Soo Shim Kwan 水心館수심관
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11 December 2023
The Muhyeong (No-Form) Principle in ITF Taekwon-Do
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On 22 November 2023 I delivered a paper entitled "From Decisiveness to Adaptability: The Muhyeong-Principle in (ITF) Taekwondo" at...
14 November 2023
6th Dan Promotion
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I was promoted earlier this month (November 2023) to 6th Dan by Taekwon-Do pioneer Grandmaster Lee Yoosun. My previous black belt test to 5t...
10 November 2023
Soo Shim Rock
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My original Taekwon-Do school that I opened in 1998 was simply named Potchefstroom Taekwon-Do Club and it kept that name for the 25 years th...
04 September 2023
Taekwondo as a Transmodern Martial Art: Transcending Premodern and Modern Paradigms
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In December of 2020 I posted an essay here in which I proposed a classification of martial arts as premodern, modern, and transmodern. This...
09 December 2022
Beating Swords into Ploughshares: Pondering Peace and Martial Arts
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Beating Swords into Ploughshares: Pondering Peace and Martial Arts By Dr. Sanko Lewis Presentation given at the 5th African Martial Arts Co...
10 July 2022
Quick Notes on Basics and Fundamental Movements
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A while ago I was scanning through this blog searching for a post on "Basics", which I was certain I wrote years ago. In my memory...
04 July 2022
7th International Martial Arts Studies Conference: "The Evolotion of Taekwondo's Body Culture"
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I recently presented a paper titled “The Evolution of Taekwondo’s Body Culture” at the 7th international Martial Arts Studies Conference: Ma...
07 March 2022
Taekwon-Do vis-à-vis the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
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Russian and Ukrainian "brothers in Taekwon-Do" sitting beside each other at a Taekwon-Do championships. (Reposted from Facebook....
18 January 2022
The Tenet of ‘Courtesy’ in Taekwon-Do
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Calligraphy by Choi Hong-Hi of the Tenets of Taekwon-Do General Choi Hong-hi, the founder of ITF Taekwon-Do, composed a list of five ten...
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05 January 2022
What is a Postmodern Martial Art?
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In an essay I posted on the Soo Shim Kwan-blog in December 2020 I mentioned as a footnote the idea of postmodern martial arts. In the middl...
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