This video was originally filmed in Korea, late 50's - early 60's. It shows the origins of Taekwon-Do. This part includes Fundamental Exercises, Chon-Ji and Tan-Gun Patterns.
Notice.. He steps straight through, no half mooning as they do with Karate. Notice how wide his stances are on walking stances. Notice he is not bobbing or bouncing up and down between moves.. No wasted effort. Pure power and focus.. Well done !!
Most people have no idea of what this is, and assume they know all Taekwondo. This video is an important reminder of how important the historical value of something can be. I have them all and refer to them quite a bit for the purity of the art.
I think the introduction of the "Sine Wave" was a big mistake. It is wasted movement and energy. Even ITF Taekwon-do has become so stylized that it's rendering itself ineffective for practical self defense.
Exactly people in the west you need to study other arts like karate to have powerful strikes with your fist an tKD is only strong kicks in reality TKD originally has very strong strikes all around
Excellent !! 1969 was when I started Tae Kwon Do under McGill, Seriff, Rah, and General Choi. I miss this traditional instruction of TKD. Awesome !! I have been looking for Mr Rah
How old video, very valuable ..My father generation leared that style Taekwondo and Tangsoodo. I heard from an old master that Korea was very poor after Korea war and people did full contact fight without safe equipment in Taekwondo gym.
Mario U THIS IS how I was taught. The first time I HIT a person who deserved it. I thought I really messed up now.shotakon and boxing and taekwondo is a good system.
Mario U Comics and Cartoons it did come out of Shotokan. The shroud of “ancient art” bs is over. The book “TKD A Killing Art” and a book on using the Taegeuk forms as self-defense (bunkai iow)
Old school , original and the best. No posturing or bouncing. Power and simple attacking tools. Now it is sadly a sport and not a means of self defence. Thats a fact!
thanks a lot for this video, I've been looking all over for something as pure as this. Noticed that the TKD that was taught to me had its differences. Coming back to the origins shows me what I ought to do and for that I'm grateful for this upload. :D
THANKS A LOT FOR THIS OLD VIDEO! I have great respect and affection for Korea and the Korean people. I got my Black Belt in Kunsan, South Korea 1969 (that's my photo doing the flying kick with a high-school student for the school newspaper and where I taught science) before they changed everything and started "bouncing" around (no disrespect) doing forms doing forward punches or standing between each forward punch. But I tested it and noted that moving downward increased power due to gravity assist. So, it's a matter of "style," after all, right? My master was Kim Hyok Nae whom I honor to this day in January 2022. He had many different Korean visitors for us U.S. Air Force Americans to observe or to assist in our instruction including mostly Mr. Cho who was a three-time in a row all-Korean champion and former presidential bodyguard. Mr. Cho's style of sparring was quite different using very low to the floor or ground approaches from which a lightening fast high kick or kicks would come. He had many other very impressive techniques too ... some that I observed by some other Koreans in different situations and even when playing around or practicing alone such as that time when on a military post, I was observing a ROK soldier practicing in the darkness. I was using an American starlight scope (allowing knight vision) that was a very new technology at the time. My master Kim made me Captain of our team or class and once told me, "You have great potential!" He said ours was the Ji do kwan style of Tae Kwon Do. But the forms looked exactly like Japanese Shotokan Karate forms with almost the same name. However, in those days, all the Korean Tae Kwon Do practitioners sparred with different styles typically with only extremely fast, very high kicking that is what I did also. Our sparring was vigorous and kind of dangerous in those days, and Mr. Kim would order the lower belts to try to kill me during sparring, as Black Belts were not allowed to fight back ... just defend. Mr. Kim would stomp his feet and yell out to non-Black Belts, "Kill him! Him Black Belt! You kill him!" The students would literally try to injure me. This made me or pushed me to be fearless but over-confident sometimes that resulted in my occasionally getting injured. This also developed my ability to be successful in my future getting my science degree etc. After honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force ... I later, I had to work at middle kicks and low kicks as well as various fist, elbow and hand techniques as well as joint locks and throws etc borrowed from Korean Hapkido and Chinese Qin-na.
