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Originally posted by IPON
Interesting, Robert G; My understanding was that teh hwa rang were elite force (I guess almost like our special forces) my understanding (please see link) was that people were groomed for teh hwa rang not that is was an option. I think this is basically what you were said
http://www.vanooyen.org/taekwondo/un..._warriors.html
I think this is the type of like were you have to think and not believe everything you read. While I have never heard anyone state that hwa rang was a direct extension of the techniques of teh original hwa rang this article does.
http://www.allmartialarts.com/KIXCO/.../hwarangdo.htm
Anyway, just trying to get the right story Just curious |
The story is this--most people will admit that indigeneous Korean martial arts were pratically extinct, perhaps even prior to Japanese occupation. But, certainly by the time of Japanese occupation there were almost no indigeneous Korean martial arts. There most certainly was not an Hwarang Do. The institution had died out long before. The only people who will not admit this are Hwarang Do people. They would have you believe that monks secretly practiced an art (the scope of which apparently exceeds and is exceedingly different from historical accounts of the Hwarang) for over a thousand years. Then they taught all of it to two brothers. They then let the two brothers leave the monastery and go to Souther California and teach white people--even though they hadn't let it outside the monastery for a thousand years. Oh, and somehow, despite the fact these monks never actually fought anyone outside the monastery, nor even left it, they maintained a superior, realistic fighting art. I could go on and on. And you could believe silly stories or historical fact. Extant Korean martial arts are essentially all derivatives of Japanese martial arts. Those that are not are generally not taught outside of Korea. There is no story to get straight.
There is more evidence for ninjas than there is for authenticity of Hwarang Do--and there isn't very much evidence for ninjas. So there you go.
Grubby is just bitter he's been paying twice as much as any other practioner of Hapkido for several years because they called it Hwarang Do and promised him he could levitate shit and turn invisible with his Sulsa powers.
