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[Gnarlie]

"Fix your uniform" would be something like 도복정리, although I don't know if Korean classes say it at all. I don't know if they say 뒤로돌아 either, as it's informal and such commands would be said in noun form and not imperative. For kneel, it would probably be 무릅! or 무릅꿇어.

Korean instructors I know use 뒤로돌아 for turn around.

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[KangTsai]

Korean instructors I know use 뒤로돌아 for turn around.

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Thanks for clarity.

 

[Gwai Lo Dan]

Korean instructors I know use 뒤로돌아 for turn around.

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Is that "Dwi-ro Do-ra" or "Do-ra"? I've heard both.

 

[Gnarlie]

Is that "Dwi-ro Do-ra" or "Do-ra"? I've heard both.

The former for an about-face 180 degree turn.

 

[KangTsai]

Is that "Dwi-ro Do-ra" or "Do-ra"? I've heard both.

4 characters = 4 syllables.
First one is turn back, and second is just turn.

 

[Jaeimseu]

We definitely used 뒤로돌아 in Korea, and I use it in my dojang in the US, too.


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[Rough Rider]

I was looking at the web site of a local Tang Soo Do school and saw a picture of their logo. It said 담무수. What does that mean?

 

[KangTsai]

I was looking at the web site of a local Tang Soo Do school and saw a picture of their logo. It said 담무수. What does that mean?

Are you sure you read correctly? All I get from a search is of a Babylonian god lol.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Are you sure you read correctly? All I get from a search is of a Babylonian god lol.

Ah, the Babylonian lineage of TSD!

 

[Rough Rider]

 

[Gnarlie]

That says 당수 and 무. Dang Soo and Mu. Mu as in Mudo.

If you look closely the Hangul is stylised and the ㅇ has rounded corners.
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[Rough Rider]

That says 당수 and 무. Dang Soo and Mu. Mu as in Mudo.

If you look closely the Hangul is stylised and the ㅇ has rounded corners.
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So, we have a confusing font, symbols out of order, and an incomplete word. Bonus points for the probable trademark violation with the fist and wreath.

My question now is: What does Mudo mean? Also, is it common practice to shorten it to "Mu"?

 

[Gnarlie]

So, we have a confusing font, symbols out of order, and an incomplete word. Bonus points for the probable trademark violation with the fist and wreath.

My question now is: What does Mudo mean? Also, is it common practice to shorten it to "Mu"?

Martial arts...the Korean rendering of what the Japanese call Budo.

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[Azulx]

Does Ryu mean anything in Korean?

 

[Gnarlie]

Does Ryu mean anything in Korean?

Wave 류

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[Azulx]

Wave 류

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What does Joong Do Ryu mean?

 

[Gnarlie]

What does Joong Do Ryu mean?

In what context? Do you have the Hangul?

I suspect the Hanja
靑濤館
Would apply.

Qingdao

Or Hangul

청도

Meaning "Blue Way" / "Blue Flow"

As in Cheong Do Kwan

청도관 "Blue Wave School"

I suspect Joong Do Ryu is a variant like

청도류

Which would be something like "Blue Wave Way"

Unless the "Ryu" is adopted from Japanese "Ryu" meaning School or Chapter. Which would again mean Blue Wave School.

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[Azulx]

In what context? Do you have the Hangul?

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I can't find it, it is in regards to Joong Do Ryu Hapkido/Taekwondo

 

[Gnarlie]

I can't find it, it is in regards to Joong Do Ryu Hapkido/Taekwondo

It might also be

중도

中道

"middle way"

중도류

"middle way wave/flow"

"the way of moderate flow"

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[Gnarlie]

I miss KangTsai's input...

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