How Korean Karate (taekwondo) spread across the USA

Historical interviews with the pioneers of martial arts in America.

[@brockbrown564]

Master Yates, Thank you very much for sharing. We need to know our history.

[@michaelpfister1283]

Keith, these are great! Thank you so much for sharing. Our dojo follows a system designed by J. Pat Burlison, its so great to see his contribution to the birth of the sport and how it has come down to us today.

[@ronaldmoffett3498]

Thank you producing this series! I remember!

[@VLADIMIR007ISH]

Ceneral Choi Hong Hi father of Taekwon-do

[@jimmystout4248]

This was a good video

[@lastofmykind2020]

Excellent! Thank you! Taekwon!

[@northbaldwintaekwondo664]

Can we still order your DVD's?

[@johnemmons9087]

I downloaded the app but it wants to charge me 30$ before I can see anything about it. There are no previews to see if I even want it/useful to me and relates to the way I practice. Thank you

[@KeithYates]

John, sorry I didn't make it clear that the app costs $30. By buying my forms book you get a free "basic" version of the app containing the first five forms. That book is available at our website at www.akato.org (go to the storefront). To expand further, we do the Chang Hon patterns (Chunji, Tangun, etc) in the original way--that is, before the addition of the "sine wave." Look at my two KZbin videos on "hints" that show me demonstrating some of them.

[@instructorlex8273]

No distract all but taekwondo is not Korean karate. It’s just not practical to call it that. It’s too disconnected from karate. At least most variations.

[@THEREALZENFORCE]

Joe Lewis, Chuck Norris, Mike Stone, Jim Kelly, etc all avoided the real deal of the world at that time : Jon Bluming (Karate, Judo), Wim Ruska (Karate, Judo), Chris Dolman (Karate, Judo), and Karateka legends Gilbert Gruss, Hiroshi Shirai, Kenji Kurosaki, Hideyuki Ashihara, Jan Kallenbach, Takashi Azuma, Guy Sauvin, Alain Setrouk, Thierry Masci, Cor Hemmers, Mario Garofoli, Ludwig Kotzebue, Eugene Codrington, John Reeberg, Otti Roethoff, you never fought them and yet the Americans in their own championships claim to be world champions. Joe Lewis claimed heavyweight world championships titles, a small 6 foot small 190lbs would be obliterated by Jon Bluming 6ft7 224lbs (Karate and Judo legend), Wim Ruska over 6ft and 240lbs of muscles (and check his wikipedia), Chris Dolman 6ft2 and 273lbs, Eugene Codrington over 6ft4, Ludwig Kotzebue over 6 foot and 250lbs of muscles, etc. Same as Gene LeBell the US Judo and grappling personality who never dared to compete against Wim Ruska, Anton Geesink, Jon Bluming, Chris Dolman, the real Judo legends of LeBell's era. Especially since the 1970s in Karate the USA and US Karate get destroyed in point Karate and Fullcontact Karate by Europeans and Asians. The US are barely top 10 alltime ranking. Same for Judo were Japan, France and The Netherlands dominate over the USA since the 1960s. All respect due these are facts.

[@tomobrien6983]

You are mistaken about Okinawa, it was the Nobles who created Karate, peasants did not have the time to train, letalone develop Okinawan Martial Arts

[@Katcom111]

The video he showed was made in 1991. So yeah they didn't have any good sources back then.

[@user-ht6ty7et7y]

『Korean Karate(Teakwondo)』ってナニよ⁉︎ なんではっきり『Teakwondo』と言わない⁇ 都合のいいときだけKarateを利用してんじゃねーよ‼︎

[@JH-rr9ez]

Don't call me Korean karate! It's just Taekwondo! Korean Taekwondo has longer history and tradition than Japanese karate. Only, the karate of Japanese imperialism is known to the West first. 한국의 가라테라고 부르지마라! 그냥 태권도다!! 한국의 태권도가 일본의 가라테보다 역사와 전통이 더 길다. 단지, 일본 제국주의의 가라테가 서양에 먼저 알려진것 뿐이다.

[@Katcom111]

Japanese Imperialist didn't like the Okiwanan using the word Toudi "chinese hand" because of the association with China.

[@tomobrien6983]

Except Gen Choi trained with Funakoshi, an Okinawan......thus Choi at best is third hand information

[@richardguerra3605]

Relax. Dude. Have respect for the elders and pioneers of the Korean martial arts and karate in general in The USA.