Four Gold Medallists from the Tukong
Unit. Four of the original six Masters to Co-Develop
Tukong Moosul |
Grandmaster In Ki Kim with his Tukong
Unit Special Forces troops |
GM Kim and Tukong Unit Special Forces
Hand-to-Hand Combat Senior Instructor |
GM Kim Teaches a new Tukong Instructor
while |
Grandmaster In Ki Kim |
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| History
of Tukong Moosul South Korean Special Forces: In the late 1970s, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) Army created the 8th Attack commando unit. To counter this special commando unit threat, the top generals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) Army decided to create a special commando unit inside their current South Korean Special Forces group. They called the new commando unit the Tu Kong unit. Tu Kong means Special Combat. 
See more about the South Korean Special Forces group
here
Elite martial arts training program for the Tu Kong unit: The second official commander of the Tu Kong unit, Gen. Chang K Oe ordered five masters of martial arts from the Tu Kong Unit and one martial arts master from the Headquarters unit to work together to design an elite martial arts training program for the Tu Kong unit. The South Korean Special Forces already had some advanced martial arts training programs with other names. All these programs had strengths and weaknesses. The job of the six Masters was to improve and combine the best techniques and training from any martial arts style into one complete system for the Tu Kong unit. Martial
Arts Masters develop techniques known as Tukong
Moosul: The original five developers of
the training program that became known as Tukong
Moosul were Master In Ki Kim, Master Sung Pok Choi,
Master Yong Kwi Han, Master Sung Ho Lee, and Master
Jin Kwon Kim. Also helpful later in the development
were Master Chil Hyun Pak. The Headquarters Unit
Master was Master Won Ik Yi. In 1981, the Masters
demonstrated their combat training program for General
Chang who was then the current Commanding officer
of the Tu Kong Unit and several other high ranking
military commanders. These commanders were so impressed
that they ordered all South Korean soldiers to be
trained in some part of this program. The program
is now called Tukong Moosul which translates in
Korean to: Special Combat Martial Arts. Grandmaster
In Ki Kim became the head Tu Kong Instructor
in the Tu Kong unit after the other Tu Kong Unit
Masters left the army. Grandmaster Kim continued
to refine and develop the Tu Kong Unit's combat
training program and trained the new Tu Kong instructors.
Many former Tu Kong Unit martial artists are in
the United States teaching different forms of martial
arts and have included some Tukong Unit techniques
in their program. Tukong Unit Training has evolved over the years: Today tens thousands of soldiers have trained in the South Korean Army's Tu Kong Unit since the late 1970's. All have been greatly influenced by the original six Master's knowledge and experience. The current Tukong Unit combat training program is not the same as when it was first developed over 20 years ago. Other martial arts masters from the Tu Kong unit have continued to improve to the techniques. Tukong Moosul in
America: In the same way, Tukong has evolved
in the United States. Many former Tu Kong Unit martial
artists are in the United States teaching different
forms of martial arts and have included some Tukong
Unit techniques in their program. Most of what is
now taught in Tukong Moosul programs in America
cannot be used in tournaments. Tournaments are sports
that try to avoid injury to the players. Combat
is real fighting that tries to injure or kill the
opponents. Tukong was designed for combat. Tukong
techniques can be lowered to sport levels or remain
as lethal or injurious as needed. |
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