Do San

The pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Chang-Ho

DO-SAN is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Chang-Ho (1876-1938) The 24 movements represent his entire life which he devoted to furthering the education of Korea and its independence movement.

Movements – 24
Ready Posture – PARALLEL READY STANCE

The illustrations for this pattern assume that the student is standing on the X and facing D.

  1. Move the left foot to B, forming a left walking stance toward B while executing a high side block to B with the left outer forearm.
  2. Execute a middle punch to B with the right fist while maintaining a left walking stance toward B.
  3. Move the left foot on line AB, and then turn clockwise to form a right walking stance toward A while executing a high side block to A with the right outer forearm.
  4. Execute a middle punch to A with the left fist while maintaining a right walking stance toward A.
  5. Move the left foot to D, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a middle guarding block to D with a knife-hand.
  6. Move the right foot to D forming a right walking stance toward D while executing a middle thrust to D with the right straight fingertip.
  7. Twist the right knife-hand together with the body counter clockwise until its palm faces downward and then move the left foot to D, turning counter clockwise to form a left walking stance toward D while executing a high side strike to D with the left back fist.
  8. Move the right foot to D forming a right walking stance toward D while executing a high side strike to D with the right back fist.
  9. Move the left foot to E, turning counter clockwise to form a left walking stance toward E while executing a high side block to E with the left outer forearm.
  10. Execute a middle punch to E with the right fist while maintaining a left walking stance toward E.
  11. Move the left foot on line EF, and then turn clockwise to form a right walking stance toward F while executing a high side block to F with the right outer forearm.
  12. Execute a middle punch to F with the left fist while maintaining a right walking stance toward F.
  13. Move the left foot to CE forming a left walking stance toward CE, at the same time executing a high wedging block to CE with the outer forearm.
  14. Execute a middle front snap kick to CE with the right foot, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 13.
  15. Lower the right foot to CE forming a right walking stance toward CE while executing a middle punch to CE with the right fist.
  16. Execute a middle punch to CE with the left fist while maintaining a right walking stance toward CE.
    Perform 15 and 16 in a fast motion.
  17. Move the right foot to CF forming a right walking stance toward CF while executing a high wedging block to CF with the outer forearm.
  18. Execute a middle front snap kick to CF with the left foot, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 17.
  19. Lower the left foot to CF forming a left walking stance toward CF while executing a middle punch to CF with the left fist.
  20. Execute a middle punch to CF with the right fist while maintaining a left walking stance toward CF.
    Perform 19 and 20 in a fast motion.
  21. Move the left foot to C forming a left walking stance toward C, at the same time executing a rising block with the left forearm.
  22. Move the right foot to C forming a right walking stance toward C while executing a rising block with the right forearm.
  23. Move the left foot to B, turning counter clockwise to form a sitting stance toward D while executing a middle side strike to B with the left knife-hand.
  24. Bring the left foot to the right foot and then move the right foot to A forming a sitting stance toward D while executing a middle side strike to A with the right knife-hand.
    END: Bring the right foot back to a ready posture.

THE KOREAN:
Narani chunbi sogi

  1. Wen gunnun sogi, nopunde bakat palmok makgi.
  2. Wen gunnun sogi, kaunde bandae jirugi.
  3. Orun gunnun sogi, nopunde bakat palmok makgi.
  4. Orun gunnun sogi, kaunde bandae jirugi.
  5. Orun niunja sogi, kaunde sonkal daebi makgi.
  6. Orun gunnun sogi, son sonkut tulgi.
  7. Jappyosol tae, followed by orun gunnun sogi, nopunde bakero dung joomuk taerigi.
  8. Wen gunnun sogi, nopunde bakero dung joomuk taerigi.
  9. Orun gunnun sogi, nopunde bakat palmok makgi.
  10. Orun gunnun sogi, kaunde bandae jirugi.
  11. Wen gunnun sogi, nopunde bakat palmok makgi.
  12. Wen gunnun sogi, kaunde bandae jirugi.
  13. Wen gunnun sogi, nopunde hechyo bakat palmok makgi.
  14. Orun kaunde ap cha busigi.
  15. Orun gunnun sogi kaunde baro jirugi.
  16. Orun gunnun sogi, kaunde bandae jirugi.
  17. Orun gunnun sogi, nopunde hechyo bakat palmok makgi.
  18. Wen kaunde ap cha busigi.
  19. Wen gunnun sogi kaunde baro jirugi.
  20. Wen gunnun sogi, kaunde bandae jirugi.
  21. Wen gunnun sogi, chookyo makgi.
  22. Orun gunnun sogi, chookyo makgi.
  23. Annun sogi, wen kaunde bakero yop sonkal taerigi.
  24. Annun sogi, orun kaunde bakero yop sonkal taerigi.
    END: Bring the right foot back to a ready posture.

