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In addition to Taekwondo, what else is there in Korean Kung Fu?

Tang Hando is the predecessor of Karate. Even if it is not, it has nothing to do with Korea.

I can’t guarantee the following…

Tae Kyon originally originated from Goguryeo during the Three Kingdoms period of Korea. The murals in the ancient tombs of the Three Chamber Tombs of Goguryeo show that the ancestors of Korea had already begun to practice kung fu as early as the Goguryeo period. Goguryeo's Taekhee was later introduced to Silla, located in the southeast of the Korean Peninsula. Related martial arts were adopted by Silla Hwarangdo. During the Goryeo Dynasty, Taekwon martial arts was an important training program for the Goryeo army. Some ancient paintings from the Joseon Dynasty show that Taekwondo was already popular during the Joseon Dynasty. During the Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula, root was banned and almost disappeared. In the 1980s, Taekwondo re-emerged in South Korea. In 1983, South Korea designated Taekwondo as an important intangible cultural heritage for protection and promoted Taekwondo competitions.

Note that the last sentence is only designated by South Korea. As for whether it is true or not, it depends on the beholder.

There is another one that I can’t even guarantee...

Hwarang Road

According to Joo Bang Lee's information, this ancient Korean martial art is called "Hwa Rang", and "HWA RANG DO" is said to be 1960 years ago. Joo Bang Lee named himself based on the martial arts system created by Hwarang. In 1967, at the request of the Korean government, Joo Bang Lee, the founder of "Hwarang Do", formed the Korean Martial Arts Federation and held the Standardized Korean Martial Arts Expo in 1968. During the same period, Choi Yong Sul, the father of Korean Aikido, awarded Joo Bang Lee the eighth-dan black belt in Korean Aikido, which is also the highest rank in Korean Aikido. But due to management conflicts, the federation disbanded shortly after the fair. After that, Joo Bang Lee began to focus on the counter-exhibition of "Hwarang Do" and founded the Korean Hwarang Do Alliance. In 1968, Joo Bang Lee introduced "Hwarang Do" to the United States, and in 1972 he established the "World Hwarang Do Federation" in California. In 1990, Joo Bang Lee developed an auxiliary system for "Hwarang Do", called "TAE SOO DO". The original intention of the creation of Tai Hand Do was to introduce Hwarang Do to more people who had no martial arts foundation for emergency response and self-defense.

The above two, if you check the information, will be related to Taekwondo, but they developed independently.

Korean Aikido

Korean Aikido is an eclectic Korean martial art developed in the 1930s by Choi Yong Sul from traditional Korean martial arts and Japanese Aikijutsu.

During the Japanese occupation of Korea in the early 20th century, he was forced to go to Japan to work in the house of Master Takeda Sokaku, the founder of Aikijutsu. During the same period, Ueshiba Morihei, the originator of Japanese Aikido, also studied under Takeda Tatsukaku.

Choi's Aikido techniques combine striking and kicking techniques with grappling and throwing techniques. His apprentice Ji Han Jae in turn absorbed many traditional Korean martial arts techniques from "Taekwondo" and "Hwarangdo" (which later formed the core of Taekwondo). Around 1960, Ji's system was officially named "Aikido".

Korean Aikido has three basic principles: hwa (non-resistance), won (circular motion), and yu (the principle of water). Hwa means to relax the body and use the strength of the opponent to fight back; Won means to naturally gain momentum and energy in circular motion; and yu means to deploy force and energy like water ebbing and flowing.

Korean Haedong Kendo

The meaning of Haedong Kendo is to absorb the bright and solemn sunshine of the morning into the sword and use its "sword light" to practice the truth of justice.

In modern times, in 1961, President Kim Jong-ho taught him kendo from the master of Cheoninsa Temple in Gwannaksan, Gyeonggi-do, and reestablished it as suitable for ordinary people to learn martial arts and keep fit. On July 24, 1982, a gym was first established in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province and began to spread to the general public.