Kim Han Soo ??
The new Kukkiwon Textbook describes Hansu as follows: “The
word “Hansu” means water which is the source of substance
preserving the life and growing all the creatures. Hansu symbolizes
birth of a life and growth, strongness and weakness, magninimity and
harmony, and adaptability. Especially, “han” has the various meanings,
namely, the name of a country, numerousness, largeness, evenness,
longness, and even the heaven and the root of everything, among
others. Above all, the nature of water characterized by unbreakability
and flexibility, in addition to all the above significances, is the
background of organizing this poomsae… . Actions should be
practiced softly like water but continuously like a drop of water
gathering to make an ocean. The poomsae line symbolizes the
Chinese letter which means water.”
The name of the form, Hansu, or Han Soo, using a play on words,
contains part of GM Lee’s art name, the Soo, in Tang Soo Do. We
can even take it a step further and say that “Han Soo”, Han meaning
“Korea”, reflects and was influenced by the name “Tang Soo”, which
is often translated into “China Hand”. Personally, I think that Han
Soo Do would have been a fine name for the art that we all call
Taekwondo today.
yaaaaa… nama jadik taekwondo pulak. cis.
