Chun Kuk Do
Chuck Norris's system based on tang soo do. It operated under the name Chun Kuk Do until 2015, today it is called the Chuck Norris System.
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About Chun Kuk Do
Chun kuk do is a system that Chuck Norris put together based on Korean tang soo do. It took shape during his competitive career — the organization that runs the system credits him as a six-time world middleweight karate champion — and from tang soo do it keeps the foundation to which Norris added his own sequence and emphases. The name is more interesting than it looks. The term chun kuk do translates as universal way, and the system was taught under that name from 1990. In July 2015, though, the organization officially renamed it Chuck Norris System, so today's name differs from the one under which the system is best known. We have not been able to document the founding year. Sources agree on when the system was called what, but not on when it originated, and we have found no year that could be verified. The curriculum is broad and deliberately does not stop at striking: alongside self-defense and competition preparation it includes weapons, grappling, and conditioning. The organization stresses that this is not a collection of techniques borrowed from elsewhere but its own traditional foundation — though that is the school's own claim, not independent evidence.
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