Always fun to see the origins of a traditional martial art. We’ve come a long way in martial arts altogether and more so in TKD to that. I mean the application like point sparring and application in real fighting. Overall the basic forms and teaching techniques are pretty similar I’d say, dependent on your school of course.
Marital arts is been destroyed all over the world nowadays due to criminal doping and cheating and corruption in the sport and self defense ..people are saying to there selves 'why' should we train' to be cheated and doped against our skills. Tougher management is needed to defeat this problem , then people will train in Marital Arts more.
Tang Soo Do ( Soo Bahk Do) is the original so called Tae Kwan Do,the kwans fell out over politics after the Japanese occupation and re-named it tae kwan do. Hwang Kee of moo duk Kwan wanted to keep the original Tang Soo Do name but was outvoted by the Korean government because tae kwon do sounded more Korean,even though Korean karate was mainly shotokan based with some Chinese long fist added in the higher pyong ahn /chilsun forms.The original Tang Soo Do was for self defence,not the watered down sports versions of Tae kwon Do and many latter day Tang Soo Do schools.Very few organisations outside Korea are legitimate when it comes down to the original Soo Bahk Do Tang Soo Do.One is Hwang Kees son who is head of Soo Bahk Do in the United States,Grandmaster Lee of UKTSDF in the United Kingdom and Brian Edmondson of Tiger Gym.
Myfactory62 Good explain. Koreans and Okinawa people were very closed each other under Jpanese occupation, and they have enmity against Japanese. Korean masters introduced Tangsoo and Taekwon are influenced by Okinawa Karate, but in 1972, Okinawa was not independent and returned to Japan. So Koreans needed to detach Karate from Taekwondo because Karate was not Okinawa martial arts any more and it became Japanese martial arts. Ironically, Karate became famous in the world by Kyokushin founder Korean Oyama... Some old generation Koreans still think Okinawa is not a part of Japan.
Great find! Where did you get this from? Now you have the year wrong. This was between 1966 & 1972. Upon initial examination it appears that this was made right around 1968. Have you visited our FaceBook Page: Original Taekwon-Do ITF?
Tkd is a mixture of karate and taekkyon. It was created for competitive porpouses in 1955 as a form of 'competitive karate', years before kickboxing, 'competitive karate', sanda and mma. The reason was that they wanted to put this new competitive (sort of) martial art in the Olympics. That is the reason why if you enter a tkd dojo, you will never find anyone that don't compete in tournaments, because it is not a martial art but a combat sport that looks like karate in some aspects.
Do not come out with stupid accusations like this...know your history before talking liek this. Taekwondo was NOT made for the Olympics. It was made for self defence. Do not say stupid things. Wtf was created for Olympics...that is not real taekwondo that’s is Olympic taekwondo. Real taekwondo wa made for real fighting do not even get the two mixed up again
I have not visited your Face Book Page.. I am not a fan of Face book.. Sorry.. I must admit. I am frustrated with the TKD being taught these days. All the excessive bouncing, half mooning and so on. From these films you can see the simplicity and power from doing it properly. Some call their excessive bouncing Sine or Cosine wave. I doubt these people know the difference. It drives me crazy and I comment my dislike on them doing so every Chance I get. Laws of Physics do not change.
The fingers are not that strong to be able to penetrate strike a blow to certain body parts that are harder and more mass like the head and chest , Taekwondo's perfect for developing technique, I punch the bag that registers pounds per pressure , I punch it with a standard taekwondo straddle stance and it registers over 900lbs of pressure I hit harder then most who utilize a larger range of motion
Notice.. He steps straight through, no half mooning as they do with Karate. Notice how wide his stances are on walking stances. Notice he is not bobbing or bouncing up and down between moves.. No wasted effort. Pure power and focus.. Well done !!
+grabir01 We still train like this in our school +grabir01, and it works well for us.
That is good news.. Thanks..
most shotokan systems dont do the half moon step anymore, neither does kyokushinkai
i studied chang hon system from 89 to 2001, this was how i learned to move in the patterns, no sine wave, way more efficient and powerful for me
@@enderbykarate Interesting to know. Thx
Most people have no idea of what this is, and assume they know all Taekwondo. This video is an important reminder of how important the historical value of something can be. I have them all and refer to them quite a bit for the purity of the art.
