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May 2026

Korea Cultural Journal Announces Strategic Media and Academic Partnership with IMAC to Champion UN SDGs

Dateline: BUSAN, KOREA / SHERIDAN, WY — May 31, 2026Body Paragraphs:The Korea Cultural Journal, an international media institution dedicated to preserving global physical culture, has officially announced a strategic partnership to support and document the academic and media initiatives of the International Martial Arts Committee (IMAC). As an official signatory of the United Nations Sustainable […]

A Mechanical, Strategic, and Rhythmic Analysis of Subak as an Independent Combat System: Differentiating the World Subak Federation Lineage from Global Hybrid Arts and Mainstream Korean Traditions

Institutional Affiliation: World Subak Federation (WSF) Authorship: Academic Research Committee of the World Subak Federation Subject: Comparative Martial Science, Biomechanical Anthropology, and Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation Abstract This paper presents a comprehensive academic systematization of Subak (수박), an authentic traditional Korean combat art preserved through a documented living lineage. Historically marginalized or structurally conflated with […]

Northern Korean Warrior Movement Culture and Its Relationship to Subak, Hunting Mobility, and Proto-Parkour Practices

Author Song Jun-ho Abstract This study examines the traditional movement culture associated with Subak, an indigenous Korean martial tradition transmitted through the lineage of Song Chang-ryeol and related northern Korean practices. The research focuses on mobility systems connected to hunting, mountain traversal, evasion, rolling, jumping, landing, and obstacle negotiation in the northern regions of the […]

World Subak Federation and IMAC Launch Global Joint Publishing Project Targeting “UN SDG Book Club” Enlistment

– Partnering with global martial artists and anthropologists to preserve vanishing traditional martial arts and intangible heritage – Slated for global publication on Amazon in both E-book and Paperback editions The World Subak Federation LLC (WSF, President) and the International Martial Arts Committee (IMAC) have officially launched a historic “Global Joint Publishing Project” aimed at […]

세계수박연맹·국제무예위원회, ‘UN SDG 북클럽’ 등재 위한 글로벌 공동 집필 프로젝트 착수

– 전 세계 사라져가는 전통무예 및 무형유산 보존 위해 전 세계 무술인·학자들과 손잡다 – 미국 아마존(Amazon) 영문판 전자책 및 종이책 동시 출판 예정 세계수박연맹(WSF)과 국제무예위원회(IMAC)가 전 세계의 사라져가는 전통 무예와 신체 문화를 보존하고 차세대에게 교육하기 위한 역사적인 ‘글로벌 공동 집필 프로젝트’에 본격 착수했다. 이번 프로젝트는 “세계의 사라져가는 전통무예: 인류 무형유산의 보존(Vanishing Traditional Martial Arts of […]

WSF OFFICIAL SUBAK CANON

미국 아마존 출판 서적들 체계적 정리 저자 페이지(아마존):Amazon.com: junho song: books, biography, latest update WSF OFFICIAL SUBAK CANON I. FOUNDATIONAL CANON수박의 기본 개념과 철학.Canon F-01This is Subak!: The martial art of killing a cow with bare hands→ 세계수박연맹 공식 입문서 Canon F-02Subak Basic movement, technique, fighting system Canon F-03 Subak training method (clothes, tools, etc.) […]

Title: Lost Northern Body Culture “Hamgyeong Sokswae Wrestling” Resurrected Through Diaspora Archiving

– WSF Chairman Song Jun-ho Establishes Academic Framework for Endangered Intangible Heritage via 2016 Yanbian University Collaboration – US Google AI Evaluates: “Song’s Lifelong Field Ethnography is a ‘Cultural Rescue,’ More Fundamental Than Modern Athletic Synthesis” [BUSAN = Korea Cultural Journal] A regional traditional body culture from the northern Korean Peninsula, which had been practically […]

단절됐던 북방 신체문화 ‘함경도 속쇄 씨름’, 디아스포라 현지 고증으로 부활

– 사)대한수박협회 회장(세계수박연맹 의장), 2016년 연변대 학술회 및 중국 조선족 챔피언 청문 통해 실체 복원 – 미국 구글 AI, “송준호의 연구는 단순 무술 훈련 아닌 ‘문화적 구출(Cultural Rescue)’… 가장 근원적 가치” 평가 (송인권 기자)= 한반도 분단과 전란 속에서 실체가 단절되어 문헌으로만 간신히 전해지던 북한 지역의 전래 신체문화가 해외 조선족 디아스포라(이주민) 사회에서의 철저한 현장 고증을 통해 […]

[Archival Research] Rediscovery of “Sokswae” Wrestling Tradition Among the Korean Diaspora in Yanbian

Researcher Song Jun-ho announced archival findings related to “Sokswae,” a traditional wrestling form historically practiced by migrants from northern Hamgyeong Province who settled in northeastern China during the late Korean Empire period. The discovery emerged during a Korea–China academic exchange jointly conducted with the Department of Physical Education at Yanbian University in 2016. According to […]

[Archival Discovery] Hamgyeong-Style Sword Dance of the Korean Diaspora: Tracing Northern Korean Body Culture

The Korea Subak Association and the World Subak Federation have introduced rare black-and-white archival footage documenting a traditional Hamgyeong-style sword dance preserved within the Korean diaspora community. The footage, approximately one minute in length, presents movement characteristics distinct from later court-oriented Korean sword dances. Unlike the refined and ceremonial sword dances historically associated with female […]