|
Extra Training |
Do-San Tul
(24 moves)
In his encyclopaedia
general choi told us:
Do-San is the pseudonym of the
patriot Ahn Chang-Ho (1876-1938) The 24 movements of this pattern represent his
entire life, which he devoted to furthering the education of
What I’ve discovered
Ahn
Chang-Ho was a prominent member of the
During
1899 he founded a school before having to leave
In his book ‘Introduction to Korean History
and Culture’; Andrew C. Nahm refers to the period 1910-1945 as ‘The Struggle
for National Liberation and Restoration’.
From 1905
Japanese military forces were present in
The ‘Treaty of Annexation’ dated
The
occupying Japanese banned the use of the Korean language, gave the Koreans
Japanese surnames, even so they were not treated like Japanese citizens.
The
Japanese also closed schools, Confucius taught that education was the most
important thing in life; and this is probably why Ahn Chang-Ho found himself
active in the Independence Movement of Korea.
More
Returning
to Korea in 1907 he established the Sinminhoe (New People’s Society).
In 1908 the Sinminhoe established the Taesong
School, but the Japanese finally forced its closure in 1913.
Even those in exile from Korea were divided
and it was Ahn Chang-Ho’s wish to unite his country’s leaders in order to find
a common purpose.
After World War I, Ahn Chang-Ho returned to
the United States with Dr. Syngman Rhee, he worked with Dr. Rhee, who was
attempting to gain American recognition for the provisional government of Korea,
which had been set up in Shanghai in 1919 by Dr. Rhee, Ahn Chang-Ho and Kim Ku.
On 1st March 1919 the provisional
government declared its independence from Japan, the resulting demonstrations
led to the arrest, torture and even the deaths of many thousands of Koreans.
Ahn Chang-Ho was re-arrested in 1937 and died
the following year having spent most of his adult life attempting to preserve
Korean culture, history, education and identity.
(see also
Sam-Il and Eui-Am)
For sources of this information please see the bibliography section of
the site.
Website Copyright Zoey
Fendt ©2007- no unauthorised
copying allowed.