Moo Duk Kwan The Creation, History and Evolution

by Len Losik

The Moo Duk Kwan The Creation, History and Evolution includes the history of the founder of the Moo Duk Kwan, Grandmaster Hwang Kee and the development of the Moo Duk Kwan's influence on the creation of Korean Martial arts community post World War II and the Korean War and his conflicts with the new, independent Korean government's secret plan to create a national martial art style to compete in the Olympics and their attempt at forcing Grandmaster Hwang Kee to join and lead the Korean governments mandate to change from Tang Soo Do to teaching Taekwondo on its journey to the 1988 Olympics. Moo Duk Kwan The creation, History and Evolution explains how the Moo Duk Kwan and Grandmaster Hwang Kee became one of the largest and influential Kwans of the post World War and Korean War Korean martial arts community and Grandmaster Hwang Kee's struggles with the Korean government to force him from teaching Tang Soo Do to Tae Kwon Do and their removal of him as Grandmaster and ordering Grandmaster Choi, Hong Hi to develop a Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do. It includes the evolution from Moo Duk Kwan Hwa Soo Do to the Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do to the Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do Soo Bahk Do to just the Moo Duk Kwan Soo Bahk Do after Grandmaster Hwang Kee's son took the lead of the Moo Duk Kwan. Includes a an extensive 80 item bibliography, glossary and index for the readers convenience.

Genres: Martial Arts

240 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 31, 2016