The last statement isn’t entirely correct.

During what Korean history knows as the “middle period” during the Koryo nad the Yi dynasty, Buddhism flourished. During this period a “Subdue Demon corps” (English translation) was formed by the monks, and “tae kyon, or “soo bak” flourashed among the monks as well. By this period there had already been much Chinese influence on the Korean Martial arts.

In 1910 Japan was trying to turn Korea into a Japanese colony, and forbade the study of Korean martial arts. “Tae kyon” or “soo bak” survided, but after the Japanese defeat (WWII)Korean arts reemerged under different names like Soo Bak Do, Tang Soo Do, Kwon Bop, Hwarand Do, etc. T

hey were all a little different, depending largely on how much the Chinese, Japanese, or both had influenced the individual masters. The first school to reopen was in Seol, and it was a Chung Do Kwan school.

In 1955 there was a meeting of Korean masters to decide on a single name for Korean martial arts (similar to Kung Fu which really is only one name for many different Chinese arts). Though no decision was made, two years later they adopted the name TaeKwando to represent Korean martial arts.

Though most schools followed, birthing the Korean Taekwondo Association (established in 1961), everyone didn’t join. For instance, though some Tang Soo Do schools now unite under Teakwondo, others don’t because the founding master (Hwang Ki Kim) didn’t follow suit. So Tang Soo Do, nor any other Korean style is neccesarily a take off of Taekwondo, but it is just one of many styles that make up Taekwondo.

So niether is “Tae Kyon”, or “Soo Bak” the oringinal “Taekwondo” it is just an earlier form of Korean martial arts that was popular during the middle period. There was no Taekwondo yet.

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