Oh Do Kwan Q&A...

[Dirty Dog]

It means Blue Wave Gym (or school).


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

 

[Earl Weiss]

Some where on this thread you said that OH Do Kwan meant "Gym of my way." So what does Chung do Kwan mean?

While often cited as an example of General Choi's ego, having the gym his way, that was a misinterpretation.

You need to keep in mind that this is for someone and everyone at the time speaking in the first person. Since it may have been viewed as being disloyal to train at an existing rival gym, this was a name for a new gym which in a sense was The Gym of My way, or the gym for all of us. (Per my interview with Nam TAe Hi).

 

[Michael89]

I don't know much about Oh Do Kwan but I do know more about Jido Kwan.

 

[40th Alabama]

In the 1950's-early 1960's (I think) my master trained under a Master Oh in Korea. Does this Master Oh have any relavence to Oh Do Kwan. In my training we were referred to as Moo Duk Kwan-Tae Kwan

 

[Dirty Dog]

In the 1950's-early 1960's (I think) my master trained under a Master Oh in Korea. Does this Master Oh have any relavence to Oh Do Kwan. In my training we were referred to as Moo Duk Kwan-Tae Kwan

I'm going to say no. The Korean name O, a very common Korean surname, has nothing whatsoever to do with the word Oh, which means "mine" or "ours". Since your training was a Moo Duk Kwan branch, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that this "Master O" was part of the Moo Duk Kwan. Which branch I couldn't say without a lot more information. The only Moo Duk Kwan lineage I have memorized is my own.

If the Master Oh you are talking about is OH Se Jun, then he was a student of GM HWANG Kee, and the 4th Kwan Jang of the Moo Duk Kwan.

Who is your master?

 

[IcemanSK]

FWIW, trying to add to the discussion. I'm familiar with a dojang in So. Cal. that has strong connections to the Oh Do Kwan in Korea. The GM is a current high-ranking SK military officer, and has a close connection to the Oh Do Kwan Jang. This dojang follows the Kukkiwon curriculum, but keeps to the traditions and history of the ODK, per their grandmaster.

My point is there are folks in the U.S. who claim both ODK and Kukkiwon affiliations. It was news to me when I first met them.

 

[Dirty Dog]

FWIW, trying to add to the discussion. I'm familiar with a dojang in So. Cal. that has strong connections to the Oh Do Kwan in Korea. The GM is a current high-ranking SK military officer, and has a close connection to the Oh Do Kwan Jang. This dojang follows the Kukkiwon curriculum, but keeps to the traditions and history of the ODK, per their grandmaster.

My point is there are folks in the U.S. who claim both ODK and Kukkiwon affiliations. It was news to me when I first met them.

Of course. I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear that a majority of high level KKW practitioners, especially those trained in S Korea, maintain a connection to one of the original Kwans, up to and including issuing rank from those Kwans. In our school, all of our geup ranks and the majority of our Dan ranks are from the Moo Duk Kwan; KKW Dan ranks are very much a minority. Not really surprising, since our GM was a student of HWANG Kee who chose to stay with LEE Kang Ik during the first fracturing of the Moo Duk Kwan.