My kids decided to betrayed the "family" tradition and (they were) signed up for Taekwondo. The kids' classes are well run, the kids are having fun, and the high kicks are impressive.
Our local school, DMW Martial Arts in Snoqualmie, Washington, was founded in 2008 by Dan Cartan, Marcia Paul, and Warren Spencer. Based on the forms taught (Taegeuk and Koryo), the school likely practices a style used in the Olympics and associated with World Taekwondo (WT). There is an association with Grandmaster Hong Sik Kim, 9th dan, who was teaching in PNW.
Despite being developed in Korea and drawing on native Korean traditions, Taekwondo's modern form was shaped by the influx of Okinawan karate, particularly Shotokan, into Korea during and after the Japanese occupation (1910–1945).
Many of the Korean masters who founded the original Taekwondo schools (known as kwans) had studied Japanese and Okinawan martial arts, including Shotokan karate, while living in Japan during the occupation period.
Borrowing of forms (poomsae): Early Taekwondo forms, or hyung, were based on or directly adapted from Shotokan karate's kata. For instance, some Shotokan kata, like Bassai and Tekki, were practiced in early Taekwondo under Koreanized names.
The linear striking techniques and belt-ranking system used in Taekwondo were directly inherited from karate. The white uniform, or dobok, is also derived from the karate gi.
After the end of the Japanese occupation, there was a strong movement to re-establish the Korean national identity. Early leaders of Taekwondo deliberately modified and rebranded these techniques to separate the Korean martial art from its Japanese influences. This included creating new forms (poomsae) and officially coining the term "Taekwondo" in 1955.
| Master | School (Kwan) | Karate Training |
|---|---|---|
| Won Kuk Lee | Chung Do Kwan | Studied Shotokan karate under Gichin and Gigō Funakoshi while attending university in Japan. He brought karate to Korea in 1944. |
| Choi Hong Hi | Oh Do Kwan and International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) | Studied Shotokan karate while in Japan and held a 2nd dan black belt. He later denied studying Taekkyon, an ancient Korean art, and admitted that karate was the only martial arts influence he could verify. |
| Ro Byung Jik | Song Moo Kwan | Studied Shotokan karate in Japan, attending the same university as Won Kuk Lee. |
| Byung In Yoon | Chang Moo Kwan | Studied Shudokan karate directly under its founder, Toyama Kanken. |
| Kae Byung Yun | Ji Do Kwan | Studied Shudokan karate and later Shito-ryu karate, from which he received a 7th dan certificate. |
| Hwang Kee | Moo Duk Kwan (Tang Soo Do) | Studied martial arts by reading books on Okinawan karate, in addition to Chinese fighting systems. The original forms (poomsae) and techniques of his Tang Soo Do style were derived from Shotokan karate. |
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