Kong Soo Do
Korean martial art
공수도
- Type
- martial arts
Kong Soo Do (공수도) is a name used to refer to Korean martial arts derived from Karate, that was used
by a couple of the original kwans before the unification and creation of Taekwondo as the universal striking art of Korea. As with Tang Soo Do[1], the name Kong Soo Do is composed of the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese characters for "karate-do", meaning "empty-hand way" in English.
Kong Soo Do is a not a formalized system of martial arts, and the styles used by the various kwans are influenced by the individual backgrounds of the respective founders/head instructors. The name Kong Soo Do was used by Yun Mu Kwan (sometimes Yun Moo Kwan Kong Soo Do Bu, Hanja: 朝鮮硏武館 拳法部) and the YMCA Kwon Bop Bu (later named Chang Moo Kwan) to refer to their martial art.
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Facts from Wikidata Q746231 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.