EXTENDED HISTORY
Ahn Chang-Ho was committed to preserving Korea’s educational system during the Japanese occupation.
He was a farmer’s son. He abandoned traditional learning in his home town, Pyongyang, and studied for two years at a missionary school operated by the Salvation Army.
He became a Christian and felt he couldn’t hate the Japanese as men.
He decided to seek a source of national strength and cultivate it to regain national independence and prosperity.
In 1894, at the age of 18, Ahn became a member of the Tongnip Hyophoe “Independence Association,” which promoted independence from Japan.
But the group’s activities were interrupted by the conservative ruling class, so, Chai-pil, leader of the group, went into exile in the United States.
He returned to his home town and established the Chomjin School.
Among the first Koreans to emigrate to United States in 1902 were Ahn Chang-Ho and Rhee Syngman, who was later to become the first president of the Republic of Korea.
Once in the United States, Ahn established groups within the Korean community in support of the independence of the Korean people.
In 1903, Ahn organized a fraternity that became the Kungminhoe (Korean National Association), which inspired Korean immigrants toward a movement for national independence.
The group published a newspaper called “Kongnip Shinmun.”
Following the Russo-Japanese war, Ahn returned home in 1907.
He organized an underground independence group in Pyong–An Province called Shinmin-Hoe (New Peoples’ Association).
The Shinmin-Hoe was associated with Protestant organizations and was dedicated to promoting the recovery of Korean independence.
In 1908 the Shinmin-Hoe established the Tae-Song (large achievement) School in Pyongyang to provide Korean youth with an education; the Japanese were in the process of actively banning education for Koreans, thus essentially creating a class of slave workers.
Together with Yi Kap, Yang Ki-tak, and Shin Chae-Ho, he embarked on a lecture tour throughout the nation; warning of a national crisis incurred by the Japanese and urged the public to unite to resist the Japanese.
By 1910 the Shinmin-Hoe had around 300 members and represented a threat to the Japanese occupation. So the Shinmin-Hoe quickly became a target of their efforts.
The Japanese used a situation to pretend to uncover a plot to assassinate Terauchi on the way to this ceremony.
All of the Shinmin-Hoe leaders and 600 innocent Christians were arrested. Under severe torture, 105 Koreans were indicted and brought to trial. By 1913, only six of the original defendants had received prison sentences.
After the passage of an Education Act in 1911 the Japanese began to close all Korean schools. By 1914, virtually all Korean schools had been shut down.
Finally Ahn exiled himself to Manchuria, then traveled to Siberia, Russia, Europe, and finally to the United States, along with Rhee Syngman. Rhee organized the Tongjihoe (Comrade Society) in Honolulu. In 1912, Ahn was elected chairman of the Korean National People’s Association. During this time, he established Hungsadan, a secret voluntary group of ardent patriots. Finally, in 1918, a representative of the Korean exiles was sent to the Paris peace talks.
In 1919, when the Yi Dynasty was forcefully absorbed into the Japanese Empire, Ahn started underground activities that focused on regaining Korean independence. He returned to Shanghai in April 1919 along with Rhee Syngman and Kim Ku. They drew up a Democratic Constitution that provided for a freely elected president and legislature. This document also established the freedom of the press, speech, religion, and assembly. He resigned from the post after two years after trying to narrow the differences of opinions.
On 1st March 1919, the provisional government declared its independence from Japan and called for general resistance from the Korean population. During the resistance demonstrations the Japanese police opened fire on the unarmed Korean crowds, killing thousands. Many thousand more were arrested and tortured.
Even after the Korean Declaration of Independence, Ahn Chang-Ho continued his efforts in the United States on behalf of his homeland. Ahn wanted to establish an ideal village for wandering Korean refugees in Manchuria and visited them in the 1920s. In 1922, he headed a historical commission to compile all materials related to Korea.
After a bombing incident launched by Yun Pong-gil, Ahn Chang-Ho was arrested by the Japanese. His 23-year-long fight for national independence abroad ended with his imprisonment in Taejon in 1932. After a brief release from the prison, he was arrested again by the Japanese police. With failing health, he left the prison on bail only to die in a Seoul hospital on 10th March 1938.