master Yong Ju Lee
teaches Soobahkdo and Taekwondo and his personality reminds me of my old
instructor from Clarksville, Tennessee (David Baize). I was just
wondering if anyone has heard of this school and/or Soobahkdo.
I would appreciate any comments.
Stuart Anslow
Soo bahk Do was one of the fore runners of Taekwon-do, so I understand.
Stuart
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David Kelsen
>
> I took Taekwondo 13 years ago and reached brown belt. I have not
> practiced it since I was 16(just a hint to my age). But I'm looking to
> get back into the martial arts. I have visited most all of the schools
> in Huntsville, Alabama and believe that I have found one that I like. It
> is Grand Master Lee's Martial Arts College. Grand Master Yong Ju Lee
> teaches Soobahkdo and Taekwondo and his personality reminds me of my old
> instructor from Clarksville, Tennessee (David Baize). I was just
> wondering if anyone has heard of this school and/or Soobahkdo.
>
I know nothing of GM Lee, but if he's been around that long, there's
probably a good reason. ;^)
I would also highly recommend David Mitchell in Madison; he's an
excellent instructor and an excellent fellow; he made 4th dan last
November. His organization (also mine) is the American Taekwondo
Foundation, which is headquartered in Montgomery. We are Chungdo kwan,
so WTF, but do the traditional ITF forms.
Dave Kelsen.
An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool.
Nick McKenna
I study Tang Soo Do in the UK under Master Tony Johnson. Tang Soo Do is
based on Soo Bahk Do. I think that Tang Soo Do is very similar to Tae Kwon
Do (although I have never studied TKD). Tang Soo Do has lots of high,
circular kicks etc. If you like the instructor and he has a good rep, this
is the one to go for!
Nick.
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Alex
Stuart Anslow heeft geschreven in bericht <80636271218066...@quince.news.easynet.net>...
>On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 22:33:32 -0600, Tim Browning wrote:
>
>> practiced it since I was 16(just a hint to my age). But I'm looking
>> to get back into the martial arts. I have visited most all of the
>> schools in Huntsville, Alabama and believe that I have found one
>> that I like. It is Grand Master Lee's Martial Arts College. Grand
>> Master Yong Ju Lee teaches Soobahkdo and Taekwondo and his
>> personality reminds me of my old instructor from Clarksville,
>> Tennessee (David Baize). I was just wondering if anyone has heard of
>> this school and/or Soobahkdo.
>>
>
I think that somewhere along the line in recent history, the name Tang Soo Do
was turned into Soo Bahk Do.
Soo Bahk Do was a martial art somewhere in Korea's history, but it's
unclear, to say the least, whether it survived the decline of the martial
arts prior to 1910 and the Japanese occupation from 1910 to 1945.
At least, I don't think that it's recognized by the Korean government,
unlike Taekkyon, Korea's other indigenous martial art.
So my guess is that this Soo Bahk Do school is a Tang Soo Do school.
Tang Soo Do, like Taekwondo is largely based on Japanese
Karate. In fact, some of the katas/hyungs of Tang Soo Do still have their
Japanese names, like Bassai and Naihanchi. Just something to check for.
Tang Soo Do was one of the Kwans which didn't join in the Taekwondo
(Tae Soo Do) movement in the 40's and stayed independent.
Having said that, Tang Soo Do is _not_ a bad martial art to practice.
It has lots of emphasis on self-defense, as well as competitions, etc.
Alex
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