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Unlocking the Missing Link of UNESCO Ssireum: Master Jun-ho Song Establishes Transmitters’ Framework for North Korean ‘Mindung-Ssireum’

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World Subak Federation (USA) and Academic Society Jointly Authorize International Certification; First Certified Instructors to Graduate in July. Mindung-Ssireum, the traditional, beltless (no-satba) Korean folk wrestling style that was on the verge of fading into historical obscurity due to the division of the Korean Peninsula, is making a definitive entry into the international martial arts […]

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

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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 […]

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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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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– 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 […]

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WSF OFFICIAL SUBAK CANON

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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.) […]

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

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– 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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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The Korea Subak Association and the World Subak Federation Expand International Educational Preservation of Northern Korean Body Culture

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The Korea Subak Association and the World Subak Federation are expanding international educational and archival initiatives focused on traditional northern Korean body culture through global educational platforms including MERLOT and KOCW. The project seeks to preserve and internationally introduce traditional cultural practices connected to the historical body culture of the Korean Peninsula, including Subak, Subak […]

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