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Yoon Bying In wanted to study kung fu more than anything in the world, yet the kung fu master in his town refused to teach Koreans. Time after time Yoon had been caught peeking in windows and had been chased away by the master. Then Yoon had a smart idea.
During class he snuck up and arranged the shoes of the students in a neat line. He then retreated and watched when the master of kung fu stepped out of the school. The kung fu master was pleased at this display of respect, and he wondered who had done such a polite thing.
Yoon continued lining up the shoes on the porch day after day, and, eventually, the kung fu master found out Yoon was the one responsible. This was the way that Yoon became the only Korean accepted to study kung fu in this town by this master. He threw himself into a study of the martial arts, and he proved bright and capable 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, upon meeting Yoon, became friends with him. Eventually, Yoon went to study Karate in Japan with Toyama Kanken, who had studied with the fabulous Ankoh Itosu. Toyama was so impressed he traded martial arts knowledge with Yoon, and made him an advanced instructor 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.
During class he snuck up and arranged the shoes of the students in a neat line. He then retreated and watched when the master of kung fu stepped out of the school. The kung fu master was pleased at this display of respect, and he wondered who had done such a polite thing.
Yoon continued lining up the shoes on the porch day after day, and, eventually, the kung fu master found out Yoon was the one responsible. This was the way that Yoon became the only Korean accepted to study kung fu in this town by this master. He threw himself into a study of the martial arts, and he proved bright and capable 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, upon meeting Yoon, became friends with him. Eventually, Yoon went to study Karate in Japan with Toyama Kanken, who had studied with the fabulous Ankoh Itosu. Toyama was so impressed he traded martial arts knowledge with Yoon, and made him an advanced instructor 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.
About the Author:
Al Case has taught Kang Duk Won for 40 years. You can find out what he knows at Monster Martial Arts.
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