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28 November 2021

RIP Grandmaster Park Jong Soo

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Grandmaster Park Jong Soo and Dr. Sanko Lewis (2014) I am saddened to hear that Grandmaster Park Jong Soo – one of the most prominent (ITF) ...
24 November 2021

Q & A: Who is Choi Hong Hi, did he get a Nobel Prize, and was he a unifying figure between North and South Korea?

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Several months ago I saw the following question on Reddit/taekwondo: "Can somebody please help me clear the story of how Master Choi Ho...
20 August 2021

Pondering Martial Arts in and of the Future

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I was recently invited to speculate about how technological advancement might change martial arts. What will the martial arts of the future ...
19 January 2021

"Sine Wave" in Korean

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Sine Wave Motion in Korean By Sanko Lewis, PhD From relatively early in Taekwon-Do’s evolution, there has been a type of “verticality”—i...
11 January 2021

Interview with ITF RADIX (Roy Rolstad)

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On 8 July 2020, Instructor Roy Rolstad did an interview with me on Instagram Live for his ITF Radix Talk series. I announced it on my Insta...

Interview with Whistle Kick Martial Arts Radio

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  In April last year (2020), I did an interview with Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio. I forgot to upload it here on the Soo Shim Kwan blog. T...
29 December 2020

Pre-Rational, Rational, Trans-Rational Views of Martial Arts

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This year I haven't had much time to contribute to the Soo Shim Kwan blog. Practically of the posts were material I prepared for academi...
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21 December 2020

Revisiting Taekkyeon Basics

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Although I have around ten years of intermittent Taekkyun experience, I joined some friends last month for an introductory workshop in Taekk...
03 December 2020

Preserving Korean Body Culture in Traditional Dance and Martial Arts

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On 12 November 2020, UNESCO ICM (International Center for Martial Arts) hosted their Annual International Martial Arts Academic Seminar, in ...