I think the introduction of the "Sine Wave" was a big mistake. It is wasted movement and energy. Even ITF Taekwon-do has become so stylized that it's rendering itself ineffective for practical self defense.
Agreed
Concordo plenamente contigo, Courtney. Abraços daqui do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Exactly people in the west you need to study other arts like karate to have powerful strikes with your fist an tKD is only strong kicks in reality TKD originally has very strong strikes all around
@@justabill5780 Heard a rumour that Sine wave was introduced to distant Taekwondo from Shotokan. Don't know how true that is.
Excellent !! 1969 was when I started Tae Kwon Do under McGill, Seriff, Rah, and General Choi. I miss this traditional instruction of TKD. Awesome !! I have been looking for Mr Rah
How old video, very valuable
..My father generation leared that style Taekwondo and Tangsoodo. I heard from an old master that Korea was very poor after Korea war and people did full contact fight without safe equipment in Taekwondo gym.
this is PURE
At this point I feel taekwondo was basically shotokan karate with Korean overtones
I couldn't have said it better, Mario U
Mario U THIS IS how I was taught. The first time I HIT a person who deserved it. I thought I really messed up now.shotakon and boxing and taekwondo is a good system.
Well, General Choi used to train Shotokan in Okinawa before he "invented" Taekwon-Do :)
@@DjMany123 Choi ruined TAEKWONDO before the olympics did it in South Korea. At least I learned MUDOKWAN instead of the olympic crap.
Mario U Comics and Cartoons it did come out of Shotokan. The shroud of “ancient art” bs is over. The book “TKD A Killing Art” and a book on using the Taegeuk forms as self-defense (bunkai iow)
Old school , original and the best. No posturing or bouncing. Power and simple attacking tools. Now it is sadly a sport and not a means of self defence. Thats a fact!
thanks a lot for this video, I've been looking all over for something as pure as this. Noticed that the TKD that was taught to me had its differences. Coming back to the origins shows me what I ought to do and for that I'm grateful for this upload. :D
THANKS A LOT FOR THIS OLD VIDEO! I have great respect and affection for Korea and the Korean people.
I got my Black Belt in Kunsan, South Korea 1969 (that's my photo doing the flying kick with a high-school student for the school newspaper and where I taught science) before they changed everything and started "bouncing" around (no disrespect) doing forms doing forward punches or standing between each forward punch. But I tested it and noted that moving downward increased power due to gravity assist. So, it's a matter of "style," after all, right? My master was Kim Hyok Nae whom I honor to this day in January 2022. He had many different Korean visitors for us U.S. Air Force Americans to observe or to assist in our instruction including mostly Mr. Cho who was a three-time in a row all-Korean champion and former presidential bodyguard. Mr. Cho's style of sparring was quite different using very low to the floor or ground approaches from which a lightening fast high kick or kicks would come. He had many other very impressive techniques too ... some that I observed by some other Koreans in different situations and even when playing around or practicing alone such as that time when on a military post, I was observing a ROK soldier practicing in the darkness. I was using an American starlight scope (allowing knight vision) that was a very new technology at the time. My master Kim made me Captain of our team or class and once told me, "You have great potential!" He said ours was the Ji do kwan style of Tae Kwon Do. But the forms looked exactly like Japanese Shotokan Karate forms with almost the same name. However, in those days, all the Korean Tae Kwon Do practitioners sparred with different styles typically with only extremely fast, very high kicking that is what I did also. Our sparring was vigorous and kind of dangerous in those days, and Mr. Kim would order the lower belts to try to kill me during sparring, as Black Belts were not allowed to fight back ... just defend. Mr. Kim would stomp his feet and yell out to non-Black Belts, "Kill him! Him Black Belt! You kill him!" The students would literally try to injure me. This made me or pushed me to be fearless but over-confident sometimes that resulted in my occasionally getting injured. This also developed my ability to be successful in my future getting my science degree etc. After honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force ... I later, I had to work at middle kicks and low kicks as well as various fist, elbow and hand techniques as well as joint locks and throws etc borrowed from Korean Hapkido and Chinese Qin-na.
