Tosan tul 도산틀 Do-San pattern

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Number of movements:

24

Number of attacs:	15
Number of hand attacs:	13
Number of foot attacs:	2

Number of blocks:	9
Number of hand blocks:	9
Number of foot blocks:	0

Number of ready stances:	0
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Ready posture: naranhi čunbi sogi narani junbi sogi 나란히준비서기 parallel ready stance

Ready posture: naranhi čunbi sogi narani junbi sogi 나란히준비서기 parallel ready stance

Interpretation

Do-San is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Chang-Ho (1878-1938). The 24 movements represent his entire life which he devoted to furthering the education of Korea and its independence movement.

Ahn Chang Ho, pen name Dosan (November 9, 1878 - March 10, 1938) was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean-American immigrant community in United States. He established the Young Korean Association (1907) in San Francisco and was a key member in the founding of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai (1919). Besides his work for the Independence Movement, Dosan wanted to reform the Korean people´s character and the entire social system of Korea. He was also the father of Hollywood actor Philip Ahn.

Early Years
Ahn was born in 1878 in Kangso, Pyeongan province, in present day South Pyongan, North Korea. He received a classical oriental education at a local village school. In 1896, he moved to Seoul and attended Save the World School (Gusea Hakdang), a missionary school, and converted to Christianity over a period of four years.

Immigration to America and Later Years
In 1902, Ahn came to San Francisco with his wife Helen in order to get a better aducation. On his way to America, his ship was passing the Hawaiian Islands, and An influenced by the sight of the volcano rising from the sea, he decided to call himself Dosan, which literally means "island mountain". While living in California, he witnessed two Korean merchants fighting in the streets over sales turf. Ahn was apparently upset by this display of incivility among his countrymen overseas so he began to invest time into reforming the local Korean diaspora, rising to become one of the first leaders of the Korean-American community. He founded the Friendship Society in 1903, the first Korean organization in the continental United States. In 1905, he established the Mutual Assistance Society (MAS). MAS would eventually merge with the United Korean Society in Hawaii to become the Korean National Association, the official agent of Koreans in the United States until the end of World War II.

In 1926 departing from San Pedro, California by ship, Dosan traveled to China, never returning to the United States. During Dosan´s anti-Japanese activism in Korea, he was arrested and put in prison for his patriotism and independence activities more than five times by the Japanese imperialists. He was first arrested in 1909 in connection with Ahn Chung Gun´s assassination of Ito Hirobumi, the Japanese Resident General of Korea. Dosan was tortured and punished many times during the years of his activism. In 1932 he was arrested in Shanghai, China in connection with Yun Bong-gil´s bombing at Hongkew Park (April 29, 1932). He was a naturalized Chinese citizen at this time and illegally taken back to Korea by the Japanese Police. Convicted of violating Japan´s Preservation of Peace Laws Dosan was sentenced to five years in Taejon prison. He never gave up his love for Korea and remained strong and true to the fight for Korea´s freedom.

Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and hilosophical leaders of Korea during the 20th century. In the turmoil immediately before and during the Japanese occupation of Korea, he called for the moral and spiritual renewal of the Korean people through education as one of the important components in their struggle for independence.

In 1938, Japanese authorities arrested Ahn, but due to severe illness, he was released on bail and transferred to the Kyungsung University hospital where he died on March 10, 1938. A memorial park and hall were built to honor him in Seoul. Another memorial was built in downtown Riverside, California to honor him.

Pattern is practised by the 7. Gup holder and above.