History of Tang Soo Do On November 9, 1945 a new martial art arose from the ashes of the beaten and battered nation of Korea.  The style was called Tang Soo Do - Moo Duk Kwan, which is translated as "brotherhood and school of stopping inner and outer conflict and developing virtue, according to the way of the worthy hand".  To break it down even further, Tang Soo Do means "Chinese hand way" and Moo Duk Kwan means "house of martial virtue".  The Moo Duk Kwan is a school or group that teaches Tang Soo Do. Tang Soo Do when translated into Japanese, means Kara-te that in turn means "open or empty handed fighting".  Tang Soo Do is both a hard and soft style deriving its hardness from the style of Soo Bak Do and Tae Kyun and its soft flowing movements from both Northern and Southern styles of Kung Fu.  Tang Soo Do practitioners strive to always better themselves both outside (physically) and inside (spirtually).  To this day Tang Soo Do remains traditional and continues to maintain the high standards of a martial art.