Yoon Bying In wanted to study kung fu more than anything he had ever wanted, yet the kung fu master in his town refused to teach Koreans. Time after time Yoon had been caught peeking in windows at the classes, and he had been chased away by the master. Then Yoon was struck by a fantastic idea.
During class he snuck up and arranged the shoes of the students in a neat line on the front porch. He then retreated and watched for the master of kung fu to step out of the school and find them. The kung fu master was pleased at this display of respect, and he wondered what polite citizen had done such a polite thing.
Yoon continued doing this day after day, and, eventually, the kung fu master found out who it was. In this way Yoon became accepted, and the only Korean so accepted to study kung fu in this town. He threw himself into his studies and proved bright and strong in many ways.
Yoon grew older and eventually enrolled in college. He like to practice his kung fu on a tree on the campus, and he pounded on the tree so mercilessly that the tree eventually began to bend over. One day a fellow student came running up to him and begged for his help.
We are both Korean, and you must help me. Those Japanese karate students are after me. At that moment a band of the karate students came charging up.
Yoon put himself in the way and told the students that the martial arts should be studied for peaceful purposes. Immediately, the students challenged him and began trying to fight him. Using his kung fu Yoon dodged and darted and managed to avoid combat without hurting anybody.
The instructor who taught these students heard of Yoon, and became friends with him. Eventually, Yoon went to study in Japan with Toyama Kanken, who had studied with Ankoh Itosu. Toyama was so impressed he traded knowledge with Yoon, and made him Shihan in the Shudokan, which Yoon taught upon his return to Korea.
Yoon contributed greatly to Karate, causing the founding of the Kang Duk Won and contributing to the fund of knowledge which became Tae Kwon Do. Eventually he was swept up by the Korean war, where he became a prisoner of war and was forced to work in a cement factory. It is rumored that he never returned home, yet his contributions will always be embedded in the DNA of Karate. - 30300
During class he snuck up and arranged the shoes of the students in a neat line on the front porch. He then retreated and watched for the master of kung fu to step out of the school and find them. The kung fu master was pleased at this display of respect, and he wondered what polite citizen had done such a polite thing.
Yoon continued doing this day after day, and, eventually, the kung fu master found out who it was. In this way Yoon became accepted, and the only Korean so accepted to study kung fu in this town. He threw himself into his studies and proved bright and strong in many ways.
Yoon grew older and eventually enrolled in college. He like to practice his kung fu on a tree on the campus, and he pounded on the tree so mercilessly that the tree eventually began to bend over. One day a fellow student came running up to him and begged for his help.
We are both Korean, and you must help me. Those Japanese karate students are after me. At that moment a band of the karate students came charging up.
Yoon put himself in the way and told the students that the martial arts should be studied for peaceful purposes. Immediately, the students challenged him and began trying to fight him. Using his kung fu Yoon dodged and darted and managed to avoid combat without hurting anybody.
The instructor who taught these students heard of Yoon, and became friends with him. Eventually, Yoon went to study in Japan with Toyama Kanken, who had studied with Ankoh Itosu. Toyama was so impressed he traded knowledge with Yoon, and made him Shihan in the Shudokan, which Yoon taught upon his return to Korea.
Yoon contributed greatly to Karate, causing the founding of the Kang Duk Won and contributing to the fund of knowledge which became Tae Kwon Do. Eventually he was swept up by the Korean war, where he became a prisoner of war and was forced to work in a cement factory. It is rumored that he never returned home, yet his contributions will always be embedded in the DNA of Karate. - 30300
About the Author:
Al Case has studied Kang Duk Won for 40 plus years. You can find out what he knows at Monster Martial Arts.
