By the mid ‘50’s, Tang Soo Do had grown exponentially. Hwang Kee had established a dojang at the Korean Airforce headquarters. Hwang Kee had his assistant instructor, a young man by the name of Jae Chul Shin take on the duty of instructing the servicemen; both Korean and American, including a certain Carlos Ray “Chuck” …
Hwang Kee had recently returned to Korea in 1937 and had found a job in the Survey Department of the Cho Sun Railway Bureau in 1939. With this new job, he had access to a library. In that library, he found copies of books on Shotokan Karate. Being a prodigy of sorts, Hwang Kee learned …
The History of Tang Soo Do starts on the 9th of November, 1914 in the Jang Dan which was part of the old Kyong Ki Province in Korea. This is now part of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. A scholar by the name of Hwang, Yong Hwan had a dream about a bright star. Soon after …
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