
“Martial Art” is a broad term encompassing the many styles of physical discipline (fighting) arts that have been developed over the centuries. To say that the style of Songahm Taekwondo is just another “martial art” would be an oversimplified explanation of the world’s largest centrally administered martial art. This system of teaching and training is [...]
June 3, 2009 | Posted in
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The “Songahm Star” is the pattern that is formed on the ground if all 18 forms of the Songahm system are completed. In a perfect Songahm Star, the distance from the center point of the star to the top point is nine feet (“feet” being the student’s foot length). The total distance from the top [...]
June 2, 2009 | Posted in
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The Scrolls of Songahm Master Haeng Ung Lee: Saturday, August 13, 1983 Children of Songahm: Listen as I tell about the old times and the new dawn. In those unwritten years, thousands of lives ago, the first Ssu Suhng also came to the mountain. His disciples and most loyal students followed his journey. He was [...]
May 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Facts About ATA: The American Taekwondo Association was founded by Eternal Grand Master H.U. Lee in 1969. The ATA is the single largest martial arts organization in North America and is dedicated to the martial arts discipline of Taekwondo. There are more than 350,000 members of the ATA worldwide. The ATA is internationally headquartered in [...]
May 18, 2009 | Posted in
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At the beginning of a Songahm Taekwondo class or event, students recite the following: I will practice in the SPIRIT OF TAEKWONDO….. This line represents the ideas and philosophies of Songahm Taekwondo. To say, “I will practice in?” means that you will practice not just in accordance with the rules and within the system of [...]
May 13, 2009 | Posted in
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