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2026

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 […]

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

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 […]

World Subak Federation Launches Global Open Courses for the Preservation of Traditional Martial Arts Heritage on KOCW, Under the Korean Ministry of Education

The World Subak Federation announced the official launch of a global open course series on KOCW (Korea Open CourseWare), Korea’s premier public higher education platform, in collaboration with the Korea Subak Association. This groundbreaking initiative aims to digitize, archive, and distribute free historical knowledge about “Subak”—a disappearing traditional Korean physical culture and martial art—to students, […]