Always fun to see the origins of a traditional martial art. We’ve come a long way in martial arts altogether and more so in TKD to that. I mean the application like point sparring and application in real fighting. Overall the basic forms and teaching techniques are pretty similar I’d say, dependent on your school of course.
Great video. Thanks.
Marital arts is been destroyed all over the world nowadays due to criminal doping and cheating and corruption in the sport and self defense ..people are saying to there selves 'why' should we train' to be cheated and doped against our skills. Tougher management is needed to defeat this problem , then people will train in Marital Arts more.
This looks more like Shotokan. They even did the Taikyoko Shodan form.
Not exactly taikyoko shodan but very similar. The founder of taekwondo was a karate black belt so it's no surprise
Tang Soo Do ( Soo Bahk Do) is the original so called Tae Kwan Do,the kwans fell out over politics after the Japanese occupation and re-named it tae kwan do. Hwang Kee of moo duk Kwan wanted to keep the original Tang Soo Do name but was outvoted by the Korean government because tae kwon do sounded more Korean,even though Korean karate was mainly shotokan based with some Chinese long fist added in the higher pyong ahn /chilsun forms.The original Tang Soo Do was for self defence,not the watered down sports versions of Tae kwon Do and many latter day Tang Soo Do schools.Very few organisations outside Korea are legitimate when it comes down to the original Soo Bahk Do Tang Soo Do.One is Hwang Kees son who is head of Soo Bahk Do in the United States,Grandmaster Lee of UKTSDF in the United Kingdom and Brian Edmondson of Tiger Gym.
Myfactory62 Good explain. Koreans and Okinawa people were very closed each other under Jpanese occupation, and they have enmity against Japanese. Korean masters introduced Tangsoo and Taekwon are influenced by Okinawa Karate, but in 1972, Okinawa was not independent and returned to Japan. So Koreans needed to detach Karate from Taekwondo because Karate was not Okinawa martial arts any more and it became Japanese martial arts. Ironically, Karate became famous in the world by Kyokushin founder Korean Oyama... Some old generation Koreans still think Okinawa is not a part of Japan.
Great set of videos. Where did you find them?
Great find! Where did you get this from?
Now you have the year wrong. This was between 1966 & 1972. Upon initial examination it appears that this was made right around 1968.
Have you visited our FaceBook Page: Original Taekwon-Do ITF?
Tkd is a mixture of karate and taekkyon. It was created for competitive porpouses in 1955 as a form of 'competitive karate', years before kickboxing, 'competitive karate', sanda and mma. The reason was that they wanted to put this new competitive (sort of) martial art in the Olympics. That is the reason why if you enter a tkd dojo, you will never find anyone that don't compete in tournaments, because it is not a martial art but a combat sport that looks like karate in some aspects.
Do not come out with stupid accusations like this...know your history before talking liek this. Taekwondo was NOT made for the Olympics. It was made for self defence. Do not say stupid things. Wtf was created for Olympics...that is not real taekwondo that’s is Olympic taekwondo. Real taekwondo wa made for real fighting do not even get the two mixed up again
And don’t ever say taekwondo isn’t a martial art you are very very very uneducated if you think that.
@@ermac4444 both styles were created by the same guy
@@ezemeza1363 ???? No they were not how could you be so stupid??
@@ermac4444 chim chom chum created both art
I have not visited your Face Book Page.. I am not a fan of Face book.. Sorry.. I must admit. I am frustrated with the TKD being taught these days. All the excessive bouncing, half mooning and so on. From these films you can see the simplicity and power from doing it properly. Some call their excessive bouncing Sine or Cosine wave. I doubt these people know the difference. It drives me crazy and I comment my dislike on them doing so every Chance I get. Laws of Physics do not change.
grabir01 they don't.
Which federation pls reply
The fingers are not that strong to be able to penetrate strike a blow to certain body parts that are harder and more mass like the head and chest , Taekwondo's perfect for developing technique, I punch the bag that registers pounds per pressure , I punch it with a standard taekwondo straddle stance and it registers over 900lbs of pressure I hit harder then most who utilize a larger range of motion
So Twd Forms do indeed have no applications??? Trad. Twd sucks?
I was Told that Rah had a stroke and is in bad shape these days.. :( Mitchell told me this.
This is really bad... Damn