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Our End of Year BBQ at Valley Reserve
ang Soo Do is a Korean Martial Art, enourmously popular overseas and in Australia, which fosters physical, mental and spiritual well being.
Tang Soo Do is a great way to get fit, make new friends, and learn self defense. The club's chief instructor is Master Kyu Sik Shin: 8th Dan, former Chief Insturctor of Tang Soo Do to the US Army in Korea, international referee and adjudicator with over forty five years active training experience and thirty years experience as an instructor. Before he moved to Australia, Master Shin was Chief Instructor for the South East Asia region, which encompassed Maylasia, Singapore and Brunei.
The club has a 1 1/2 hour main training session each Wednesday at 6:30pm during the year, and a secondary training (day to be announced) most likely on Fridays at 6pm for those club members wishing to work on their technique. Your first two lessons are free, so come down to the Sports Centre at the Hawthorn Campus and try Tang Soo Do. The option of yearly or semester tuition is available should you wish to join the club. We provide all necessary training equipment, such as mats and kick bags. Turn up in loose clothing or a uniform if you have one. The club arranges gradings and competitions throughout the year, including sending teams representing Swinburne to the Australian University Championships. Social functions are also a feature of the Tang Soo Do Club's activities.
A Brief History of Tang Soo Do:
istorical evidence of organised fighting forms in Korea date back many centuries. Further records reveal that elite groups of warriors were trained in Martial Arts to serve their kingdom and country. These warriors were trained in a wide range of armed and unarmed combat skills. The fighting systems practised by these warriors were called Soo Bahk Do. However during the Yi Dynasty (1392-1910) the Koreans also developed various kicking techniques which are called Tae Kyun.
Tang Soo Do is a composite style of Soo Bahk Do influenced by nothern Chinese arts and Tae Kyun, the kicking techniques and eastern wisdom. Todays Tang Soo Do is recognised to be based on the Moo Duk Kwan style. The Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do school was founded by Master Hwang Kee in 1945.
Tang Soo Do is a classical martial art, not a sport. Though it is not essentially competitive, it has great combat applications. As a classical martial art, its purpose is to develop and grow every aspect of the self to produce a mature person who has totally integrated their intellect, body, emotions and spirit. This integration helps to free one from inner conflict, to be able to deal with the outside world in a mature manner.
The Objectives of Tang Soo Do:
To help the individual develop Mentally, Physically, and Spiritually, and in doing so gain more knowledge of the self by increasing self awareness and developing a greater sensitivity towards all things in nature.
"In nature be like water
At rest, like a mirror
Respond like an echo
Be subtle, as though non-existent"
The Five Principles of Tang Soo Do:
Be loyal to your country
1997,1998 Swinburne Tang Soo Do Club.