Chilsong Martial Arts was
formerly The Norwich School of Korean Martial Arts. NSKMA
was formed in Norwich, England in 1972 as Norwich Jidokwan.
It's founder,
Master Kwon Young-Woo, was a
South Korean working in Norwich as a chicken sexer! He was,
at that time, a Tang Soo Do (Moodukwan) black-belt, and
subsequently joined the UKTF (ITF) where he remained until a
difference of opinion with Master Rhee Ki Ha, the chief
instructor.
 Master
Kwon then joined the WTF and helped to set up the British
Taekwondo Assn. He taught WTF Taekwondo in Norwich for three
years until his return to Korea in 1976. Two local martial
artists began training with Kwon Young-Woo soon after his
move to Norwich. They were
Richard Cox
(1st dan Kyokushinkai) and me, Bob Banham, one of
his 15 year old student white belts.
To cut a long story short, particularly as this site is
about the school rather than any individual, Master Kwon was
awarded 6th dan before his return to Korea, Richard Cox 3rd
dan and I, 1st dan. I took over the school in 1980 as a 2nd
dan when Richard decided to concentrate on kick boxing
rather than traditional Taekwondo. I progressed on my
martial arts journey via a spell with British Jidokwan
(chief instructor, Master Ian Morrison formerly Ian Wheeler)
where I was awarded 3rd and 4th dan WTF Taekwondo.
Then in 1992 I went to America to attend a seminar with Dr.
Kimm He-Young to see for myself what his martial art of
Hanmudo was like. I was impressed. Not only with the martial
art, but with Grandmaster Kimm himself. Master Kimm
asked me to represent him and The World Hanmudo Association
in Europe and made a promise to come to England twice a year
for the next 5 years. I in turn, agreed to attend 2 seminars
a year in Baton Rouge for the same time.
Since then,
Hanmudo
has been the main martial art taught at Chilsong,
although we also frequently hold classes and courses in
other allied subjects. We changed the name of the school
from NSKMA at the beginning of 2004 because we thought the
name limiting. We teach more than Korean Martial Arts and in
a wider area than only Norwich. Chilsong means "Seven Stars"
and refers to The Great Bear or Big Dipper (Ursa
Major).
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Our Philosophy
It is very important
to us, here at Chilsong, that we use what we are
doing to create something positive and to
encourage and help all our members in all areas
of their lives.
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The mission of CHILSONG
MARTIAL ARTS
is to develop
each student, instructor,
and
staff member to their
fullest mental and physical
potential, using martial
arts as a vehicle to set and
reach worthwhile goals,
while building the habit of
"BLACK BELT EXCELLENCE" in every day
life.
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We encourage our instructors by
providing them with an on-going training
programme so that they are able to find and
develop the potential in all their students. At
the same time, they are developing leadership
and teaching responsibilities that will help
them in other areas of life.
What is a CHILSONG instructor?
A REPRESENTATIVE OF CHILSONG MARTIAL
ARTS.
A REPRESENTATIVE OF
THEIR INSTRUCTOR.
A
REPRESENTATIVE OF DOJUNIM ( GRANDMASTER KIMM)
AND HANMUDO.
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We teach a different syllabus to
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