history of kuk sool won:
1:3 The Three Kingdoms Period: 57 BCE - 668 CE

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The SE SOK O GYE:

1) IL: SA KUN E CHUNG: Loyalty to one's country .

2) EE: SA CHIN E HYO: Honour and respect towards one's parents .

3) SAM: KYO U E SHIN: Trust and sincerity in friendship .

4) SA: IM HUN MO TEH: Courage, never to retreat in the face of the enemy .

5) 0: SAL SANG U TAK: Justice, never to take a life without just cause

*The KYO HOON:*
1)	IN…………	HUMILITY
2)	OUI…………	JUSTICE
3)	YEH…………	COURTESY
4)	JI…………	WISDOM
5)	SIN…………	TRUSTWORTHINESS
6)	SUN…………	GOODNESS
7)	DUK…………	VIRTUE
8)	CHUNG…………	LOYALTY
9)	YONG…………	COURAGE

This impressive code of conduct and chivalry enabled the HWA RANG to justify their martial ways and to live balanced and worthy lives. One young HWA RANG, named SOL WON NANG, stood out above all the others and was made head of the order with the title of KUK SON. This, then, was the beginning of the HWA RANG DO** (‘Circle of Flowering Youth’), who, through their physical, mental and spiritual superiority, were to be instrumental in the eventual unification of the three kingdoms under the most famous HWA RANG of all - General KIM YU SHIN.

GENERAL KIM YU SHIN
Being a member of the elite order of the HWA RANG, KIM YU SHINwas an outstanding student of the martial arts and by the age of 18 had become an expert swordsman. He went on to become a KUK SON (head of the order). However, upon meeting a young girl named CHONG GWAN, he fell in love and began to spend more and more time with her. As a consequence, his martial art training suffered and it soon came to the attention of his mother, who frowned

** It should be noted that the HWA RANG was not seen as a martial art, but more as a code of honour, in a similar way as the SAMURAI of Japan was viewed some 500 years later . The character for ‘DO’ of HWA RANG DO means ‘clan’, ‘group’ or ‘circle’, and does not have the same meaning as the Japanese ‘DO’ or ‘WAY’ used in Japanese martial arts e .g . KARATE DO (The Way of the Empty Hand) . Therefore, just as one does not state that one practises the art of ‘SAMURAI DO’, it is technically not correct to state that one practises the art of ‘HWA RANG DO’ . However, it may be that some contemporary organisations would beg to differ!

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history of kuk sool won: 1:3 The Three Kingdoms Period: 57 BCE - 668 CE

history of kuk sool won:
1:3 The Three Kingdoms Period: 57 BCE - 668 CE