Song Moo Kwan

{{Short description|Taekwondo discipline}}

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{{Infobox martial art school

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| name = Song Moo Kwan

| aka = Songmookwan

| date founded = March 20, 1944[http://scottshaw.com/taekwondohistory Scott Shaw's History of Taekwondo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108210633/http://scottshaw.com/taekwondohistory/ |date=2007-11-08 }}

| country = Kaesŏng, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea[http://www.elanguageschool.net/martialartstutor/history-tang-soo-do History of Tang Soo Do]

| founder = Byung Jik Ro

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| arts = Taekwondo

| ancestor_arts = Kong Soo Do, Shaolin Kung Fu, Hapkido

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| ancestor schools = Korean Kongsoodo Association

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| website = [http://www.songmookwan.com/ www.songmookwan.com]

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{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 송무관

| hanja = 松武館[http://kin.naver.com/knowhow/entry.php?d1id=5&dir_id=5&eid=dS5/RAsYC9C55wYtFYC43XCItj1es3o2 네이버 :: 지식iN]

| rr = Song Mu Gwan

| mr = Song Mu Kwan

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Song Moo Kwan, also named "Song Moo Kwan Kong Soo Do ", is one of the Five original kwans (martial art schools) of taekwondo in Korea. Its founder, from 1944, Supreme Grandmaster Byung Jik Ro (1919–2015),{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=RO – RBushman|url=http://www.rbushmantkd.com/ro/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=|language=en-US}} was one of the highest ranking taekwondo practitioners in the world, and is considered the "Founder of Modern Taekwondo".{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Song Moo Kwan family tree|url=https://www.songmookwan.com/index.php/hist-of-smk/smk-fam-tree-menu|archive-url=|archive-date=|website=www.songmookwan.com}} As a Shotokan Black Belt under Gichin Funakoshi, Byung Jik Ro created what is commonly known as Song Moo Kwan. While staying largely true to the basic principles of Shotokan Karate Do, he placed more emphasis on kicking techniques within the newly created Taekwondo style. To this day both styles maintain a striking similarity.