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Can contributors for this article tell us where they got this information? Any online sources or books, etc. would be helpful. Thanks.

Jason's so-called 1990 founding of a Kwan, and the modern Kwan section was removed. Self promotion is not allowed. Bigzilla

Information about the kwans in Korean can be found here: [1]

It is also used as a reference in many of the seperate articles. Kbarends 07:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know of an equivalent (of the above link) that uses English script? _> MonstaPro:Talk:Contrib. 11:15, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kwans[edit]

According to Official Homepage of Song Moo Kwan,

In the 1960's Grand Master Ro distinguished himself by becoming one of the youngest to reach 4th Dan Black Belt at the time. Pursuing his interest in the traditional martial arts, he began studying Hapkido in 1963 and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu in 1967. He subsequently became an instructor to the Korean Army and one of Korea's Taekwondo champions. In 1976 he moved to the United States where he founded and developed the North American Taekwondo Federation. Like his father before him, he too is a pioneer. He conceived and pursued his own vision and extending the spirit and vision of Song Moo Kwan beyond Taekwondo to Hapkido, Kumdo and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu.[2]

According to Interview with Lee, Won Kyuk who Chung Do Kwan founder,

TKDT: Korean children today start to learn Tae Kwon Do as a form of physical education in the grade school. You grew up during the period of Japanese occupation of Korea when martial arts were forbidden to Koreans. How did you become involved in the martial arts ?
W .K. Lee: In the old days, martial arts training was started during the teen years or early twenties. I had an interest in the martial arts as a young man. When I was young, I visited An Gup Dong, a street in Seoul where I met a Mr. Kim. He seemed very old to me then, but he was only in his sixties. He said that about 80 years earlier (prior to the Japanese occupation), there were three traditional Korean fighting styles called Tae Kyon(Taekkyon) taught inside Chang Chung Dong Park in the city. The training went on for some time, but there were several groups or gangs whose members were misusing the martial arts, so the government put a stop to the training. The Korean Cultural Ministry has an illustrated history of Tae Kyon.
[...]As a young man, I visited martial arts centers including the birthplace of Karate in Okinawa, Kung Fu centers in Henan and Shanghai in China, and other places.[3]

According to official website of Moo Duk Kwan,

The history of the Moo Duk Kwan is as unique as the art itself. Founded in Korea in 1945 by Kwan Jang Nim Hwang Kee, Moo Duk Kwan literally means institute of martial virtue Creating the art was not a simple process; it would be many years between our Founder’s first exposure to martial arts and the actual birth of the Moo Duk Kwan. In 1921, around age seven, Kwan Jang Nim Kee first witnessed the execution of a martial art(Taekkyon). While attending the national May festival, he encountered a group of seven or eight men fighting one man, who successfully managed to evade and defeat his attackers. Impressed by the man’s performance, he followed him home and after observing his training over a period of time, asked to be taught the techniques he witnessed. The man refused because of his young age. However, this did not end the Kwan Jang Nim’s interest, he continued to observe the man training from afar, and imitated what he saw.
After graduating high school in 1935, the Kwan Jang Nim began work for the railroad in Manchuria. The next year, he was introduced to a Chinese master, Master Yang. At that point, our Founder was strictly self-taught, and hoped this introduction would provide an opening for formal training. The Kwan Jang Nim asked to become Master Yang’s student, and after persisting in his request, was granted permission to train under him. A year later, he returned to Korea, and hoped to have the opportunity to continue training and possibly teach. Unfortunately, the country was occupied by the Japanese, and he was not allowed to pursue his interest in the martial arts. In 1939, he began work for the Cho Sun Railway Bureau. This position allowed him access to a library where he began reading about philosophy and Okinawan Karate. For the next several years he traveled and studied developing his maturity as a martial artist.
At the conclusion of World War II, his dream of dedicating himself solely to martial arts was realized when he created the Moo Duk Kwan on Nov. 9, 1945. The Moo Duk Kwan is one of five original key styles of martial arts in Korea. The Kwan Jang Nim first named his martial art Hwa Soo Do, art of the flower hand. He attracted and lost several classes of students within the first year due to lack of public recognition. In 1947, he reevaluated the future of the Moo Duk Kwan after realizing the strength of Japanese influence on Korean culture. He decided to integrate the art of Tang Soo Do into the Hwa Soo Do discipline as it was a recognizable term to the general public. Before the beginning of the Korean War in 1950, the first four Dan students were recognized. This was the beginning of the Dan Bon system which is unique to Moo Duk Kwan practitioners. Although the Korean War caused many difficulties, the art endured and strengthened, allowing the Kwan Jang Nim to continue his scientific development of a unique system of techniques emphasizing use of the hip
In 1957, the Kwan Jang Nim made a significant discovery--a book, titled, Moo Yei Do Bo Tong Ji. This volume discussed “Soo Bahk,” a truly Korean martial art. As a result of this discovery, he diligently devoted himself to studying this manual. Through his efforts, Soo Bahk was reborn, and the Kwan Jang Nim developed the Soo Bahk system to be studied through the Moo Duk Kwan as a living art, connecting practitioners with a long and proud heritage. He chose the name Soo Bahk Do, a derivative of Soo Bahk Ki, hand striking technique, and Soo Bahk Hee, hand striking dance, which were detailed in the Moo Yei Do Bo Tong Ji. Do was chosen based on his belief that Soo Bahk should teach the Moo Do philosophy of stopping inner and outer conflict
In 1960, the Korean Soo Bahk Do Association was incorporated and officially registered with the Korean government as the traditional Korean martial art. The following year, the Moo Duk Kwan discipline was recognized internationally for the first time. This was a golden time for the Moo Duk Kwan, for it was receiving respect and recognition from the general public nationally, and was making significant progress toward the Kwan Jang Nim’s goal of improving human relationships through the martial arts at an international level.
The Moo Duk Kwan in Korea published 8 consecutive newsletters form September, 1960 - April 1961. The newsletters indicate the strength and organization of the Moo Duk Kwan just prior to the military Coup. View slide Show of Newsletters [4]

Manacpowers (talk) 17:28, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

5 kwans[edit]

5 KWANS GO INTO 9 ALSO —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.68.117.58 (talk) 16:20, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to move article to "Kwan (martial arts)"[edit]

Any comments/thoughts? Bumm13 (talk) 11:57, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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