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joe225612 asked:


I know that it was introduced around 1986 or so by the head of United Karate. It is said that he saw it from another person and later implemented it into our curriculum. I was wondering where it originated. What style is it from? The history of the form? Because I can’t find it anywhere.
This, I know, is not a traditional TKD form. I don’t however know where it came from. All I know is that the Tae Kwon Do school I go to does this form. The only reason we do this form is because my head instructor used to be in United Karate but left them and opened his own Dojang. Me, and the other Black Belts was wandering where it actually came from?

Sophie

4 Responses to “In martial arts, where does Chun Par 1(a Kata in Tae Kwon Do) come from?”

1. Lillian Says:
   February 9th, 2010 at 1:33 am

   Emily

   A long time ago martial arts were outlawed. Kata means the dance it was a way for people to study martial arts without actual practicing

2. Brooke Says:
   February 11th, 2010 at 1:46 pm

   Carlos

   Are you sure it’s a TKD form? I’ve never heard of it checked several sources (probably about 100 different forms) can’t find it. In TKD, we don’t use the term kata. That’s a Japanese word. We call forms poomse or hyung.

3. Kayla Says:
   February 12th, 2010 at 11:10 am

   Mariah

   I don’t know where it originated or what style it is from, but I’m in United and that is the form I am about to learn (just promoted). I will ask my instructor tonight.

4. Ashley Says:
   February 15th, 2010 at 10:52 pm

   Sophia

   Perhaps this is the information you are seeking:

   Chung Do Kwan, founded in 1944, is the first of nine schools teaching what came to be known as Taekwondo.

   Chung Do Kwan (Blue Waves School) was founded by Won Kuk Lee. Lee earned a black belt in Shotokan karate training under Gichin Funakoshi at Chuo University in Japan, then traveled Asia studying martial arts technique, history, and philosophy. He returned to Korea and opened the Chung Do Kwan in 1944 after being refused permission by the Japanese government twice. His original name for what he taught was Tang Soo Do, which is the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese characters pronounced Karate Do in the Japanese language.

   The Korean word for blue is Chung. Therefore Chung Do Kwan translates as Blue Waves School.

   Beginning in early times, Chung Do Kwan technique and philosophy centered around mastering basics, developing powerful technique, pinpoint accuracy in application, strong kicking, and deep appreciation for manners and etiquette. Its trademark techniques are the side kick, jumping side kick, and sliding side kick although it practices many other techniques as well-all in accordance with Chung Do Kwan principles. From the start, Won Kuk Lee wanted his students to be men of honor, only allowed upright individuals as his students, and encouraged them to live honorable lives as Chung Do Kwan students. All in an effort to restore the good reputation once held by Korean martial arts and distance itself from the notion of Taekwondo students as troublemakers.

   Chung Do Kwan philosophy is that Taekwondo is a method of self-defense, self-improvement, and a Way of Life.

   According to Hae Man Park, Vice-President of Chung Do Kwan (retired), today Chung Do Kwan is a social friendship club that endorses 100% the curriculum of the Kukkiwon system. Park states that Kukkiwon Taekwondo is Chung Do Kwan Taekwondo, and has been developed from the old systems of Chung Do Kwan and the other eight Kwans.

   Chung Do Kwan Oath

   We, as members, train our spirits and bodies according to the strict code.
   We, as members, are united in mutual friendship.
   We, as members, will comply with regulations and obey instructors.