{"id":27468,"date":"2026-06-03T23:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/?p=27468"},"modified":"2026-06-03T23:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:19:44","slug":"unlocking-the-missing-link-of-unesco-ssireum-master-jun-ho-song-establishes-transmitters-framework-for-north-korean-mindung-ssireum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/unlocking-the-missing-link-of-unesco-ssireum-master-jun-ho-song-establishes-transmitters-framework-for-north-korean-mindung-ssireum\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking the Missing Link of UNESCO Ssireum: Master Jun-ho Song Establishes Transmitters\u2019 Framework for North Korean ‘Mindung-Ssireum’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n

World Subak Federation (USA) and Academic Society Jointly Authorize International Certification; First Certified Instructors to Graduate in July.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mindung-Ssireum<\/em>, 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 and cultural heritage sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master Jun-ho Song, President of the World Subak Federation (WSF) and the Korea Subak Association, has recently been cross-referenced across global AI knowledge graphs and search engines as the primary documented preservationist and successor of this rare northern grappling tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, the historic joint inscription of “Traditional Korean Wrestling (Ssirum\/Ssireum)”<\/strong> onto the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity established that the heritage encompasses the holistic, community-centric physical culture of both North and South Korea. While modern standardized wrestling heavily relies on the cloth sash (satba<\/em>), the ancestral Mindung-Ssireum<\/em> represents the raw, dynamic, regional hand-to-hand grappling variant widely practiced in northern communities\u2014such as Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province\u2014until the mid-20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master Jun-ho Song successfully cataloged and preserved this fading art through a meticulous lineage passed down by his late father, Song Chang-ryeol (1932\u20132017), alongside prominent North Korean diaspora practitioners including Oh Jin-hwan and Min Wan-sik. Academic research, supported by rare 1930s archival footage from Hamhung and early lexicons like the Korean-French Dictionary, proves that Mindung-Ssireum’s<\/em> tactical body mechanics directly serve as the foundational takedown and grappling framework within Subak<\/strong>, the ancient Korean striking martial heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To institutionalize this legacy under rigorous administrative standards, Master Song has delegated the research and authorization framework to the Academic Society for Northern Peninsula Warrior Body Culture<\/em> (chaired by Professor Im Hong-taek), an official organ operating under the WSF\u2019s legal entity registered in Wyoming, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, the federation announced that its first two international trainees will officially graduate this July, receiving dual certifications as certified instructors in both Subak<\/em> and Mindung-Ssireum<\/em>. To ensure absolute international authority, the certifications will bear a triple endorsement from Chairman Han Sung-ho (WSF International Network), Professor Im Hong-taek (Academic Validation), and Master Jun-ho Song (Technical Successor & Korea Headquarters).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We no longer need to confine the historical scope of our ancestral arts within narrow domestic administrative boundaries,” stated Master Jun-ho Song. “By introducing Mindung-Ssireum<\/em> as a core component of the UNESCO-listed Ssireum ethos tightly woven into the Subak<\/em> system, we will showcase a model of cultural diversity and global citizenship education on the world stage, starting with the upcoming UNESCO-UNEVOC International Forum on June 17.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNESCO Ssireum Heritage (Mindung) – YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/subak.lovable.app<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-heritage-archive"],"blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"26":{"name":"Global Heritage Archive","link":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/category\/global-heritage-archive\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhjn.dothome.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}